U23 World League

El Asilo...
Spectators: 7793 (Terracing: 5846, Seating: 1792, VIP seats: 155) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Martien Degenkamp made the kick off which started today's match. Yala's Octavio Ferrer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martien Degenkamp in the 5th minute of play. In the 6th minute, Carolo Bizen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Octavio Ferrer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martien Degenkamp, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. When the match clock showed 14 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Martien Degenkamp sped through Yala's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Octavio Ferrer. After a defensive mix-up in Yala's zone, Geert Arend van Zijl stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Octavio Ferrer came out of the goal and Geert Arend van Zijl tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. FC Bal op het Dak's Carsten Maurits played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carolo Bizen in the 19th minute of play. 22 minutes into the match, FC Bal op het Dak's goalkeeper Carsten Maurits had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yavuz Acabay. In the 25th match minute, FC Bal op het Dak was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ted Mook to maneuver through the defense. In the 37thth minute of the game Geert Arend van Zijl who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Yala's Octavio Ferrer was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Geert Arend van Zijl's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Octavio Ferrer was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. In the 38th minute FC Bal op het Dak were awarded a corner. Geert Arend van Zijl went to the cornerflag to take it. Carolo Bizen blasted a shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Carsten Maurits having to make a save. Octavio Ferrer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafael de Groot in the 42nd minute of the match. A collision led to Yala getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Yavuz Acabay hit a great ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Yavuz Acabay made a kick off. After 51 played minutes FC Bal op het Dak got a freekick which was hit by Arjan Breugel. Octavio Ferrer made an important save on a dangerous shot by Martien Degenkamp in the 55th minute. In the 55th minute, FC Bal op het Dak's Martien Degenkamp dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-2. 59 minutes into the match, FC Bal op het Dak's goal looked a bit too open when Yavuz Acabay came free, but Carsten Maurits reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jeremias Derwin hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. A collision led to FC Bal op het Dak getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Geert Arend van Zijl hit a great ball. FC Bal op het Dak were furious when Ted Mook was red carded, 74 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. FC Bal op het Dak's Carsten Maurits played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yavuz Acabay in the 77th minute of play. Carsten Maurits made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carolo Bizen in the 84th minute of play. Reynaldo Oinaz took the ball and in the 85 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Carsten Maurits. Carsten Maurits dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. In the 95th minute, Orlando Sustrai ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Carsten Maurits was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.