U23 World League

Fauna Utd Arena
Spectators: 7703 (Terracing: 5779, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) Abel Van Clijnebreugel made the kick off and thus started the match. A collision led to Fauna Utd getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Quinton De Buyser hit a great ball. Minho FC's Ivan Ribeiro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Minho FC from getting a goal against them. The corner ended in Abel Van Clijnebreugel almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Minho FC's Ivan Ribeiro did a great save. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 21st minute of the game. One of Minho FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Fauna Utd:s goal. Minho FC:s Ivan Ribeiro showed great skill when he stopped Abel Van Clijnebreugel:s penalty. After some careless play in the Minho FC defense, Abel Van Clijnebreugel kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ivan Ribeiro. The Minho FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ivan Ribeiro should have stopped the shot. In the 26th minute Aquilino Zarco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vincent Dekeyser saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Quinton De Buyser could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Ivan Ribeiro made a huge save. Minho FC were awarded a corner in the 32th minute after Fauna Utd's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jordão Figueiredo took the corner. Quinton De Buyser kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. A collision led to Minho FC getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Saúl Passos hit a great ball. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Maurício Pimentel made a kick off. Ivan Ribeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Quinton De Buyser in the 53rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abel Van Clijnebreugel in the 57th minute of play forced Minho FC's goalkeeper Ivan Ribeiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 58 minutes had been played when some careless play by Minho FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Abel Van Clijnebreugel was slow to take the kick. During this time Fauna Utd's players had a chance to rest. Ivan Ribeiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abel Van Clijnebreugel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fauna Utd's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Abel Van Clijnebreugel in the 75th minute. The corner led to Fauna Utd's Philippe-Arnaud Nelleboedske getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. 80 minutes into the match, Fauna Utd's goalkeeper Vincent Dekeyser had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Aquilino Zarco. After a rather tough play, Fauna Utd's Vic De Geutter got a free kick in the 82nd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aquilino Zarco got free with Vincent Dekeyser in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Quinton De Buyser fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivan Ribeiro having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maurício Pimentel in the 97th minute of play forced Fauna Utd's goalkeeper Vincent Dekeyser to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Minho FC were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.