U23 World League

Stade Zoë
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tim Heerspink started the match with the kick off. If Enrico Mammarella had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 5th minute Edmondo Salemme shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erik Kolman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Conscio FC getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Boris Flatting hit a great ball. Tim Heerspink came free with the goalkeeper in the 10th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Đuro Brezović could save by the left post. In the 11th minute of the match Sheep United got a corner. Conscio FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Douwe Gentenaar ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Douwe Gentenaar got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Đuro Brezović quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Enrico Mammarella scored 0-1 in the 12th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Erik Kolman, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 16th minute, Enrico Mammarella left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Conscio FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. After some careless play in the Sheep United defense, Edmondo Salemme kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Erik Kolman. The Sheep United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Erik Kolman should have stopped the shot. After a defensive mix-up in Sheep United's zone, Enrico Mammarella stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Erik Kolman came out of the goal and Enrico Mammarella tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Conscio FC's Đuro Brezović proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Conscio FC from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmondo Salemme in the 29th minute of play forced Sheep United's goalkeeper Erik Kolman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Đuro Brezović made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tim Heerspink in the 30th minute. 36 minutes into the match, Enrico Mammarella notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Sheep United's Erik Kolman. Erik Kolman was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 40th match minute, Conscio FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Boris Flatting to maneuver through the defense. In the 42nd minute, Ger Wielaert hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bennie Geerts kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. 47 minutes into the match, Sheep United's goal looked a bit too open when Edmondo Salemme came free, but Erik Kolman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 47th match minute, Conscio FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Boris Flatting to maneuver through the defense. After the first half Conscio FC were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Enrico Mammarella made the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 52nd minute, Enrico Mammarella managed to get in a good position for a shot. Conscio FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Enrico Mammarella was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Erik Kolman breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Sheep United's Erik Kolman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Enrico Mammarella in the 54th minute of play. In the 56th play minute Enrico Mammarella came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Erik Kolman. 0-5. Đuro Brezović made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tim Heerspink in the 61st minute of play. In the 62nd minute of the match Sheep United got a corner. Conscio FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Douwe Gentenaar ran over to the corner to take the kick. Sheep United's Douwe Gentenaar was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Đuro Brezović in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Đuro Brezović showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tim Heerspink in the 64th minute of the match. 68 minutes into the match, Edmondo Salemme notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of Sheep United's Erik Kolman. Erik Kolman was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After having played for 71 minutes, Enrico Mammarella managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Conscio FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Enrico Mammarella was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 73rd minute, Edmondo Salemme left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Conscio FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-7. In the 76th minute, Enrico Mammarella got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 77th match minute, Sheep United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Michael Mol to maneuver through the defense. After 80 played minutes Conscio FC got a freekick which was hit by Enrico Mammarella. Aurelio De Francesco kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. In the 90th minute, Boris Flatting hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Đuro Brezović took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tim Heerspink, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 95 minutes into the match, Enrico Mammarella dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Erik Kolman, 0-8. When the final whistle sounded Conscio FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Sheep United.