U18 World League

The Dribbel Arena
Spectators: 8012 (Terracing: 6011, Seating: 1842, VIP seats: 159) Stef Caes started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 14th minute, Matt Uyterhelcht left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Zero Gravity fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. 17 minutes into the game, Rafael Van den Gans cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Benoit Van Heurick was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 21st match minute, Het Koffiehuis was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wannes Feys to maneuver through the defense. Philipp De Messemaecker made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Jullian Van Castel sent off a good shot on target. Het Koffiehuis's Philipp De Messemaecker proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Het Koffiehuis from getting a goal against them. After 29 played minutes Het Koffiehuis got a freekick which was hit by Rafael Van den Gans. Philipp De Messemaecker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matt Uyterhelcht, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. In the 31st minute, Jasper De Lauw hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 31 played minutes, Het Koffiehuis's Albert Van Caels shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Benoit Van Heurick 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 Het Koffiehuis reached it. Philipp De Messemaecker made an important save on a dangerous shot by Andrez Dams in the 39th minute. In the 42nd minute, Jullian Van Castel reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Philipp De Messemaecker. The goal made the score 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matt Uyterhelcht in the 45th minute of play forced Het Koffiehuis's goalkeeper Philipp De Messemaecker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jullian Van Castel to make the kick off. In the 55th minute, Diedrik Kint hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 58th minute Jules Van Linthoudt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Philipp De Messemaecker saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 64 minutes, Jullian Van Castel put it in 3-1 from a short distance just to the right of Philipp De Messemaecker. Philipp De Messemaecker stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Matt Uyterhelcht's shot from short distance in the 67th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jullian Van Castel in the 68th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Philipp De Messemaecker saved Het Koffiehuis from getting behind. Michel Ingelborchs's late challenge caught a Zero Gravity's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Michel Ingelborchs helped the player get up and apologised. Michel Ingelborchs hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Michel Ingelborchs kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. In the 76th minute, Wannes Feys hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jules Van Linthoudt took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 78th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Philipp De Messemaecker. Het Koffiehuis's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Matt Uyterhelcht recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 82nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Het Koffiehuis's Philipp De Messemaecker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jules Van Linthoudt in the 84th minute of play. Het Koffiehuis's Philipp De Messemaecker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jullian Van Castel in the 87th minute of play. When Jullian Van Castel came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the Zero Gravity fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jullian Van Castel couldn't finish the play.