U21 World League

Pipon Pipon Field
Spectators: 7624 (Terracing: 5719, Seating: 1753, VIP seats: 152) Pierre Van Leemputte made the kick off and thus started the match. If Lanny Valle had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jorden Colebrandts was a little too slow when Bronson Mackey got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 5th minute. The score was now 1-0. Clemente Armani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marc Van Kestbeek in the 11th minute of play. C. A. Pipon Pipon's Clemente Armani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marc Van Kestbeek in the 13th minute of play. Clemente Armani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ernst Jansens in the 15th minute of the match. In the 15th minute, Bronson Mackey hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Portus Ganda's zone, Bronson Mackey stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jorden Colebrandts came out of the goal and Bronson Mackey tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 22nd minute Marcos Sewell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jorden Colebrandts saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Ernst Jansens had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bronson Mackey kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. Clemente Armani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pierre Van Leemputte, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Clemente Armani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ernst Jansens, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Portus Ganda's Jorden Colebrandts played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bronson Mackey in the 41st minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The wind increased when Raphael Houser made the kick off in the second half. With 54 minutes on the clock, Preston McCarthy commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 53rd minute, one of C. A. Pipon Pipon:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for C. A. Pipon Pipon. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pierre Van Leemputte got free with Clemente Armani in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Raphael Houser blasted a shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jorden Colebrandts having to make a save. Jorden Colebrandts showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcos Sewell in the 66th minute of the match. After 69 minutes of play, Portus Ganda's Ernst Jansens made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Clemente Armani was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jorden Colebrandts took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Raphael Houser, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Raphael Houser managed to get in a good position for a shot. C. A. Pipon Pipon's supporters rose to their feet, but Raphael Houser was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jorden Colebrandts breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 80 minutes into the match, C. A. Pipon Pipon's goal looked a bit too open when Ernst Jansens came free, but Clemente Armani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 82nd minute, Marcos Sewell 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. C. A. Pipon Pipon's Kerry Lancaster was substituted for Marcos Sewell. Jorden Colebrandts came out of the goal in the 88th minute to try and stop a shot by C. A. Pipon Pipon's Raphael Houser. But to his dismay, Raphael Houser quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. Lennert Dirickx's late challenge caught a C. A. Pipon Pipon's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lennert Dirickx helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Portus Ganda getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Lennert Dirickx hit a great ball. Lanny Valle took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 93rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jorden Colebrandts. Portus Ganda's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. When Raphael Houser came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the C. A. Pipon Pipon 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 Raphael Houser couldn't finish the play. Raphael Houser fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jorden Colebrandts having to interfere. Jorden Colebrandts showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kerry Lancaster, who was totally free with the ball in the 98th minute.