U18 World League

Greenfields
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5626, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) Shefki Vladavić started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Florin Corocăescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucas Iven having to interfere. Lucas Iven showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Shefki Vladavić, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Lucas Iven came out of the goal in the 8th minute to try and stop a shot by Vlashers's Dacian Cara. But to his dismay, Dacian Cara quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Lucas Iven made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vlad Bitang in the 15th minute of play. In the 17thth minute of the game Dimitri Van Deinze who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Vlashers's Narcis Popete was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In a very dangerous position, a player in Vlashers fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 17th minute. Penalty! In the 25th minute of the match Vlashers got a corner. Winksele 2016's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Dacian Cara ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 26th match minute, Winksele 2016 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dimitri Van Deinze to maneuver through the defense. When Dacian Cara came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the Vlashers 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 Dacian Cara couldn't finish the play. Vlad Bitang struck a weak shot in the 38th minute. Lucas Iven didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Vlashers. Lucas Iven showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Florin Corocăescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. The Winksele 2016 players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Vlashers were winning 0-1.

In the 53rd minute, Vlad Bitang ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lucas Iven was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. A collision led to Winksele 2016 getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Dimitri Van Deinze hit a great ball. 60 minutes into the match, Winksele 2016's goalkeeper Lucas Iven had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dacian Cara. After 64 minutes, Aristide Burdulea mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Vlashers and the Winksele 2016 players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 64 played minutes Vlashers got a freekick which was hit by Aristide Burdulea. With 69 minutes on the clock, Lennart De Coster commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. 68 minutes into the game, one of Winksele 2016:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 70th minute there was a penalty for Vlashers. Dacian Cara stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Lucas Iven. 0-3. Karel-Jan Gheysen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Narcis Popete having to interfere. After 78 played minutes Vlashers got a freekick which was hit by Cosmin Cojan. After 80 minutes of play, Vlashers's Shefki Vladavić made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lucas Iven was left in no man's land by his defense there! Dacian Cara fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucas Iven having to interfere. Lucas Iven made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Dacian Cara sent off a good shot on target. Narcis Popete showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karel-Jan Gheysen, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Dacian Cara could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Lucas Iven made a huge save. In the 94th minute Karel-Jan Gheysen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Narcis Popete saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ivan vrolix received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Narcis Popete tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vlashers played a much better game than Winksele 2016 and deserved their victory. The Winksele 2016 players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.