U18 World League

Jayden Arena
Spectators: 7568 (Terracing: 5677, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 151) In the 6th minute, Frank Costermans got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Celal Cabir took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wart Hollants, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jo van der Eycken showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Seyit Aksoy, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Christopher Frans fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Celal Cabir having to interfere. The supporters of SK Gullegem booed when ★ŞaNLı uRFa BiReCiK SPoR★ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mehmet Edip Özkutal didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jo van der Eycken showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Seyit Aksoy in the 19th minute of the match. In the 20th minute, Kürşat Sudi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ★ŞaNLı uRFa BiReCiK SPoR★ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Jo van der Eycken came out of the goal in the 23rd minute to try and stop a shot by ★ŞaNLı uRFa BiReCiK SPoR★'s Seyit Aksoy. But to his dismay, Seyit Aksoy quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. After 25 minutes of play, ★ŞaNLı uRFa BiReCiK SPoR★'s Gökalp Murat made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jo van der Eycken was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jo van der Eycken came out of the goal in the 36th minute to try and stop a shot by ★ŞaNLı uRFa BiReCiK SPoR★'s Seyit Aksoy. But to his dismay, Seyit Aksoy quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. Celal Cabir showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frank Costermans, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. After 41 minutes ★ŞaNLı uRFa BiReCiK SPoR★'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Frank Costermans who took care of the corner kick. If Wart Hollants had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Celal Cabir showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wart Hollants in the 47th minute of the match. After the first half ★ŞaNLı uRFa BiReCiK SPoR★ were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

52 minutes into the game, Wart Hollants cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Celal Cabir was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Christopher Frans charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Christopher Frans the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 59th match minute, SK Gullegem was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christopher Frans to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, SK Gullegem's Jo van der Eycken got control of the ball when Ali Faruk Algın tried to sneak it across the goal line. 62 minutes into the match, Gökalp Murat dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jo van der Eycken, 1-5. Jo van der Eycken came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by ★ŞaNLı uRFa BiReCiK SPoR★'s Ahmet Korkut Kandemir. But to his dismay, Ahmet Korkut Kandemir quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-6. The supporters of SK Gullegem booed when ★ŞaNLı uRFa BiReCiK SPoR★ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ali Faruk Algın didn't get a good kick on the ball. 71 minutes into the match, ★ŞaNLı uRFa BiReCiK SPoR★'s goal looked a bit too open when Frank Costermans came free, but Celal Cabir reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Frank Costermans took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Celal Cabir. Celal Cabir dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-6. SK Gullegem's Christopher Frans got his second yellow card of the match in the 76th minute. The referee ordered Christopher Frans off the ground. Christopher Frans hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in ★ŞaNLı uRFa BiReCiK SPoR★'s zone, Bryan Stuyck stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Celal Cabir came out of the goal and Bryan Stuyck tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. ★ŞaNLı uRFa BiReCiK SPoR★'s Celal Cabir played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frank Costermans in the 86th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Costermans in the 88th minute of play forced ★ŞaNLı uRFa BiReCiK SPoR★'s goalkeeper Celal Cabir to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The throw-in from Songurbey Taşkın in the 91st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by SK Gullegem's Wart Hollants. Celal Cabir didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Frank Costermans went, in the 96th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-6 was the resulting score. The ★ŞaNLı uRFa BiReCiK SPoR★ 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.