U18 World League

Pingeldoos
Spectators: 7549 (Terracing: 5663, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Berend Tigelaar started the match with the kick off. Maurice Sybring showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aurel Gorunescu in the 3rd minute of the match. Lukas Heeringa kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. A collision led to SV Balverliefd getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Joep van den Bergh hit a great ball. When the match clock showed 13 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Berend Tigelaar sped through ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Iosif Foltea. Maurice Sybring made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leontin Cotoi in the 16th minute of play. SV Balverliefd's Maurice Sybring played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aurel Gorunescu in the 17th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Filip Chițu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Maurice Sybring was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. Ilie Beraru hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Berend Tigelaar who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 31stth minute tested the skills of Iosif Foltea when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The supporters of SV Balverliefd booed when ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ilie Beraru didn't get a good kick on the ball. The long shot by Steve Verbeek in the 34th minute really tested Iosif Foltea's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristi Boboc in the 42nd minute of play forced SV Balverliefd's goalkeeper Maurice Sybring to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Maurice Sybring showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aurel Gorunescu in the 44th minute of the match. In the 45th minute, Leontin Cotoi made a precise shot to the right of Maurice Sybring. SV Balverliefd's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Aurel Gorunescu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's Filip Chițu got a free kick in the 54th minute. After 55 played minutes, SV Balverliefd's Steve Verbeek shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Iosif Foltea came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in SV Balverliefd reached it. 58 minutes into the game, Leontin Cotoi recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Maurice Sybring. Leontin Cotoi showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-2. SV Balverliefd's Maurice Sybring proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save SV Balverliefd from getting a goal against them. Maurice Sybring came out of the goal in the 64th minute to try and stop a shot by ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's Filip Chițu. But to his dismay, Filip Chițu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. After 71 minutes, Berend Tigelaar made it 2-3 with a short kick to the right side. ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's Iosif Foltea tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 77th minute Leontin Cotoi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Maurice Sybring saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpected shot in the 82nd minute by Cristi Boboc got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. SV Balverliefd's Maurice Sybring proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save SV Balverliefd from getting a goal against them. ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's Panait Hrib got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Leontin Cotoi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Maurice Sybring having to make a save. Maurice Sybring was a little too slow when Aurel Gorunescu got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 88th minute. The score was now 2-4. Heiko Mulder was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 94 minutes into the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 93rd minute of the game. One of SV Balverliefd:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007:s goal. The goalkeeper, Maurice Sybring, was totally fooled by ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's Cristi Ciuvică, who 96 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.