U23 World League

Alpina Stadium
Spectators: 7750 (Terracing: 5814, Seating: 1782, VIP seats: 154) In the 4thth minute of the game Severino Jatsu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Alpina FC's Didier Schollens was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Alexander Van Hautvinck struck a weak shot in the 7th minute. Cláudio Taffarel didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Alpina FC. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hermenegildo Castilho in the 10th minute of play forced Racing Club【LBF】's goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 14 played minutes Racing Club【LBF】 got a freekick which was hit by Alejo Galoer. Cláudio Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cezary Owsiak in the 17th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexander Van Hautvinck in the 20th minute of play forced Racing Club【LBF】's goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Manuel Marchidan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Didier Schollens tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Didier Schollens showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emanuel Obafuso in the 22nd minute of the match. With a little luck, Racing Club【LBF】's Cláudio Taffarel got control of the ball when Dirk Damman tried to sneak it across the goal line. 24 minutes into the match, Racing Club【LBF】's goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dirk Damman. Didier Schollens made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manuel Marchidan in the 28th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, Racing Club【LBF】's goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dirk Damman. 29 minutes into the match, Racing Club【LBF】's goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dirk Damman. The audience was convinced that Severino Jatsu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Didier Schollens was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. In the 32nd minute of the match Dirk Damman shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Cláudio Taffarel showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Cláudio Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Babacar Sylla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 39th minute of the match Alpina FC got a corner. Racing Club【LBF】's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Dirk Damman ran over to the corner to take the kick. Cláudio Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dirk Damman in the 43rd minute of play. Alejo Galoer hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. A collision led to Alpina FC getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Bastian Vercasteren hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Alpina FC's zone, Severino Jatsu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Didier Schollens came out of the goal and Severino Jatsu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hermenegildo Castilho stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Through an outstanding action, after 53 minutes, Didier Schollens successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 54th minute of the match Racing Club【LBF】 got a corner. Alpina FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Severino Jatsu ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Severino Jatsu almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Alpina FC's Didier Schollens did a great save. Racing Club【LBF】's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Severino Jatsu in the 59th minute. After taking down the ball on Racing Club【LBF】's corner Severino Jatsu fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Didier Schollens quite easily take care of the ball. If Alejo Galoer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alpina FC's Alfons Van Mellaert was substituted for Dirk Damman. With his leg Didier Schollens managed to avoid a goal in the 71stth minute, when Racing Club【LBF】's Severino Jatsu fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 73rdth minute of the game Hermenegildo Castilho who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Racing Club【LBF】's Cláudio Taffarel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Severino Jatsu's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 75thth minute, Didier Schollens skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Severino Jatsu did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-1 to the left of a surprised Didier Schollens 75 minutes into the match. Racing Club【LBF】 made a substitution. Jaime Cordero replaced Severino Jatsu. Didier Schollens showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manuel Marchidan in the 79th minute of the match. In the 81st minute of the match Racing Club【LBF】 got a corner. Alpina FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jeffrey Taverniers ran over to the corner to take the kick. The supporters of Racing Club【LBF】 booed when Alpina FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Clemens Siegert didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Racing Club【LBF】 booed when Alpina FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Clemens Siegert didn't get a good kick on the ball. Didier Schollens showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manuel Marchidan in the 85th minute of the match. In the 85th minute, Manuel Marchidan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Didier Schollens was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Bastian Vercasteren hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jeffrey Taverniers got free with Didier Schollens in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Emanuel Obafuso's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Didier Schollens firmly grabbed it by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfons Van Mellaert in the 94th minute of play forced Racing Club【LBF】's goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Racing Club【LBF】's Cláudio Taffarel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfons Van Mellaert in the 94th minute of play. Racing Club【LBF】's Cláudio Taffarel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hermenegildo Castilho in the 95th minute of play. The Racing Club【LBF】 players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.