U18 World League

Marakana
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) Pierre Van Leemputte made the kick off and thus started the match. Ulf Hägeli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jorne Denijs having to interfere. In the 4th minute Edgar Domini shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jorne Denijs saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of B O B I S A booed when Portus Ganda was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lennert Dirickx didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jorne Denijs acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 6th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Edgar Domini. With his leg Jorne Denijs managed to avoid a goal in the 8thth minute, when B O B I S A's Edgar Domini fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The supporters of B O B I S A booed when Portus Ganda was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ernst Jansens didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Portus Ganda booed when B O B I S A was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ulf Hägeli didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marc Van Kestbeek in the 11th minute of play forced B O B I S A's goalkeeper Gates Boeck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ulf Hägeli in the 16th minute of play forced Portus Ganda's goalkeeper Jorne Denijs to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gates Boeck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marc Van Kestbeek in the 17th minute of play. 20 minutes into the game, Lennert Dirickx was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Portus Ganda's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave B O B I S A the free kick. After 20 played minutes Portus Ganda got a freekick which was hit by Lennert Dirickx. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marc Van Kestbeek in the 22nd minute of play forced B O B I S A's goalkeeper Gates Boeck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edgar Domini received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Jorne Denijs tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jorne Denijs showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ulf Hägeli in the 30th minute of the match. Timmy Van Bouschot hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. Edgar Domini who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 37thth minute tested the skills of Jorne Denijs when he managed to save the team from getting behind.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Marc Van Kestbeek in the 53rd minute of play forced B O B I S A's goalkeeper Gates Boeck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 54 minutes into the match, B O B I S A's goalkeeper Gates Boeck had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pierre Van Leemputte. Jorne Denijs took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edgar Domini, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Portus Ganda getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Pierre Van Leemputte hit a great ball. 66 minutes into the match, Portus Ganda's goal looked a bit too open when Edgar Domini came free, but Jorne Denijs reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 67th minute, Marc Van Kestbeek 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. Gates Boeck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ernst Jansens in the 69th minute of play. After 76 played minutes B O B I S A got a freekick which was hit by Aaron Arnold. 79 minutes into the match, B O B I S A's goal looked a bit too open when Ernst Jansens came free, but Gates Boeck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 81 played minutes B O B I S A got a freekick which was hit by Ivo Uliassi. Edgar Domini's late challenge caught a Portus Ganda's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Edgar Domini helped the player get up and apologised. Edgar Domini hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. B O B I S A's Gates Boeck proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save B O B I S A from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pierre Van Leemputte got free with Gates Boeck in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 1-2 became the score in the 95th minute when Marc Van Kestbeek elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. The B O B I S A supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Portus Ganda's performance. The match ended with a win for Portus Ganda.