Friendly League

Topaltı Arena
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Robertinho Carabajal made the kick off which started today's match. Franco Armani didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Robertinho Carabajal went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. 14 minutes into the match, Basmane Texas's goal looked a bit too open when Joseph Smits came free, but Franco Armani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Basmane Texas booed when AFC Koolkerke was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rob Van der Meiren didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ulises Steven showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nelson Rufino in the 18th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tero Kokkonen during the 18th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 18 played minutes Basmane Texas got a freekick which was hit by Tero Kokkonen. Franco Armani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robertinho Carabajal, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. With an all-out effort, Basmane Texas's Ulises Steven threw himself towards the right post 22 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from 克鲁李 Caan, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gürsel Aksel got free with Ulises Steven in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ulises Steven was a little too slow when Gürsel Aksel got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 26th minute. The score was now 1-1. After 37 played minutes AFC Koolkerke got a freekick which was hit by Daevy Blaine. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robertinho Carabajal in the 40th minute of play forced Basmane Texas's goalkeeper Franco Armani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nelson Rufino kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. Basmane Texas's Franco Armani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joseph Smits in the 43rd minute of play. AFC Koolkerke's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tang Di Nan in the 47th minute. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Ulises Steven made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 克鲁李 Caan in the 51st minute of play. AFC Koolkerke's Ulises Steven played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gürsel Aksel in the 54th minute of play. After a rather tough play, AFC Koolkerke's Daevy Blaine got a free kick in the 55th minute. Robertinho Carabajal took the ball and in the 59 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Franco Armani. Franco Armani dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. Robertinho Carabajal kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Robertinho Carabajal got free with Franco Armani in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A sloppy throw-in by Nelson Rufino in the 64th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by AFC Koolkerke's Rob Van der Meiren. In the 66th match minute, Basmane Texas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nelson Rufino to maneuver through the defense. Franco Armani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robertinho Carabajal, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Ulises Steven showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gürsel Aksel, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. In the 73rd minute Robertinho Carabajal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franco Armani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Franco Armani made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Robertinho Carabajal sent off a good shot on target. Basmane Texas's Franco Armani proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save Basmane Texas from getting a goal against them. In the 78th minute Ulvi Gencal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ulises Steven saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Franco Armani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joseph Smits, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. In the 89th minute Joseph Smits shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franco Armani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Serkan Kocaman in the 93rd minute of play forced AFC Koolkerke's goalkeeper Ulises Steven to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 95 minutes had been played when some careless play by AFC Koolkerke's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Borys Budarz was slow to take the kick. During this time Basmane Texas's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Borys Budarz got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ulises Steven quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The AFC Koolkerke players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.