League

Dome of The Hawks
Spectators: 9215 (Terracing: 6913, Seating: 2119, VIP seats: 183) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Abdi Mehmet Rakim made the kick off which started today's match. Philippe-Arnaud Heremans struck a weak shot in the 3rd minute. Damian Walkowski didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for The Everett Hawks. Damian Walkowski 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. In the 7th minute, Philippe-Arnaud Heremans ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Damian Walkowski was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Ludo Vanden Bossche showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cao Shi Chang in the 9th minute of the match. AFC Irocha's Damian Walkowski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abdi Mehmet Rakim in the 10th minute of play. Imral Kurniawan hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. In the 16th minute, Tibau Cornelis 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. A hard shot 20 in the game by Abdi Mehmet Rakim from a close distance when the talented Damian Walkowski managed to make a qualified save. AFC Irocha's players were relieved. In the 24th minute, The Everett Hawks's Abdi Mehmet Rakim ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Damian Walkowski. Damian Walkowski yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. After a defensive mix-up in The Everett Hawks's zone, Pierre-Alexandre De Marrez stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ludo Vanden Bossche came out of the goal and Pierre-Alexandre De Marrez tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ludo Vanden Bossche showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pierre-Alexandre De Marrez, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Feijo Fresnos's late challenge caught a AFC Irocha's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Feijo Fresnos helped the player get up and apologised. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tibau Cornelis in the 32nd 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. Damian Walkowski was out of position in the 33 minute of play, and Willem-Jan Grootjans capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Willem-Jan Grootjans really showed his touch with that goal: 3-1. After 35 minutes, Tanek Fronczak mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the The Everett Hawks and the AFC Irocha players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 35th match minute, The Everett Hawks was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tanek Fronczak to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Abdi Mehmet Rakim took a quick shot and it went in 4-1 without a chance for Damian Walkowski to make any attempt to save it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cao Shi Chang in the 40th 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. Philippe-Arnaud Heremans could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Damian Walkowski made a huge save. In the 42nd match minute, The Everett Hawks was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Philip Goorts to maneuver through the defense. 45 minutes into the match, The Everett Hawks's goal looked a bit too open when Pierre-Alexandre De Marrez came free, but Ludo Vanden Bossche reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Pierre-Alexandre De Marrez in the 54th 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. Ludo Vanden Bossche showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cao Shi Chang, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. 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 Tibau Cornelis in the 57th minute of play. If Philippe-Arnaud Heremans had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. AFC Irocha's Erwin-Alexander Van Geele was substituted for Roderik Maenhout. Ludo Vanden Bossche made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Cao Shi Chang sent off a good shot on target. When the match had gone on for 62 minutes, Cao Shi Chang put it in 4-2 from a short distance just to the right of Ludo Vanden Bossche. An unexpectedly hard shot by Philippe-Arnaud Heremans in the 69th minute of play forced AFC Irocha's goalkeeper Damian Walkowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 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 Pierre-Alexandre De Marrez in the 70th minute of play. Ludo Vanden Bossche showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pierre-Alexandre De Marrez, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Philippe-Arnaud Heremans in the 73rd minute of play forced AFC Irocha's goalkeeper Damian Walkowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Damian Walkowski 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. In the 78th match minute, AFC Irocha was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jaspar Raymaekers to maneuver through the defense. The Everett Hawks made a substitution. Luke Van Bostraeten replaced Philip Goorts. In the 79th minute, Jaspar Raymaekers hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ludo Vanden Bossche took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pierre-Alexandre De Marrez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pierre-Alexandre De Marrez had several of the The Everett Hawks's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 81 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 4-3 score and a disappointed Ludo Vanden Bossche as he didn't even see the shot coming. The Everett Hawks's Philippe-Arnaud Heremans got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 87th minute, Abdi Mehmet Rakim hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Damian Walkowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tanek Fronczak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ludo Vanden Bossche made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tibau Cornelis in the 91st minute. After 92 played minutes The Everett Hawks got a freekick which was hit by Fre van Eijnde. Ludo Vanden Bossche showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pierre-Alexandre De Marrez, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. The Everett Hawks's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.