World League

Cromvelde
Spectators: 8053 (Terracing: 6041, Seating: 1852, VIP seats: 160) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mathijs Rokeloos got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ's Zhuo Guang Xing got a free kick in the 7th minute. Nikos Sarkanis was out of position in the 10 minute of play, and Mathijs Rokeloos capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Mathijs Rokeloos really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. In the 13th minute the ball was on its way in behind ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ's goalkeeper Nikos Sarkanis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The throw-in from Jochen Van den Panhuizen in the 15th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ's Guillermo Erosa. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Venancio Salvino managed to get in a good position for a shot. ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ's supporters rose to their feet, but Venancio Salvino was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jean-Louis Van Bever breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The throw-in from Jochen Van den Panhuizen in the 22nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ's Froilan Diaz. In the 27th minute, Mathijs Rokeloos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nikos Sarkanis was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. 37 minutes into the match, ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ's goal looked a bit too open when Mathijs Rokeloos came free, but Nikos Sarkanis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mathijs Rokeloos got free with Nikos Sarkanis in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Mathijs Rokeloos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nikos Sarkanis was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. Mathijs Rokeloos blasted a shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nikos Sarkanis having to make a save. Mathijs Rokeloos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Nikos Sarkanis made a huge save. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Venancio Salvino to make the kick off. After 60 minutes KFC Cromvelde's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Zhuo Guang Xing who took care of the corner kick. 64 minutes into the match, Mathijs Rokeloos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nikos Sarkanis. ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mathijs Rokeloos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Jean-Louis Van Bever came out of the goal in the 67th minute to try and stop a shot by ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ's Froilan Diaz. But to his dismay, Froilan Diaz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ made a substitution. Richard Textex replaced Froilan Diaz. Jean-Louis Van Bever showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zhuo Guang Xing, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. 75 minutes into the match, KFC Cromvelde's goal looked a bit too open when Venancio Salvino came free, but Jean-Louis Van Bever reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nikos Sarkanis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mathijs Rokeloos in the 77th minute of the match. Jean-Louis Van Bever showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Venancio Salvino in the 86th minute of the match. In the 92nd minute, Celedonio Isidor hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Celedonio Isidor hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. 96 minutes into the match, Damaso Cordero had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jean-Louis Van Bever. KFC Cromvelde's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Damaso Cordero was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.