U23 World League

Heppenbach
Spectators: 7510 (Terracing: 5633, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) Gesteira's Jonas Veloso started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 8 minutes, César de Godoi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gesteira and the Forza Heppenbach players grew even worse after the yellow card. When César de Godoi came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the Gesteira 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 César de Godoi couldn't finish the play. When the match had gone on for 12 minutes, Ward Raeymakers took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Wellington Barbosa to make any attempt to save it. 15 minutes into the match, Ruben de Wolf had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Wellington Barbosa. Gesteira's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ruben de Wolf was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Wellington Barbosa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dominic Vlimmens, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marquinhos Schmidt fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bernard Ryers having to interfere. In the 31st minute, Jonas Veloso left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Gesteira fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. Wellington Barbosa was a little too slow when Ward Raeymakers got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 34th minute. The score was now 4-1. Augustijn Luytens hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gil Motta in the 40th minute of play forced Forza Heppenbach's goalkeeper Bernard Ryers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Forza Heppenbach booed when Gesteira was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marquinhos Schmidt didn't get a good kick on the ball. Wellington Barbosa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dominic Vlimmens, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ward Raeymakers made a kick off. If Brain De Raedemaeker had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Axel De Beer took the ball and in the 58 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Wellington Barbosa. Wellington Barbosa dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-1. 60 minutes into the game, Forza Heppenbach's Ruben de Wolf nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Wellington Barbosa made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-1. Dominic Vlimmens fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wellington Barbosa having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Forza Heppenbach's Dominic Vlimmens got a free kick in the 65th minute. Dominic Vlimmens succeeded in the game's 68th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 7-1. In the 72nd minute, Ruben de Wolf ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Wellington Barbosa was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-1. Ruben de Wolf scored 9-1 in the 80th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Wellington Barbosa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The supporters of Forza Heppenbach booed when Gesteira was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gil Motta didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ward Raeymakers scored 10-1 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Wellington Barbosa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 92 minutes into the match, Gesteira's goal looked a bit too open when Axel De Beer came free, but Wellington Barbosa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brain De Raedemaeker in the 94th minute of play forced Gesteira's goalkeeper Wellington Barbosa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Forza Heppenbach'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.