U23 World League

De Ballenbak
Spectators: 7498 (Terracing: 5624, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) 许博枫 made the kick off and thus started the match. 4 minutes into the match, 康荣笑 notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of NFC Eagles 22's Robert-Jan Hermensen. Robert-Jan Hermensen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Huib van der Gun recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 19th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 【粤】Leeds United.F.C.'s 孟延邦 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save 【粤】Leeds United.F.C. from getting a goal against them. After 23 minutes, 陈宽寒 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 【粤】Leeds United.F.C. and the NFC Eagles 22 players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, 【粤】Leeds United.F.C.'s 陈宽寒 got a free kick in the 23rd minute. 冯光迪's late challenge caught a NFC Eagles 22's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 冯光迪 helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, 【粤】Leeds United.F.C.'s 冯光迪 got a free kick in the 29th minute. NFC Eagles 22's Huib van der Gun shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 30th minute of play. The shot was stopped by 孟延邦 but with some difficulty. 孟延邦 was a little too slow when Huib van der Gun got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 31st minute. The score was now 1-1. A collision led to 【粤】Leeds United.F.C. getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. 陈宽寒 hit a great ball. When Domenik de Vos came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the NFC Eagles 22 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 Domenik de Vos couldn't finish the play. In the 42nd minute, 【粤】Leeds United.F.C.'s 石骋威 seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed 石骋威 the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of 【粤】Leeds United.F.C. protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and 石骋威 had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. 42 minutes into the game, one of 【粤】Leeds United.F.C.:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. 孟延邦 had in the 44thth minute some difficulties stopping Huib van der Gun's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Huib van der Gun's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 46thth minute, 孟延邦 skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Huib van der Gun got a fine position in front of goal ttaking advantage of the opportunity to rumble in 3-1 in the right cross in the 46th match minute before 孟延邦 had time to react. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

Huib van der Gun might have been able to make a better finish in the 54th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over 孟延邦. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Huib van der Gun ran back to his position shaking his head. A collision led to NFC Eagles 22 getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Ton de Ruijter hit a great ball. 柯源亮's shot from long distance was a real pearl which went to the right and just passed Robert-Jan Hermensen - 3-2 was put on the score board in the 58th minute. When the match clock showed 61 minutes, the score became 4-2 when Huib van der Gun sped through 【粤】Leeds United.F.C.'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of 孟延邦. 66 minutes into the match, Huib van der Gun had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 孟延邦. 【粤】Leeds United.F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Huib van der Gun was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-2. 陈宽寒 hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Huib van der Gun's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 孟延邦 was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. Huib van der Gun fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 孟延邦 having to interfere. 【粤】Leeds United.F.C.'s 孟延邦 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Domenik de Vos in the 79th minute of play. Huib van der Gun received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. 孟延邦 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 孟延邦 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Huib van der Gun, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. The NFC Eagles 22 players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.