U18 World League

Jose Amalfitani
Spectators: 7472 (Terracing: 5605, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Bernardino Pabla got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cedric Van Meerbeec in the 6th minute of play forced Zurdo FC's goalkeeper Robustiano Frederik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cedric Van Meerbeec took the ball and in the 10 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Robustiano Frederik. Robustiano Frederik dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Jos Armentier recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 13th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Zurdo FC's zone, Fred Van Hoeyveld stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Robustiano Frederik came out of the goal and Fred Van Hoeyveld tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Robustiano Frederik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fred Van Hoeyveld in the 20th minute of play. Marc Van Linthaut sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bernardino Pabla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nils Van De Wiele having to interfere. Nils Van De Wiele made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Santo Quinto sent off a good shot on target. Robustiano Frederik took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fred Van Hoeyveld, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jos Armentier fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Robustiano Frederik having to interfere. In the 43rd minute, Fred Van Hoeyveld made a precise shot to the right of Robustiano Frederik. Zurdo FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. In the 47th minute Froilan Benet shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nils Van De Wiele saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jos Armentier made a kick off. Robustiano Frederik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fred Van Hoeyveld in the 53rd minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Fred Van Hoeyveld kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Robustiano Frederik. That made the score 0-3 in the 55 minute of play. In the 64th minute, Gonzalo Mazuste hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fred Van Hoeyveld got free with Robustiano Frederik in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Zurdo FC's Gonzalo Mazuste got a free kick in the 66th minute. Zurdo FC's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Fred Van Hoeyveld 70 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-4. Nils Van De Wiele took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bernardino Pabla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bernardino Pabla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Nils Van De Wiele tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gonzalo Mazuste's late challenge caught a VC zoetwater's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gonzalo Mazuste helped the player get up and apologised. Gonzalo Mazuste kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. Hipolito Cordera scored 1-4 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nils Van De Wiele, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Nils Van De Wiele didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Santo Quinto went, in the 88th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-4 was the resulting score. The VC zoetwater players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.