U21 World League

Jose Amalfitani
Spectators: 7482 (Terracing: 5613, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) Twelve Ravens's defense didn't have a chance, in the 6th minute, when Santo Quinto scored to the left of an out of position Jules Bernardts, making the score, 1-0. Twelve Ravens's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Nestor Tadzio 10 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-0. Jules Bernardts showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santo Quinto in the 15th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nestor Tadzio got free with Jules Bernardts in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jules Bernardts was out of position in the 18 minute of play, and Santo Quinto capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Santo Quinto really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. After 20 minutes, Andrew Severyns mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Twelve Ravens and the Zurdo FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Zurdo FC booed when Twelve Ravens was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andrew Severyns didn't get a good kick on the ball. Twelve Ravens's Jules Bernardts proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Twelve Ravens from getting a goal against them. After 25 minutes, Santo Quinto made it 4-0 with a short kick to the right side. Twelve Ravens's Jules Bernardts tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Santo Quinto in the 28th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jules Bernardts prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a rather tough play, Twelve Ravens's Jeremy Godts got a free kick in the 31st minute. Jules Bernardts stood somewhat misplaced when Santo Quinto came free in front of goal and shot 5-0 to the left of him in the 33 minute. Twelve Ravens's Jules Bernardts proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save Twelve Ravens from getting a goal against them. Jules Bernardts showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Higinio Lertxun, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Nestor Tadzio recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 41st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Twelve Ravens's Jules Bernardts proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 46th minute of the match, managed to save Twelve Ravens from getting a goal against them. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 5-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Elias De Koster stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jules Bernardts showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Higinio Lertxun in the 51st minute of the match. In the 53rdth minute of the game Nestor Tadzio who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Twelve Ravens's Jules Bernardts was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Nestor Tadzio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Twelve Ravens's Jules Bernardts played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santo Quinto in the 58th minute of play. After some careless play in the Twelve Ravens defense, Nestor Tadzio kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jules Bernardts. The Twelve Ravens fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jules Bernardts should have stopped the shot. 69 minutes into the match, Santo Quinto notched a goal, 7-0, to the right of Twelve Ravens's Jules Bernardts. Jules Bernardts was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Santo Quinto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jules Bernardts having to interfere. Jules Bernardts didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Santo Quinto went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 8-0 was the resulting score. The audience was convinced that Santo Quinto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jules Bernardts was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. Jules Bernardts showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santo Quinto in the 83rd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Nestor Tadzio managed to get in a good position for a shot. Zurdo FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Nestor Tadzio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jules Bernardts breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jules Bernardts took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Santo Quinto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jules Bernardts showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Higinio Lertxun, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Zurdo FC fully deserved thier win.