Friendly League

Koolkerke Stadion
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Abdi Mehmet Rakim made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of The Everett Hawks booed when AFC Koolkerke was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Víktor Veloso didn't get a good kick on the ball. 6 minutes into the match, AFC Koolkerke's goal looked a bit too open when Abdi Mehmet Rakim came free, but Ulises Steven reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. AFC Koolkerke's Ulises Steven played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Philip Goorts in the 10th minute of play. Ulises Steven took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Philippe-Arnaud Heremans, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. AFC Koolkerke's Víktor Veloso managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Laureano Shantala in the 15 minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Willem-Jan Grootjans in the 18th minute of play forced AFC Koolkerke's goalkeeper Ulises Steven to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ulises Steven took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Philip Goorts, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the AFC Koolkerke defense, Philip Goorts 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. Ulises Steven took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abdi Mehmet Rakim, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Joseph Smits could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Ludo Vanden Bossche made a huge save. AFC Koolkerke's Robertinho Carabajal got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tang Di Nan in the 35th 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. A collision led to AFC Koolkerke getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Víktor Veloso hit a great ball. Urtsua Macías hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. In the 46th minute of the match Laureano Shantala sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ulises Steven skillfully saved the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The wind increased when Robertinho Carabajal made the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Tang Di Nan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ludo Vanden Bossche was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. Ulises Steven made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdi Mehmet Rakim in the 54th minute of play. Ulises Steven made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fre van Eijnde in the 60th minute. Ludo Vanden Bossche took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robertinho Carabajal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 67 minutes The Everett Hawks'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. Tang Di Nan made a great header on AFC Koolkerke's corner, it was just that The Everett Hawks's Ludo Vanden Bossche managed to reach the ball for a save. Tanek Fronczak tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Ludo Vanden Bossche. An unnecessary self made goal, 1-1 in the 67th minute. Ulises Steven was a little too slow when Abdi Mehmet Rakim got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 73rd minute. The score was now 1-2. Robertinho Carabajal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ludo Vanden Bossche having to interfere. The Everett Hawks's Luke Van Bostraeten was substituted for Willem-Jan Grootjans. Ludo Vanden Bossche showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robertinho Carabajal in the 81st minute of the match. The corner went over the outstretched arms of The Everett Hawks's goalie and right to Semi Acartürk. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. The Everett Hawks's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Ulises Steven took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luke Van Bostraeten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 87thth minute of the game Robertinho Carabajal who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but The Everett Hawks's Ludo Vanden Bossche was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match was over The Everett Hawks could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than AFC Koolkerke throughout the match.