U23 World League

Rams Park
Spectators: 7655 (Terracing: 5743, Seating: 1760, VIP seats: 152) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Danilo Urbez started the match with the kick off. Izak Capellemans showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Danilo Urbez, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carl Vinckx in the 11th minute of play forced Brown Puerto Madryn's goalkeeper Flavio Pirro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 13th minute, Lions United's Rudi Boegaert ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Flavio Pirro. Flavio Pirro yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Brown Puerto Madryn's Flavio Pirro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gunter Van Bets in the 21st minute of play. Izak Capellemans made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonathan Rayman in the 22nd minute of play. With a little luck, Brown Puerto Madryn's Flavio Pirro got control of the ball when Mathieu-Maxim Toussain tried to sneak it across the goal line. Danilo Urbez kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. Diego Ilazki charged in rather forcefully in the 34th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Diego Ilazki the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Carl Vinckx who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 37thth minute tested the skills of Flavio Pirro when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Flavio Pirro came out of the goal in the 40th minute to try and stop a shot by Lions United's Carl Vinckx. But to his dismay, Carl Vinckx quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Flavio Pirro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carl Vinckx in the 46th minute of the match. In the 47th minute Gunter Van Bets shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flavio Pirro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Carl Vinckx to make the kick off. Carl Vinckx scored 3-0 in the 61st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Flavio Pirro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diego Ilazki in the 64th minute of play forced Lions United's goalkeeper Izak Capellemans to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flavio Pirro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carl Vinckx, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 67th minute Mathieu-Maxim Toussain shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flavio Pirro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 68th minute Carl Vinckx shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flavio Pirro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Izak Capellemans made an important save on a dangerous shot by Danilo Urbez in the 70th minute. The supporters of Brown Puerto Madryn booed when Lions United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mitch Hollandts didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 75thth minute of the game Mathieu-Maxim Toussain who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Brown Puerto Madryn's Flavio Pirro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 78 minutes into the match, Brown Puerto Madryn's goal looked a bit too open when Carl Vinckx came free, but Flavio Pirro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Flavio Pirro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carl Vinckx in the 83rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carl Vinckx in the 85th minute of play forced Brown Puerto Madryn's goalkeeper Flavio Pirro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flavio Pirro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mathieu-Maxim Toussain in the 86th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Carl Vinckx in the 86th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Flavio Pirro prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jonathan Rayman could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 89th minute of the match, but Izak Capellemans made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carl Vinckx in the 96th minute of play forced Brown Puerto Madryn's goalkeeper Flavio Pirro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Lions United had won after a very even match.