U18 World League

VerwachtingArena
Spectators: 7677 (Terracing: 5758, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Florent Fernandes made the kick off which started today's match. Henny Jans didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Florent Fernandes went, in the 4th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. With a little luck, En avant de guingamp's Pierre-Henri Oudard got control of the ball when Ferry van Zalingen tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 19th match minute, En avant de guingamp was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by José Poux to maneuver through the defense. 23 minutes into the match, En avant de guingamp's goalkeeper Pierre-Henri Oudard had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ferry van Zalingen. Klaas Jeuring's late challenge caught a En avant de guingamp's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Klaas Jeuring helped the player get up and apologised. In a very dangerous position, a player in Verwachting fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 26th minute. Penalty! An unexpectedly hard shot by Francis Attal in the 31st minute of play forced Verwachting's goalkeeper Henny Jans to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of En avant de guingamp booed when Verwachting was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ralph Peeters didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 32nd minute of the match Geoffrey Dorval sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Henny Jans skillfully saved the ball. When the match had gone on for 34 minutes, Florent Fernandes put it in 0-5 from a short distance just to the right of Henny Jans. A collision led to Verwachting getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Ralph Peeters hit a great ball. 42 minutes into the match, Verwachting's goal looked a bit too open when Francis Attal came free, but Henny Jans reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Henny Jans showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Florent Fernandes, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Pierre-Henri Oudard showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ferry van Zalingen in the 51st minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as En avant de guingamp's Florent Fernandes slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Henny Jans. That made the score 0-6 after 53 minutes of play. Florent Fernandes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 57th minute of the match, but Henny Jans made a huge save. Joop Heinen hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Henny Jans made an important save on a dangerous shot by Florent Fernandes in the 64th minute. After 67 played minutes Verwachting got a freekick which was hit by Ferry van Zalingen. Henny Jans acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 68th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Jean-Michel Caspar. Florent Fernandes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Henny Jans made a huge save. The supporters of En avant de guingamp booed when Verwachting was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ralph Peeters didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 83rd minute, Francis Attal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Henny Jans was a little too slow when Florent Fernandes got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 87th minute. The score was now 1-7. 94 minutes into the match, Verwachting's goalkeeper Henny Jans had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Florent Fernandes. En avant de guingamp's Florent Fernandes got a good chance for a goal in the 97th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. En avant de guingamp walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.