U23 World League

Buitenhout Theater
Spectators: 7797 (Terracing: 5849, Seating: 1793, VIP seats: 155) Spartak de Txurdi's Liberto Merino managed to work through Buitenhout FC's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Liberto Merino dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. In the 5th minute, Harry Rodenberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Maximino Cristofanini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Liberto Merino, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Mikolaj Grunwalski made a fantastic save in the 13th minute, when Ferry Hebels sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Buitenhout FC getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Hannibal Lecter hit a great ball. A collision led to Buitenhout FC getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Harry Rodenberg hit a great ball. Mikolaj Grunwalski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ferry Hebels in the 17th minute. With his leg Mikolaj Grunwalski managed to avoid a goal in the 20thth minute, when Buitenhout FC's Teodosio Johans fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 21stth minute of the game Gav Smith who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Buitenhout FC's Maximino Cristofanini was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 31st minute Teodosio Johans shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mikolaj Grunwalski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mikolaj Grunwalski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jacobus Spoel in the 33rd minute of play. Teodosio Johans fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mikolaj Grunwalski having to interfere. In the 44th minute, Spartak de Txurdi's Ahmet Gökalp Taçkın seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Ahmet Gökalp Taçkın the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Spartak de Txurdi protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Ahmet Gökalp Taçkın had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 46th minute, Iwo Wietrzychowski reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Mikolaj Grunwalski. The goal made the score 2-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Teodosio Johans was the one to do the kick off. Buitenhout FC's Maximino Cristofanini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Liberto Merino in the 51st minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Buitenhout FC's zone, Liberto Merino stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Maximino Cristofanini came out of the goal and Liberto Merino tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Teodosio Johans took the ball and in the 55 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mikolaj Grunwalski. Mikolaj Grunwalski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Mikolaj Grunwalski came out of the goal in the 59th minute to try and stop a shot by Buitenhout FC's Jacobus Spoel. But to his dismay, Jacobus Spoel quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. A collision led to Buitenhout FC getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Teodosio Johans hit a great ball. Buitenhout FC's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Liberto Merino 65 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 4-1. Spartak de Txurdi made a substitution. Regis Jaen replaced Evelio Senin. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferry Hebels in the 69th minute of play forced Spartak de Txurdi's goalkeeper Mikolaj Grunwalski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Spartak de Txurdi's Mikolaj Grunwalski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jacobus Spoel in the 70th minute of play. Spartak de Txurdi's Mikolaj Grunwalski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Teodosio Johans in the 72nd minute of play. Mikolaj Grunwalski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ferry Hebels in the 73rd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Buitenhout FC's Harry Rodenberg got a free kick in the 74th minute. Mikolaj Grunwalski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ferry Hebels, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Vitinho Favoretto might have been able to make a better finish in the 81st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mikolaj Grunwalski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Vitinho Favoretto ran back to his position shaking his head. 82 minutes into the match, Liberto Merino had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Maximino Cristofanini. Buitenhout FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Liberto Merino was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-2. Maximino Cristofanini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Liberto Merino, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Liberto Merino in the 87th minute of play forced Buitenhout FC's goalkeeper Maximino Cristofanini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 89th match minute, Spartak de Txurdi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Horacio Hernandez to maneuver through the defense. Buitenhout FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.