U18 World League

BakanakhaUbago Arena
Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) Gunnar Hökkvist started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd minute, Selebi-Phikwe's Usaden Abiche ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Matthias Kiempe. Matthias Kiempe yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Gabriel Hjeltman charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gabriel Hjeltman the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Selebi-Phikwe booed when FC Bullen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gabriel Hjeltman didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thomas Gobeleyns made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andreas Ekblom in the 14th minute of play. After some careless play in the Selebi-Phikwe defense, Gunnar Hökkvist kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Thomas Gobeleyns. The Selebi-Phikwe fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Thomas Gobeleyns should have stopped the shot. If Jens-Erik Lange had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 22 played minutes Selebi-Phikwe got a freekick which was hit by Patrik Petermans. Thomas Gobeleyns showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andreas Ekblom, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. After some careless play in the Selebi-Phikwe defense, Jens-Erik Lange kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Thomas Gobeleyns. The Selebi-Phikwe fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Thomas Gobeleyns should have stopped the shot. Usaden Abiche hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. The supporters of Selebi-Phikwe booed when FC Bullen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jens-Erik Lange didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thomas Gobeleyns showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivar Holm in the 33rd minute of the match. After 34 played minutes Selebi-Phikwe got a freekick which was hit by Alain Roeckeloes. Thomas Gobeleyns showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivar Holm, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Thomas Gobeleyns showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivar Holm, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Alain Roeckeloes hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Thomas Gobeleyns showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gunnar Hökkvist in the 44th minute of the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Usaden Abiche to make the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ragnar Josefsson during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 54th minute, Ragnar Josefsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 55th match minute, Selebi-Phikwe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benedict van Eijnde to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Selebi-Phikwe's Jasper Van Linthaut got a free kick in the 62nd minute. The supporters of Selebi-Phikwe booed when FC Bullen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gunnar Hökkvist didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 67 minutes, Teo Hemelaers mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Selebi-Phikwe and the FC Bullen players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Selebi-Phikwe's Teo Hemelaers got a free kick in the 67th minute. Thomas Gobeleyns showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andreas Ekblom, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivar Holm in the 73rd minute of play forced Selebi-Phikwe's goalkeeper Thomas Gobeleyns to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 74 minutes into the game, Jens-Erik Lange cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Thomas Gobeleyns was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Soren Schamp during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Soren Schamp kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Thomas Gobeleyns made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when Gunnar Hökkvist sent off a good shot on target. In the 83rd minute Andreas Ekblom shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thomas Gobeleyns saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 83 played minutes FC Bullen got a freekick which was hit by Ivar Holm. Thomas Gobeleyns showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gunnar Hökkvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jasper Van Linthaut during the 95th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of FC Bullen booed when Selebi-Phikwe was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jasper Van Linthaut didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thomas Gobeleyns took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andreas Ekblom, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the final whistle sounded FC Bullen left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Selebi-Phikwe.