U21 World League

Aarsele Stadion
Spectators: 7646 (Terracing: 5736, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 152) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Antonio Colebrandts kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, de belletrekkers's 董宽皓 got a free kick in the 3rd minute. In the 7th minute Romeo Segio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kristiaan Van de Velde saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Edgard Armentier received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Lucio Hernandez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Through an outstanding action, after 13 minutes, Lucio Hernandez successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. When Karel-Jan De Coninck came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the de belletrekkers 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 Karel-Jan De Coninck couldn't finish the play. Javier Restu charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Javier Restu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 31 played minutes Nina fc got a freekick which was hit by Javier Restu. In the 31st minute, Karel-Jan De Coninck 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. With a little luck, Nina fc's Lucio Hernandez got control of the ball when Antonio Colebrandts tried to sneak it across the goal line. Arturo Ariando charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Arturo Ariando the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 41 played minutes Nina fc got a freekick which was hit by Arturo Ariando. Lucio Hernandez was a little too slow when Edgard Armentier got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 43rd minute. The score was now 1-0. Thanks to some nice moves Antonio Colebrandts could shoot a difficult shot in the 47th minute, which Lucio Hernandez however easily saved by the left post. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Romeo Segio to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the game, de belletrekkers's Edgard Armentier nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lucio Hernandez made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Lucio Hernandez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgard Armentier in the 56th minute of play. After having played for 58 minutes, Antonio Colebrandts managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. de belletrekkers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Antonio Colebrandts was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Gino Focquier fell near the penalty area in the 59th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored de belletrekkers's protests and gave Gino Focquier a yellow card for diving instead. Gino Focquier hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. After 61 played minutes Nina fc got a freekick which was hit by Sergio Locaio. 71 minutes into the match, de belletrekkers's Edgard Armentier sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lucio Hernandez narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Lucio Hernandez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antonio Colebrandts in the 81st minute of the match. The supporters of Nina fc booed when de belletrekkers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Remco Baekelandt didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ciriaco Frederik was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 84th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antonio Colebrandts in the 87th minute of play forced Nina fc's goalkeeper Lucio Hernandez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 89th minute Gert Robijns shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lucio Hernandez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nina fc's Lucio Hernandez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antonio Colebrandts in the 90th minute of play. In the 92nd minute de belletrekkers were awarded a corner. Karel-Jan De Coninck went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Gino Focquier got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 3-0. 92 minutes into the match. Ciriaco Frederik didn't quite understand what happened when in the 97 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet.