U18 World League

Monumental
Spectators: 7666 (Terracing: 5751, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Lou Winnepenninck made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of Twierdza Osowiec booed when La Maquina Retorna 【LBF】 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adrian Sasoin didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Kim De Poorter came up free with the goalie in the 4th minute, the Twierdza Osowiec 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 Kim De Poorter couldn't finish the play. Samuel Grabiel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rene Callewaert in the 6th minute of play. Maarten Soetemans didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Moises Ruy went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fulgencio Stephen got free with Maarten Soetemans in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Maarten Soetemans was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Adrian Sasoin. A collision led to Twierdza Osowiec getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Joel Gevaert hit a great ball. In the 31st minute, Moises Ruy reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Maarten Soetemans. The goal made the score 2-0. Maarten Soetemans didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fulgencio Stephen went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fulgencio Stephen in the 45th minute of play forced Twierdza Osowiec's goalkeeper Maarten Soetemans to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 46th match minute, Twierdza Osowiec was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lou Winnepenninck to maneuver through the defense. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

After a rather tough play, Twierdza Osowiec's Jacque De Wit got a free kick in the 53rd minute. In the 59th minute, Diego Armando Messi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Maarten Soetemans was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Samuel Grabiel made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Lou Winnepenninck sent off a good shot on target. After 63 minutes of play, La Maquina Retorna 【LBF】's Diego Armando Messi made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Maarten Soetemans was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Twierdza Osowiec getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Jorg Saelens hit a great ball. Serafino Transito took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Maarten Soetemans. Maarten Soetemans dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-0. Maarten Soetemans showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Moises Ruy in the 78th minute of the match. After 79 played minutes Twierdza Osowiec got a freekick which was hit by Stein Van Leemputte. In the 79th minute of the match Serafino Transito sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Maarten Soetemans skillfully saved the ball. When La Maquina Retorna 【LBF】's Moises Ruy in the 81st minute got a chance for a shot 81st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Twierdza Osowiec's goalie prevented a goal. In the 86th minute, Jorg Saelens hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 87th minute of the match Jimeno Gauargi sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Maarten Soetemans skillfully saved the ball. Maarten Soetemans took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fulgencio Stephen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. La Maquina Retorna 【LBF】's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.