U18 World League

Estadio Chiquero
Spectators: 7459 (Terracing: 5595, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nicanor Nabar made the kick off which started today's match. Chanchos's Gervasio Dei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frank Costermans in the 4th minute of play. In the 8th minute, Chanchos's Rolando Raymond seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Rolando Raymond the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Chanchos protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Rolando Raymond had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 8th minute of the game. One of Chanchos:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of SK Gullegem:s goal. In the 13th minute, Rosendo Estevez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wart Hollants in the 20th minute of play forced Chanchos's goalkeeper Gervasio Dei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 21st match minute, Chanchos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nicanor Nabar to maneuver through the defense. SK Gullegem's Bryan Stuyck got a good chance for a goal in the 22nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Gervasio Dei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frank Costermans in the 25th minute of the match. Gervasio Dei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sylvain Pauwels, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jo van der Eycken made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isidoro Oalo in the 31st minute of play. Gervasio Dei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frank Costermans in the 32nd minute of the match. Chanchos's Gervasio Dei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rafael Gobeleyns in the 34th minute of play. Gervasio Dei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wart Hollants, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. 41 minutes into the match, Chanchos's goal looked a bit too open when Rafael Gobeleyns came free, but Gervasio Dei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gervasio Dei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frank Costermans in the 43rd minute of the match. Chanchos's Gervasio Dei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rafael Gobeleyns in the 45th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Through an outstanding action, after 58 minutes, Gervasio Dei successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Rafael Gobeleyns could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Gervasio Dei made a huge save. The crowd rose to their feet as SK Gullegem's Rafael Gobeleyns slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Gervasio Dei. That made the score 0-4 after 62 minutes of play. Gervasio Dei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frank Costermans, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Wart Hollants kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Gervasio Dei. That made the score 0-5 in the 69 minute of play. In the 73rd minute, Soren Kindts hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 74th match minute, SK Gullegem was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Soren Kindts to maneuver through the defense. 77 minutes into the match, Chanchos's goal looked a bit too open when Frank Costermans came free, but Gervasio Dei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 79th minute Frank Costermans shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gervasio Dei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. SK Gullegem's Frank Costermans was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 81st play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Thanks to some nice moves Rafael Gobeleyns could shoot a difficult shot in the 84th minute, which Gervasio Dei however easily saved by the left post. Chanchos's Gervasio Dei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wart Hollants in the 86th minute of play. Gervasio Dei was a little too slow when Wart Hollants got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 92nd minute. The score was now 0-7. In the 96th minute, SK Gullegem's Frank Costermans ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Gervasio Dei. Gervasio Dei yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-8. The Chanchos fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. SK Gullegem were clearly better and deserved to take the win.