U23 World League

Melbourne Park
Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Burhanettin Utman got the match started through his kick off. In the 6th minute, Marnix van Alst hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. De Kasteelheren's Alfred Oevermans proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save De Kasteelheren from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in De Kasteelheren's zone, Burhanettin Utman stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alfred Oevermans came out of the goal and Burhanettin Utman tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Alfred Oevermans was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Burhanettin Utman showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 25 minute of play. 狄烨然 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alfred Oevermans having to interfere. In the 30th minute, Malcolm Mcvey left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Melbourne 007 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Nathan Wermans struck a weak shot in the 35th minute. Thomas Diehl didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for De Kasteelheren. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pieter-Jan Staarman in the 46th minute of play forced Melbourne 007's goalkeeper Thomas Diehl to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Nathan Wermans made the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the game, Joshua Mccormick was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Melbourne 007's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave De Kasteelheren the free kick. The supporters of De Kasteelheren booed when Melbourne 007 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joshua Mccormick didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 52nd minute, Henk Hoebe got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. With 54 minutes on the clock, Bilge Kağan Adem commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 53rd minute of the game. One of Melbourne 007:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of De Kasteelheren:s goal. Alfred Oevermans showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 秦梁翀 in the 64th minute of the match. Thomas Diehl took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Remond Zijden, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marnix van Alst was shown his second yellow card after 68 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After having played for 69 minutes, Malcolm Mcvey managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Melbourne 007's supporters crossed their fingers, but Malcolm Mcvey was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Nathan Wermans received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Thomas Diehl tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nathan Wermans got free with Thomas Diehl in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nathan Wermans could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Thomas Diehl made a huge save. Nathan Wermans fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thomas Diehl having to interfere. Malcolm Mcvey sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Martien Meerdink hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. When 秦梁翀 came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the Melbourne 007 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 秦梁翀 couldn't finish the play. If Malcolm Mcvey had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 96 minutes of play, Melbourne 007's 秦梁翀 made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alfred Oevermans was left in no man's land by his defense there! There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Melbourne 007 fully deserved thier win.