U23 World League

Koolkerke Stadion
Spectators: 7518 (Terracing: 5639, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Fernando Leizarraga started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute the ball was on its way in behind TheBambiTooFurious's goalkeeper Dionisio Benitez, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 6th minute Ildefonso Caton shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jannis Roeland saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tim-Jan Billen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Dionisio Benitez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 9 minutes into the match Joris Dhondt climbed in front of goal and pressed up 1-0 in the right cross behind a totally surprised Dionisio Benitez. Dionisio Benitez didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when AFC Koolkerke's Joris Dhondt shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-0 in the ordered_time% minute. If Bjorn Huijbrechs had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. TheBambiTooFurious's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Tim-Jan Billen 16 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 3-0. Dionisio Benitez stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Joris Dhondt's shot from short distance in the 19th minute. Tim-Jan Billen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of TheBambiTooFurious booed when AFC Koolkerke was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mathieu-Maxim Van Leempten didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 37 minutes, Bjorn Huijbrechs mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AFC Koolkerke and the TheBambiTooFurious players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 37th minute, Bjorn Huijbrechs hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. AFC Koolkerke's Tim-Jan Billen got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Joris Dhondt was the one to do the kick off. 58 minutes into the match, Tim-Jan Billen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dionisio Benitez. TheBambiTooFurious's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tim-Jan Billen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. After 63 played minutes TheBambiTooFurious got a freekick which was hit by Amancio Totakoxe. TheBambiTooFurious's Dionisio Benitez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tim-Jan Billen in the 64th minute of play. After 67 played minutes AFC Koolkerke got a freekick which was hit by Arthur-Maurits Van Kestbeek. In the 74th minute, Tim-Jan Billen left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AFC Koolkerke fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. The supporters of AFC Koolkerke booed when TheBambiTooFurious was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bartolo Heli didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Laurend De Raedemaeker during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 79th match minute, AFC Koolkerke was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Laurend De Raedemaeker to maneuver through the defense. Jannis Roeland acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 79th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Fabricio Ruisko. When the match had gone on for 82 minutes, Joris Dhondt put it in 6-0 from a short distance just to the right of Dionisio Benitez. In the 85th match minute, AFC Koolkerke was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tim-Jan Billen to maneuver through the defense. Ildefonso Caton kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. Tim-Jan Billen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dionisio Benitez having to interfere. If Joris Dhondt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. AFC Koolkerke walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.