U23 World League

南通会展中心体育场
Spectators: 7693 (Terracing: 5771, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Philip Strömberg took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 6th minute, 卓夕树 ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Izak Capellemans was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. 胡傲国 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gunter Van Bets, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 12 played minutes Lions United got a freekick which was hit by Tommi Uytebroeck. Izak Capellemans showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 唐震冰, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Philip Strömberg received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Izak Capellemans came out and tried to block the shot, but Philip Strömberg slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 16th minute. Philip Strömberg received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Izak Capellemans came out and tried to block the shot, but Philip Strömberg slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 18th minute. Lions United's Izak Capellemans played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 唐震冰 in the 23rd minute of play. Philip Strömberg could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Izak Capellemans made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rudi Boegaert in the 28th minute of play forced 【№1】Galactic Empire's goalkeeper 胡傲国 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 32nd minute, Rudi Boegaert made a precise shot to the right of 胡傲国. 【№1】Galactic Empire's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. Izak Capellemans didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 唐震冰 went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. 胡傲国 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rudi Boegaert in the 37th minute of the match. 董瑜明 hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. The supporters of 【№1】Galactic Empire booed when Lions United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paul-Louis Van Caubergen didn't get a good kick on the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-1 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gunter Van Bets made a kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Lions United's goal looked a bit too open when 洪宽响 came free, but Izak Capellemans reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Izak Capellemans showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Philip Strömberg in the 56th minute of the match. Izak Capellemans made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Philip Strömberg in the 57th minute of play. In the 65th match minute, Lions United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mitch Hollandts to maneuver through the defense. Philip Strömberg scored 6-1 in the 68th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Izak Capellemans, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 董瑜明 scored 7-1 in the 71st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Izak Capellemans, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Matias Calstermans hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. After 79 played minutes, 【№1】Galactic Empire's 洪宽响 shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Izak Capellemans 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 【№1】Galactic Empire reached it. Lions United's Izak Capellemans played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 董瑜明 in the 81st minute of play. Lions United's Izak Capellemans played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Philip Strömberg in the 82nd minute of play. In the 82nd minute, Philip Strömberg ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Izak Capellemans was frozen by the shot and now it was 9-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Philip Strömberg in the 87th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Izak Capellemans saved Lions United from getting behind. The supporters of 【№1】Galactic Empire booed when Lions United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Matias Calstermans didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 93rd minute, 董瑜明 ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Izak Capellemans was frozen by the shot and now it was 10-1. When the referee ended the match the 【№1】Galactic Empire players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.