U23 World League

The Twelfth Raven
Spectators: 7536 (Terracing: 5653, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Göran Olofsson kicked off to start the match. In the 2nd minute, Edward Verhelst had to leave the field with a concussion. Christoffel Stocks recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 5th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Will deconinck fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emanuel Brandin having to interfere. Lennart Svensson hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. FC Snipers's Greger Kullgren got a good chance for a goal in the 15th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Christoffel Stocks sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Will deconinck received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Emanuel Brandin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 32 minutes FC Snipers's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Aleix Vassaras who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Twelve Ravens's corner Aleix Vassaras fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Emanuel Brandin quite easily take care of the ball. Göran Olofsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jules Bernardts having to interfere. Lennart Svensson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jules Bernardts having to interfere. Emanuel Brandin made a fantastic save in the 45th minute, when Christoffel Stocks sent off a good shot on target. If Christoffel Stocks had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After the first half FC Snipers were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Christoffel Stocks stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Will deconinck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emanuel Brandin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ingvar Vedholm kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. Christoffel Stocks sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The throw-in from Ivan Johansson in the 57th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Twelve Ravens's Dirk Versluys. Ingvar Vedholm's late challenge caught a Twelve Ravens's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ingvar Vedholm helped the player get up and apologised. Emanuel Brandin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christoffel Stocks, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. With a little luck, Twelve Ravens's Jules Bernardts got control of the ball when Lennart Svensson tried to sneak it across the goal line. FC Snipers's Emanuel Brandin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Will deconinck in the 66th minute of play. Andrez Wintermans scored 1-1 in the 68th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Emanuel Brandin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Will deconinck came up free with the goalie in the 72nd minute, the Twelve Ravens fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Will deconinck couldn't finish the play. After 73 minutes of play FC Snipers's Ingvar Vedholm was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 74th match minute, FC Snipers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ingvar Vedholm to maneuver through the defense. After 75 played minutes Twelve Ravens got a freekick which was hit by Dirk Versluys. 77 minutes into the match, Twelve Ravens's goalkeeper Jules Bernardts had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lennart Svensson. Lennart Svensson in the 78thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Jules Bernardts, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After a rather tough play, FC Snipers's Lennart Svensson got a free kick in the 84th minute. Lennart Svensson's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Jules Bernardts firmly grabbed it by the left post. Emanuel Brandin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Will deconinck, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.