U18 World League

Estadio Santa Gala
Spectators: 7526 (Terracing: 5645, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Joel Libertad started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guust de Pelsmaekers in the 10th minute of play forced Tiburones Rojos's goalkeeper Iker Darien to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 12 minutes into the match, Tiburones Rojos's goal looked a bit too open when Fabrice De Muysere came free, but Iker Darien reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With 14 minutes on the clock, Francois Eijkens commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Kasper Rijniers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcelo Elia, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Joel Libertad did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Kasper Rijniers 18 minutes into the match. Tiburones Rojos's Iker Darien played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabrice De Muysere in the 24th minute of play. Ramon Gora hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 35th minute, Guust de Pelsmaekers managed to get in a good position for a shot. Forza Heppenbach's supporters rose to their feet, but Guust de Pelsmaekers was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Iker Darien breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 37th play minute Ramon Gora came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Kasper Rijniers. 2-0. 43 minutes into the match, Tiburones Rojos's goal looked a bit too open when Guust de Pelsmaekers came free, but Iker Darien reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Guust de Pelsmaekers to make the kick off. After 52 minutes, Guust de Pelsmaekers mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Forza Heppenbach and the Tiburones Rojos players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Forza Heppenbach's Guust de Pelsmaekers got a free kick in the 52nd minute. After a defensive mix-up in Forza Heppenbach's zone, Ramon Gora stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kasper Rijniers came out of the goal and Ramon Gora tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 62nd minute, Maximino Vellito hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Guust de Pelsmaekers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Iker Darien tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fabrice De Muysere hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Kasper Rijniers didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marcelo Elia went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Fabrice De Muysere fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iker Darien having to interfere. Guust de Pelsmaekers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iker Darien having to interfere. Ramon Gora kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. The supporters of Tiburones Rojos booed when Forza Heppenbach was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christoph Bruyninckx didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Guust de Pelsmaekers came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the Forza Heppenbach 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 Guust de Pelsmaekers couldn't finish the play. In the last second Iker Darien throw himself and got hold of the ball when Guust de Pelsmaekers in the 93rdth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Forza Heppenbach's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.