Friendly League

Estadio Olavarria
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Abdi Mehmet Rakim took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience was convinced that Isaias Matas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ludo Vanden Bossche was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. If Isaias Matas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ludo Vanden Bossche took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isaias Matas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Everett Hawks's Ludo Vanden Bossche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Isaias Matas in the 19th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Isaias Matas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ludo Vanden Bossche was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Isaias Matas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ludo Vanden Bossche was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Olavarria FC were awarded a corner in the 25th minute after The Everett Hawks's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Mauro Kotlar took the corner. Michel Hendrickx showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Philippe-Arnaud Heremans, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. In the 28th match minute, Olavarria FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mauro Kotlar to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Olavarria FC getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Mauro Kotlar hit a great ball. Michel Hendrickx showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdi Mehmet Rakim in the 37th minute of the match. Michel Hendrickx came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by The Everett Hawks's Abdi Mehmet Rakim. But to his dismay, Abdi Mehmet Rakim quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Fre van Eijnde's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Michel Hendrickx read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 40th minute of play. Michel Hendrickx made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdi Mehmet Rakim in the 41st minute of play. In the 43rd minute, Abdi Mehmet Rakim 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. After a rather tough play, The Everett Hawks's Andy Van Aghten got a free kick in the 44th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Isaias Matas made a kick off. Michel Hendrickx made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdi Mehmet Rakim in the 53rd minute of play. In the 54th minute Philippe-Arnaud Heremans shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Michel Hendrickx saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 56th minute, Isaias Matas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ludo Vanden Bossche was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. The audience was convinced that Philippe-Arnaud Heremans's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Michel Hendrickx was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. Olavarria FC's Ervigio Ojeda was substituted for Isaias Matas. In the 67th minute of the game Feijo Fresnos made a throw-in which Abdi Mehmet Rakim played forward. Olavarria FC's Catalino Rivarola managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Feijo Fresnos in the 69 minute of the game. Ludo Vanden Bossche made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ervigio Ojeda in the 70th minute of play. Tanek Fronczak made in the 72nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Willem-Jan Grootjans however managed to control. Michel Hendrickx showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Philippe-Arnaud Heremans in the 73rd minute of the match. The Everett Hawks made a substitution. Luke Van Bostraeten replaced Willem-Jan Grootjans. In the 79th minute Ervigio Ojeda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ludo Vanden Bossche saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Michel Hendrickx made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Philippe-Arnaud Heremans in the 83rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robby Van Steen in the 85th minute of play forced The Everett Hawks's goalkeeper Ludo Vanden Bossche to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Michel Hendrickx showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdi Mehmet Rakim in the 91st minute of the match. 95 minutes into the match, Robby Van Steen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ludo Vanden Bossche. The Everett Hawks's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Robby Van Steen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Olavarria FC had won after a very even match.