U23 World League

The Dribbel Arena
Spectators: 8085 (Terracing: 6065, Seating: 1859, VIP seats: 161) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Robbin De Ruyter made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, Reyes F.C.'s Tobias Berasko got a free kick in the 3rd minute. In the 6th minute Filiberto Bernebe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dionisio Eufemio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 8 minutes, Arsenio Bernebe mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Reyes F.C. and the Zero Gravity players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 8th minute, Arsenio Bernebe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zero Gravity's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Matías Roganov in the 13th minute. Dionisio Eufemio stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Joonatan Dejardin's shot from short distance in the 16th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikolaj Ratulowski in the 18th minute of play forced Reyes F.C.'s goalkeeper Dionisio Eufemio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jorge Caetano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arsenio Bernebe, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. When Januário Quinaz fell near the penalty area in the 24th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Zero Gravity's protests and gave Januário Quinaz a yellow card for diving instead. In the 24th match minute, Zero Gravity was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Januário Quinaz to maneuver through the defense. After 30 played minutes Reyes F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Arsenio Bernebe. With his leg Dionisio Eufemio managed to avoid a goal in the 32ndth minute, when Zero Gravity's Robbin De Ruyter fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Robbin De Ruyter kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Dionisio Eufemio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robbin De Ruyter, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. In the 41st minute of the match, Joonatan Dejardin tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Dionisio Eufemio saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. When Joonatan Dejardin came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the Zero Gravity 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 Joonatan Dejardin couldn't finish the play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Prudencio Bartolome made a kick off. Dionisio Eufemio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jacobus Sommers in the 60th minute of play. A collision led to Zero Gravity getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Vito Teles hit a great ball. Filiberto Bernebe took the ball and in the 68 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dionisio Eufemio. Dionisio Eufemio dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Zero Gravity made a substitution. Bass Villyn replaced Robbin De Ruyter. Dionisio Eufemio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jacobus Sommers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dionisio Eufemio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mikolaj Ratulowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. After having played for 83 minutes, Prudencio Bartolome managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Reyes F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Prudencio Bartolome was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Vinicio Tab fell near the penalty area in the 84th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Reyes F.C.'s protests and gave Vinicio Tab a yellow card for diving instead. Vinicio Tab hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Matías Roganov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dionisio Eufemio read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 85th minute of play. In the 86th minute Zero Gravity were awarded a corner. Matías Roganov went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 88th minute of the match Zero Gravity got a corner. Reyes F.C.'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Matías Roganov ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Matías Roganov got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Dionisio Eufemio quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Reyes F.C.'s Dionisio Eufemio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jacobus Sommers in the 89th minute of play. Jacobus Sommers sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 94th minute Bass Villyn shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dionisio Eufemio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zero Gravity walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.