U21 World League

Cuervos Stadion
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5626, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when 乔义竞 kicked off to start the match. Christian Driesen made in the 3rd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Xander-Paul Pellegrims however managed to control. Durval Lage showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Piet Huijghens, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. 12 minutes into the match, Xavier Diependaele dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Durval Lage, 1-1. In the 17th match minute, LA COSA NOSTRA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Afonso Toscano to maneuver through the defense. A hard shot 24 in the game by Piet Huijghens from a close distance when the talented Durval Lage managed to make a qualified save. LA COSA NOSTRA's players were relieved. With a little luck, LA COSA NOSTRA's Durval Lage got control of the ball when Xavier Diependaele tried to sneak it across the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Christian Driesen in the 33rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by LA COSA NOSTRA's Nuno Baldaia. 37 minutes into the match, LA COSA NOSTRA's goal looked a bit too open when Piet Huijghens came free, but Durval Lage reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 38 minutes LA COSA NOSTRA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Christian Driesen who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Christian Driesen got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Durval Lage quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 45th match minute, real dixmuda was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Piet Huijghens to maneuver through the defense.

The wind increased when Piet Huijghens made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, LA COSA NOSTRA's Nuno Baldaia got a free kick in the 61st minute. Afonso Toscano's late challenge caught a real dixmuda's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Afonso Toscano helped the player get up and apologised. An unexpectedly hard shot by Piet Huijghens in the 69th minute of play forced LA COSA NOSTRA's goalkeeper Durval Lage to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 70thth minute of the game Xavier Diependaele who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but LA COSA NOSTRA's Durval Lage was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, real dixmuda's Mathias Goovaerts got a free kick in the 74th minute. A collision led to LA COSA NOSTRA getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Adriano Almeida hit a great ball. When Xavier Diependaele got free in front of the goal in the 82nd minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Durval Lage was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Timóteo Lage received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Pieter De Hond came out and tried to block the shot, but Timóteo Lage slotted it home off the left post making it 1-4 in the 90th minute. After 94 played minutes Timóteo Lage rounded real dixmuda's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-5. When the final whistle went the supporters of LA COSA NOSTRA were delighted that their team had defeated the much more dominant real dixmuda side.