U23 World League

Fort Knox
Spectators: 7632 (Terracing: 5974, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 158) Victor Petersson made the kick off and thus started the match. Pedro Luiz de Moraes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Frederick Van Gorp came out of the goal in the 7th minute to try and stop a shot by Heavenly Hooters's Saverio Ribeiro. But to his dismay, Saverio Ribeiro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. A collision led to Virtual Aces getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Qian Qing hit a great ball. In the 12th minute Dudley Hadley shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frederick Van Gorp saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Frederick Van Gorp didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dudley Hadley went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. With a little luck, Heavenly Hooters's Lennie Rusby got control of the ball when Qian Qing tried to sneak it across the goal line. Lennie Rusby took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Victor Petersson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Frederick Van Gorp showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pedro Luiz de Moraes, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Victor Petersson in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lennie Rusby saved Heavenly Hooters from getting behind. Jake Grayson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Frederick Van Gorp tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Frederick Van Gorp stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pedro Luiz de Moraes's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. In the 38th minute of the match Heavenly Hooters got a corner. Virtual Aces's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Saverio Ribeiro ran over to the corner to take the kick. Saverio Ribeiro made a great header on Heavenly Hooters's corner, it was just that Virtual Aces's Frederick Van Gorp managed to reach the ball for a save. A collision led to Virtual Aces getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Carlos Alcaraz hit a great ball. Heavenly Hooters's Saverio Ribeiro got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Saverio Ribeiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Frederick Van Gorp having to interfere. After the first half Heavenly Hooters were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Pedro Luiz de Moraes made the kick off in the second half. Frederick Van Gorp showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dudley Hadley, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. Virtual Aces's Frederick Van Gorp proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Virtual Aces from getting a goal against them. Brandon Wright's late challenge caught a Virtual Aces's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Brandon Wright helped the player get up and apologised. In the 61st match minute, Heavenly Hooters was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Brandon Wright to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Victor Petersson in the 63rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lennie Rusby saved Heavenly Hooters from getting behind. After 64 minutes Heavenly Hooters's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Victor Petersson who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Victor Petersson got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Lennie Rusby quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Brandon Wright struck a weak shot in the 75th minute. Frederick Van Gorp didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Heavenly Hooters. Heavenly Hooters's Todd Connery was substituted for Pedro Luiz de Moraes. Heavenly Hooters's Kevin Byrne was substituted for Shane Beesley. Todd Connery could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Frederick Van Gorp made a huge save. 91 minutes into the match, Virtual Aces's goal looked a bit too open when Saverio Ribeiro came free, but Frederick Van Gorp reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Frederick Van Gorp made an important save on a dangerous shot by Todd Connery in the 92nd minute. Marc Armstrong hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Heavenly Hooters walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.