U21 World League

Old Trafford
Spectators: 7550 (Terracing: 5664, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Matthis Colpaert made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, Manchester United FC's Alpi Kukkonen got a free kick in the 3rd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 5th minute, Edgard Armentier managed to get in a good position for a shot. de belletrekkers's supporters rose to their feet, but Edgard Armentier was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Juha Jokiranta breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Kristiaan Van de Velde showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paavo Salmela, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. 12 minutes into the match, de belletrekkers's goalkeeper Kristiaan Van de Velde had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Raino Lindfors. The supporters of de belletrekkers booed when Manchester United FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kuisma Kokkonen didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 17th minute, Edgard Armentier made a precise shot to the right of Juha Jokiranta. Manchester United FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After having played for 24 minutes, Tero Haakana managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Manchester United FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tero Haakana was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Remco Baekelandt during the 26th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, de belletrekkers's Remco Baekelandt got a free kick in the 26th minute. A collision led to de belletrekkers getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Kristiaan Dirickx hit a great ball. 39 minutes into the match, Edgard Armentier had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Juha Jokiranta. Manchester United FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Edgard Armentier was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Kristiaan Dirickx's late challenge caught a Manchester United FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kristiaan Dirickx helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to de belletrekkers getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Kristiaan Dirickx hit a great ball. After the first half de belletrekkers were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Kristiaan Van de Velde took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paavo Salmela, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 61 played minutes Manchester United FC got a freekick which was hit by Paavo Salmela. Juha Jokiranta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edgard Armentier, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. After 63 minutes, Alpi Kukkonen mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Manchester United FC and the de belletrekkers players grew even worse after the yellow card. Alpi Kukkonen hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Manchester United FC's Terho Ylimäki was substituted for Alpi Kukkonen. A collision led to Manchester United FC getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Alpi Kukkonen hit a great ball. If Edgard Armentier had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 67 minutes into the match, Manchester United FC's goalkeeper Juha Jokiranta had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Matthis Colpaert. In the 68th minute, Terho Ylimäki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. de belletrekkers's Kristiaan Van de Velde played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tero Haakana in the 74th minute of play. Remco Baekelandt hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Kristiaan Van de Velde showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martti Helin in the 78th minute of the match. Raf De Backer kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Remco Baekelandt in the 84th minute of play forced Manchester United FC's goalkeeper Juha Jokiranta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpected shot in the 90th minute by Edgard Armentier got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. The supporters of de belletrekkers booed when Manchester United FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Michael Owen didn't get a good kick on the ball. de belletrekkers's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.