Friendly League

Matsuvah Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Guy Tijs took the kick off in the first half of the match. SC Matsuvah's Avinathan Eisenshtadt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Danny Turpin in the 3rd minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in SC Matsuvah's zone, Jordy Van Achteren stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Avinathan Eisenshtadt came out of the goal and Jordy Van Achteren tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The SC Matsuvah fans' excitement grew in the 8th match minute when SC Matsuvah's Daniel Geltzman looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 16 minutes into the match, SC Matsuvah's goal looked a bit too open when Jordy Van Achteren came free, but Avinathan Eisenshtadt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jasper Brand fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kenny Van Beersel having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Team in Construction's Guy Tijs got a free kick in the 25th minute. With a little luck, Team in Construction's Kenny Van Beersel got control of the ball when Eshkol Mosheh tried to sneak it across the goal line. Team in Construction's defense didn't have a chance, in the 29th minute, when Toviel Gott scored to the left of an out of position Kenny Van Beersel, making the score, 2-0. Kenny Van Beersel was out of position in the 35 minute of play, and Toviel Gott capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Toviel Gott really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. In the 38th play minute Jasper Brand came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Kenny Van Beersel. 4-0. Jasper Brand could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Kenny Van Beersel made a huge save. Kristen Andries hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Kenny Van Beersel was a little too slow when Daniel Geltzman got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 43rd minute. The score was now 5-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Geltzman to strike the kick off in the second half. Avinathan Eisenshtadt didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Danny Turpin went, in the 51st minute, to the upper right corner, 5-1 was the resulting score. Avinathan Eisenshtadt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Guy Tijs, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 55 minutes into the match, Toviel Gott notched a goal, 6-1, to the right of Team in Construction's Kenny Van Beersel. Kenny Van Beersel was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 60 minutes into the match, Team in Construction's goal looked a bit too open when Jasper Brand came free, but Kenny Van Beersel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kenny Van Beersel came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by SC Matsuvah's Jasper Brand. But to his dismay, Jasper Brand quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-1. If Guy Tijs had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Kenny Van Beersel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jasper Brand in the 69th minute of the match. Team in Construction's Kenny Van Beersel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jasper Brand in the 71st minute of play. Toviel Gott took the ball and in the 72 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Kenny Van Beersel. Kenny Van Beersel dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 8-1. Avinathan Eisenshtadt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jordy Van Achteren in the 75th minute of the match. Jordy Van Achteren succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 8-2 in the 75th playminute. In the 79th minute, Kristen Andries hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jasper Brand in the 82nd minute of play forced Team in Construction's goalkeeper Kenny Van Beersel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jasper Brand in the 84th minute of play forced Team in Construction's goalkeeper Kenny Van Beersel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 87 minutes into the match, Jasper Brand had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kenny Van Beersel. Team in Construction's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jasper Brand was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 9-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Daniel Geltzman managed to get in a good position for a shot. SC Matsuvah's supporters rose to their feet, but Daniel Geltzman was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kenny Van Beersel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. SC Matsuvah had played much better football throughout.