Friendly League

The Twelfth Raven
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Robertinho Carabajal took the kick off in the first half of the match. Roland Vanden Broucke made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joseph Smits in the 3rd minute of play. After 8 minutes of play, AFC Koolkerke's Robertinho Carabajal made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roland Vanden Broucke was left in no man's land by his defense there! 庄剑响 hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Twelve Ravens's Roland Vanden Broucke played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joseph Smits in the 19th minute of play. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by Twelve Ravens's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tang Di Nan was slow to take the kick. During this time AFC Koolkerke's players had a chance to rest. AFC Koolkerke's 庄剑响 quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Ryan Bourgeois, made in the 21st minute of the game. Roland Vanden Broucke took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robertinho Carabajal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. AFC Koolkerke's attentive 庄剑响 managed to snatch the ball when Ryan Bourgeois made a throw-in in the 24th minute of the game. 29 minutes into the game, Reinard Hennes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Ulises Steven was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ulises Steven was a little too slow when Reinard Hennes got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 32nd minute. The score was now 2-1. After a rather tough play, AFC Koolkerke's Víktor Veloso got a free kick in the 44th minute. 庄剑响's late challenge caught a Twelve Ravens's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 庄剑响 helped the player get up and apologised. 庄剑响 kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. Ulises Steven showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Reinard Hennes, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Reinard Hennes was the one to do the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Twelve Ravens's goal looked a bit too open when Robertinho Carabajal came free, but Roland Vanden Broucke reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 55 minutes Twelve Ravens's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tang Di Nan who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on AFC Koolkerke's corner Tang Di Nan fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Roland Vanden Broucke quite easily take care of the ball. 57 minutes into the match, Twelve Ravens's goalkeeper Roland Vanden Broucke had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Joseph Smits. A collision led to Twelve Ravens getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Leo Verstappen hit a great ball. If Reinard Hennes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When Twelve Ravens's Reinard Hennes in the 67th minute got a chance for a shot 67th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye AFC Koolkerke's goalie prevented a goal. In the 72nd match minute, AFC Koolkerke was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christer Sunde to maneuver through the defense. Jamie Figaro took the ball and in the 73 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ulises Steven. Ulises Steven dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. AFC Koolkerke's Ulises Steven played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jamie Figaro in the 76th minute of play. Ulises Steven didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jamie Figaro went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. 84 minutes into the game, Twelve Ravens's Jamie Figaro nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ulises Steven made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Joseph Smits got free with Roland Vanden Broucke in the 94th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Twelve Ravens fans cheered their team off the field, for while AFC Koolkerke had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.