U23 World League

De Ballenbak
Spectators: 7549 (Terracing: 5663, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Beltrán Lucas kicked off to start the match. After 6 minutes of play, NFC Eagles 22's 盛世 高文竞 made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fabio Herauso was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luisito Sandalio's late challenge caught a NFC Eagles 22's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luisito Sandalio helped the player get up and apologised. In the 10th match minute, Club Atletico Fenix was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luisito Sandalio to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, NFC Eagles 22's Bruno Meijs got a free kick in the 12th minute. 13 minutes in the game Andreas Deinse did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Giovanni Craandijk. Fabio Herauso made an important save on a dangerous shot by 盛世 高文竞 in the 16th minute. Fabio Herauso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 盛世 高文竞, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aurel Agârbiceanu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Beltrán Lucas in the 26th minute of play. In the 29th minute, 盛世 高文竞 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The NFC Eagles 22 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Luisito Sandalio hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. 33 minutes into the match, NFC Eagles 22's 盛世 高文竞 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fabio Herauso narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Aurel Agârbiceanu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Beltrán Lucas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 盛世 高文竞 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Fabio Herauso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. 盛世 高文竞 was the one to do the kick off. In the 63rd minute, Chris Hollander 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. Fabio Herauso stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of 盛世 高文竞's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. 盛世 高文竞 might have been able to make a better finish in the 66th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fabio Herauso. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. 盛世 高文竞 ran back to his position shaking his head. Fabio Herauso didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 盛世 高文竞 went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. Through an outstanding action, after 72 minutes, Aurel Agârbiceanu successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. A collision led to NFC Eagles 22 getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Giovanni Craandijk hit a great ball. Fabio Herauso came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by NFC Eagles 22's 盛世 高文竞. But to his dismay, 盛世 高文竞 quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-1. After some careless play in the Club Atletico Fenix defense, 盛世 高文竞 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fabio Herauso. The Club Atletico Fenix fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fabio Herauso should have stopped the shot. Club Atletico Fenix's Fabio Herauso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 盛世 高文竞 in the 91st minute of play. Fabio Herauso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 盛世 高文竞, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Eriberto George kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. NFC Eagles 22 were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Club Atletico Fenix for a fine match.