U21 World League

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Spectators: 7526 (Terracing: 5645, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) In the 5th minute, Ground Control's Thierry Fouet ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Freek Van Hoyvelt. Freek Van Hoyvelt yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Alphonse Mathevet's late challenge caught a SK Gullegem's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alphonse Mathevet helped the player get up and apologised. After 7 played minutes Ground Control got a freekick which was hit by Alphonse Mathevet. Josselin Portet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michel Jamieson in the 9th minute of the match. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ground Control's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Michael Verhaeghen was slow to take the kick. During this time SK Gullegem's players had a chance to rest. Yanne Van Beneden made a great header on SK Gullegem's corner, it was just that Ground Control's Josselin Portet managed to reach the ball for a save. Ground Control's Josselin Portet played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marco Jamieson in the 13th minute of play. The supporters of Ground Control booed when SK Gullegem was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edmond Walder didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice moves Thierry Fouet could shoot a difficult shot in the 20th minute, which Freek Van Hoyvelt however easily saved by the left post. Edmond Walder fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Josselin Portet having to interfere. Freek Van Hoyvelt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alphonse Mathevet, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. In the 27th minute, Michel Jamieson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Josselin Portet was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. With a little luck, SK Gullegem's Freek Van Hoyvelt got control of the ball when Thierry Fouet tried to sneak it across the goal line. Just Bazoge was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 34 minutes into the match. After 34 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Ground Control! Ground Control:s Josselin Portet showed great skill when he stopped Michael Verhaeghen:s penalty. A collision led to SK Gullegem getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Albertus Reijdams hit a great ball. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The wind increased when Michael Verhaeghen made the kick off in the second half. Sacha Amara sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Batiste Lassalle made in the 63rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by SK Gullegem's Yanne Van Beneden. Michael Verhaeghen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Freek Van Hoyvelt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thierry Fouet, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. SK Gullegem's Freek Van Hoyvelt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thierry Fouet in the 75th minute of play. Sacha Amara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Freek Van Hoyvelt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sacha Amara sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 80th minute, Sacha Amara left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ground Control fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. The supporters of SK Gullegem booed when Ground Control was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sylvain Chiffoleau didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 84th match minute, Ground Control was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alphonse Mathevet to maneuver through the defense. In the 85th minute, Louison Vaille hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thierry Fouet took the ball and in the 87 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Freek Van Hoyvelt. Freek Van Hoyvelt dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. Sacha Amara scored 4-1 in the 94th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Freek Van Hoyvelt, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.