U21 World League

Auriolam Arena
Spectators: 7460 (Terracing: 5596, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Bitxintxo Zamora kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the game, Bacardi FC's Raymond Verheije nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Cresitobalo Candela made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Auriolam II C.F.'s Cresitobalo Candela played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Steven De Kelper in the 8th minute of play. After 10 minutes, Raymond Verheije mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bacardi FC and the Auriolam II C.F. players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 10th minute, Raymond Verheije hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cresitobalo Candela showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raymond Verheije in the 12th minute of the match. Cresitobalo Candela made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xander Steurms in the 14th minute of play. Bacardi FC were awarded a corner in the 16th minute after Auriolam II C.F.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Xander Steurms took the corner. The corner led Bacardi FC's Xander Steurms to fire away a dangerous shot which Cresitobalo Candela despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After 21 played minutes Auriolam II C.F. got a freekick which was hit by Arturo Canturri. Xander Steurms sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Raymond Verheije received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Cresitobalo Candela tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 29th minute, Fran Gómez left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Auriolam II C.F. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Bitxintxo Zamora hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. 37 minutes into the match, Steven De Kelper notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Auriolam II C.F.'s Cresitobalo Candela. Cresitobalo Candela was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Cresitobalo Candela showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raymond Verheije, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. In the 41st match minute, Auriolam II C.F. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arturo Canturri to maneuver through the defense. Auriolam II C.F.'s Cresitobalo Candela played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Raymond Verheije in the 42nd minute of play. When Fran Gómez fell near the penalty area in the 43rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Auriolam II C.F.'s protests and gave Fran Gómez a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Auriolam II C.F. getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Fran Gómez hit a great ball. Xander Steurms received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Cresitobalo Candela tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Raymond Verheije stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mathias-Alexander Pellegrims hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. When Tome Bouzas came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the Auriolam II C.F. 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 Tome Bouzas couldn't finish the play. In the 53rd play minute Steven De Kelper came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Cresitobalo Candela. 1-3. Arend Van Beneden came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by Auriolam II C.F.'s Jesús Elias. But to his dismay, Jesús Elias quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. Through an outstanding action, after 69 minutes, Cresitobalo Candela successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Cresitobalo Candela came out of the goal in the 73rd minute to try and stop a shot by Bacardi FC's Steven De Kelper. But to his dismay, Steven De Kelper quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-4. The crowd rose to their feet as Bacardi FC's Xander Steurms slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Cresitobalo Candela. That made the score 2-5 after 80 minutes of play. Bacardi FC made a substitution. Andrew Van Baerlem replaced Xander Steurms. Artuur Van Steen could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 84th minute of the match, but Cresitobalo Candela made a huge save. Cresitobalo Candela was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Steven De Kelper showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-6 in the 86 minute of play. Auriolam II C.F.'s goalkeeper couldn't reach when Raymond Verheije 91 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-7. Steven De Kelper in the 96thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Cresitobalo Candela, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Bacardi FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.