U23 World League

Lokomоtiv
Spectators: 8072 (Terracing: 6056, Seating: 1856, VIP seats: 160) Zdzislaw Obuchowicz started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 2nd match minute, Purple Talents was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kristiaan Van den Haute to maneuver through the defense. Purple Talents's Steve Van der Veeken proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Purple Talents from getting a goal against them. After 8 minutes Purple Talents's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Zhang Jing Lin who took care of the corner kick. After 15 minutes, Jordi Alba mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lokomotiv Plovdiv and the Purple Talents players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 14th minute, one of Lokomotiv Plovdiv:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Lokomotiv Plovdiv. Qiu Feng Guo scored 0-1 in the 15th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Krasimir Mishovski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 19th minute Kristiaan Van den Haute shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Krasimir Mishovski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 23rd minute, Fre De Beer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Lokomotiv Plovdiv defense, Ricky Waegemans kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Krasimir Mishovski. The Lokomotiv Plovdiv fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Krasimir Mishovski should have stopped the shot. 31 minutes into the game, Lokomotiv Plovdiv's Zdzislaw Obuchowicz nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Steve Van der Veeken made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vasko Chochkov in the 39th minute of play forced Purple Talents's goalkeeper Steve Van der Veeken to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Purple Talents getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Tansel Visali hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Vasko Chochkov in the 44th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Steve Van der Veeken saved Purple Talents from getting behind. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ricky Waegemans made a kick off. Tansel Visali kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. Yvan Loos kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhang Jing Lin in the 54th minute of play forced Purple Talents's goalkeeper Steve Van der Veeken to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lokomotiv Plovdiv's Facundo Nazario was substituted for Sven Brask. Steve Van der Veeken showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vasko Chochkov in the 65th minute of the match. Steve Van der Veeken took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vasko Chochkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Purple Talents getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Hever Plasencia hit a great ball. Steve Van der Veeken showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zdzislaw Obuchowicz, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. After some careless play in the Purple Talents defense, Vasko Chochkov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Steve Van der Veeken. The Purple Talents fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Steve Van der Veeken should have stopped the shot. Vasko Chochkov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Steve Van der Veeken read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 82nd minute of play. Steve Van der Veeken showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jacques Chandler in the 83rd minute of the match. The supporters of Purple Talents booed when Lokomotiv Plovdiv was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yulian Florov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ricky Waegemans kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vasko Chochkov in the 91st minute of play forced Purple Talents's goalkeeper Steve Van der Veeken to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 94th match minute, Lokomotiv Plovdiv was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 冰谷 航母 to maneuver through the defense. Krasimir Mishovski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yvan Loos in the 95th minute of the match.