U21 World League

Alverberg
Spectators: 7659 (Terracing: 5746, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 152) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Thiago Lima made the kick off which started today's match. 3 minutes into the game, Eliseu da Costa was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Dragões Barbudos FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Limburg United the free kick. A collision led to Dragões Barbudos FC getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Eliseu da Costa hit a great ball. The supporters of Dragões Barbudos FC booed when Limburg United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gert-Jan Volckaerts didn't get a good kick on the ball. Robbie Van Beylen charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Robbie Van Beylen the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Limburg United getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Robbie Van Beylen hit a great ball. Laércio Valle hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Robbie Van Beylen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Ramón Leão tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 17th minute, Eliseu da Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Robbie Van Beylen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ramón Leão having to interfere. Dany-Adams Van Halssbeeck fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ramón Leão having to interfere. The supporters of Dragões Barbudos FC booed when Limburg United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Henri-Xavier Van Der Talen didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gert-Jan Volckaerts received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Ramón Leão tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ramón Leão showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robbie Van Beylen, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. After 40 minutes, Thiago Lima mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Dragões Barbudos FC and the Limburg United players grew even worse after the yellow card. Thiago Lima hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Ramón Leão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robbie Van Beylen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 44 played minutes Dragões Barbudos FC got a freekick which was hit by Vicente Fantini. A collision led to Limburg United getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Joris Lanphant hit a great ball. Laércio Valle received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Andrez Widdepenninck tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Robbie Van Beylen to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Robbie Van Beylen left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Limburg United fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. After some careless play in the Dragões Barbudos FC defense, Robbie Van Beylen kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ramón Leão. The Dragões Barbudos FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ramón Leão should have stopped the shot. Dragões Barbudos FC's Ramón Leão played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Josef Van Huele in the 60th minute of play. Ramón Leão showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robbie Van Beylen, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. If Robbie Van Beylen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 65 minutes into the match, Dragões Barbudos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Dany-Adams Van Halssbeeck came free, but Ramón Leão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dany-Adams Van Halssbeeck sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ramón Leão made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robbie Van Beylen in the 69th minute of play. Robbie Van Beylen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Ramón Leão tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Limburg United's Gert-Jan Volckaerts got a free kick in the 76th minute. After 79 minutes of play Dragões Barbudos FC's Thiago Lima was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. A collision led to Dragões Barbudos FC getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Sidney Fonseca hit a great ball. Dany-Adams Van Halssbeeck sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 93 minutes into the match, Dragões Barbudos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Dany-Adams Van Halssbeeck came free, but Ramón Leão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Limburg United walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.