Friendly League

Koolkerke Stadion
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Robertinho Carabajal started the match with the kick off. Robertinho Carabajal could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Radamel Hendrickx made a huge save. Pieterjan Anteunis made in the 5th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Lorenzo Garaona immediately put the ball in play. Fauna Utd's Radamel Hendrickx played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robertinho Carabajal in the 9th minute of play. Unai Sócrates might have been able to make a better finish in the 12th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ulises Steven. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Unai Sócrates ran back to his position shaking his head. Ulises Steven made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Unai Sócrates in the 16th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Unai Sócrates's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ulises Steven was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. Ulises Steven showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Unai Sócrates, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Ulises Steven didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Unai Sócrates went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. 苏军扬 hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. In the 24th minute, Unai Sócrates made a precise shot to the right of Ulises Steven. AFC Koolkerke's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Unai Sócrates sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Unai Sócrates had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Jakob Viskens hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. After 36 played minutes, Fauna Utd's 董文鹰 shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ulises Steven came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Fauna Utd reached it. Unai Sócrates sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Unai Sócrates might have been able to make a better finish in the 42nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ulises Steven. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Unai Sócrates ran back to his position shaking his head. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Unai Sócrates was the one to do the kick off. Unai Sócrates might have been able to make a better finish in the 58th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ulises Steven. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Unai Sócrates ran back to his position shaking his head. Radamel Hendrickx 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 61st minute. If Unai Sócrates had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ulises Steven made an important save on a dangerous shot by Unai Sócrates in the 76th minute. Unai Sócrates recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 83 minutes into the match, Unai Sócrates had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ulises Steven. AFC Koolkerke's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Unai Sócrates was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. With his leg Ulises Steven managed to avoid a goal in the 89thth minute, when Fauna Utd's Unai Sócrates fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. AFC Koolkerke's Ulises Steven proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save AFC Koolkerke from getting a goal against them. 92 minutes into the game, Jakob Viskens threw the ball into play from the sideline. Fauna Utd's Karel Cromefeldt quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Ulises Steven showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Unai Sócrates, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. After some careless play in the AFC Koolkerke defense, Unai Sócrates kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ulises Steven. The AFC Koolkerke fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ulises Steven should have stopped the shot. Fauna Utd played a much better game than AFC Koolkerke and deserved their victory. The AFC Koolkerke players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.