U23 World League

Fort Knox
Spectators: 7668 (Terracing: 6009, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 159) Frederick Van Gorp showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Algitas Girkantas, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. A collision led to Absoliut getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Osvaldas Nutautas hit a great ball. 8 minutes into the match, Absoliut's goal looked a bit too open when Cornel Manciulea came free, but Vaclovas Jurkus reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Victor Petersson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vaclovas Jurkus having to interfere. Frederick Van Gorp took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ovidijus Andrišiūnas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 16 minutes into the match, Virtual Aces's goal looked a bit too open when Ovidijus Andrišiūnas came free, but Frederick Van Gorp reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 23rd minute Ovidijus Andrišiūnas 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. After a rather tough play, Virtual Aces's Marko Willig got a free kick in the 27th minute. Frederick Van Gorp showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ovidijus Andrišiūnas in the 30th minute of the match. In the 31st minute of the match Absoliut 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. Algitas Girkantas ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Absoliut's corner Henrikas Lisauskas fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Frederick Van Gorp quite easily take care of the ball. After 42 played minutes, Absoliut's Algitas Girkantas shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Frederick Van Gorp came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Absoliut reached it. Frederick Van Gorp showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Algitas Girkantas, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Victor Petersson to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 50th minute, Ovidijus Andrišiūnas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Absoliut fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Osvaldas Nutautas kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. Algitas Girkantas took the ball and in the 62 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Frederick Van Gorp. Frederick Van Gorp dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. If Ovidijus Andrišiūnas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. If Algitas Girkantas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Virtual Aces's Frederick Van Gorp played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Algitas Girkantas in the 69th minute of play. Ovidijus Andrišiūnas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st 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 was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Vykintas Raudys. Frederick Van Gorp came out of the goal in the 76th minute to try and stop a shot by Absoliut's Algitas Girkantas. But to his dismay, Algitas Girkantas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. After 79 minutes of play Absoliut's Osvaldas Nutautas was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Osvaldas Nutautas hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Ovidijus Andrišiūnas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Absoliut's supporters rose to their feet, but Ovidijus Andrišiūnas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Frederick Van Gorp breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The Virtual Aces supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Absoliut's performance. The match ended with a win for Absoliut.