U23 World League

Beeker Arena
Spectators: 7792 (Terracing: 5845, Seating: 1792, VIP seats: 155) Edílson van Beek started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 7th match minute, Beek City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edílson van Beek to maneuver through the defense. Barbosa van Beek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mikolaj Ratulowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Gilian Ramps recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 15th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 22 minutes into the match, Beek City's goal looked a bit too open when Wawrzyniec Iwanowski came free, but Barbosa van Beek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 27th minute Beek City were awarded a corner. Tomm Van Aarschot went to the cornerflag to take it. Mikolaj Ratulowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Wart Van der Loock fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jorge Caetano having to interfere. In the 41st match minute, Zero Gravity was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Januário Quinaz to maneuver through the defense. A hard shot by Tomm Van Aarschot from long distance, 42 minutes into the match, got Jorge Caetano's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. In the 46th minute, Beek City's Gilian Ramps ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jorge Caetano. Jorge Caetano yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Wawrzyniec Iwanowski made a kick off. 57 minutes into the match, Gilian Ramps had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jorge Caetano. Zero Gravity's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gilian Ramps was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Barbosa van Beek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wawrzyniec Iwanowski in the 63rd minute of the match. Zero Gravity were awarded a corner in the 64th minute after Beek City's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Wawrzyniec Iwanowski took the corner. Douglas van Beek charged in rather forcefully in the 67th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Douglas van Beek the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In a very dangerous position, a player in Beek City fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 66th minute. Penalty! Beek City's Barbosa van Beek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mikolaj Ratulowski in the 69th minute of play. In the 72ndth minute of the game Gilian Ramps who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Zero Gravity's Jorge Caetano was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 75 minutes of play, Zero Gravity's Filiberto Bernebe made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Barbosa van Beek was left in no man's land by his defense there! After having played for 79 minutes, Gilian Ramps managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Beek City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gilian Ramps was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 84 minutes in the game Matías Roganov did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Januário Quinaz. Jorge Caetano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edílson van Beek in the 91st minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Beek City had won after a very even match.