U23 World League

Heppenbach
Spectators: 7491 (Terracing: 5619, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ward Raeymakers took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, ◄19A10► Pokerowe Asy's Beniamin Absolwent got a free kick in the 15th minute. Bernard Ryers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maksymilian Dudkowski in the 22nd minute of play. 30 minutes into the match, Ward Raeymakers notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of ◄19A10► Pokerowe Asy's Zygmunt Trzaskoma. Zygmunt Trzaskoma was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 34 minutes into the game, Forza Heppenbach's Ruben de Wolf nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zygmunt Trzaskoma made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. After 37 minutes, Beniamin Grondzki mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ◄19A10► Pokerowe Asy and the Forza Heppenbach players grew even worse after the yellow card. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Korneliusz Tychy to make the kick off. 55 minutes into the game, Ward Raeymakers cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-1. Zygmunt Trzaskoma was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brain De Raedemaeker in the 58th minute of play forced ◄19A10► Pokerowe Asy's goalkeeper Zygmunt Trzaskoma to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zygmunt Trzaskoma showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Axel De Beer, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Brain De Raedemaeker recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 62nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 63rd minute, Julian Gierlach hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee felt a red card was in order, 66 minutes into the game, when Ludomir Slazak put in a rough tackle. After a rather tough play, ◄19A10► Pokerowe Asy's Ludomir Slazak got a free kick in the 66th minute. 71 minutes into the match, Forza Heppenbach's Ward Raeymakers sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zygmunt Trzaskoma narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Zygmunt Trzaskoma showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dimitri Gielis in the 76th minute of the match. Augustijn Luytens was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 78 minutes into the match. 77 minutes into the game, one of Forza Heppenbach:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Dimitri Gielis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 84 played minutes ◄19A10► Pokerowe Asy got a freekick which was hit by Maksymilian Dudkowski. Ward Raeymakers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Zygmunt Trzaskoma tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 96 played minutes ◄19A10► Pokerowe Asy got a freekick which was hit by Julian Gierlach. In the 97th minute Brain De Raedemaeker shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zygmunt Trzaskoma saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. There was no doubt that Forza Heppenbach were the better team. Forza Heppenbach's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.