U23 World League

Gesteira
Spectators: 7522 (Terracing: 5642, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) Ward Raeymakers made the kick off and thus started the match. Wellington Barbosa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ward Raeymakers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ward Raeymakers in the 7th minute of play forced Gesteira's goalkeeper Wellington Barbosa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. César de Godoi hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Wellington Barbosa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ward Raeymakers went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Wellington Barbosa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ward Raeymakers in the 17th minute of the match. Wellington Barbosa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dominic Vlimmens in the 19th minute of the match. In the 20th minute, Ward Raeymakers left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Forza Heppenbach fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. In the 25th minute Ward Raeymakers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wellington Barbosa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ward Raeymakers scored 0-4 in the 26th 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. Wellington Barbosa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruben de Wolf in the 35th minute of the match. Wellington Barbosa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel De Beer in the 36th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jonas Veloso got free with Bernard Ryers in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Wellington Barbosa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ward Raeymakers in the 39th minute of play. Wellington Barbosa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ruben de Wolf in the 41st minute of play. When the match clock showed 41 minutes, the score became 0-5 when Ruben de Wolf sped through Gesteira's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Wellington Barbosa. A collision led to Gesteira getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Gil Motta hit a great ball. In the 47th match minute, Gesteira was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonas Veloso to maneuver through the defense. In the 48th minute, Brain De Raedemaeker 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 0-6.

Marquinhos Schmidt hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Wellington Barbosa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Axel De Beer, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. In the 61st minute Ward Raeymakers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wellington Barbosa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ward Raeymakers could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Wellington Barbosa made a huge save. 66 minutes into the match, Forza Heppenbach's Dominic Vlimmens sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Wellington Barbosa narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet as Forza Heppenbach's Brain De Raedemaeker slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Wellington Barbosa. That made the score 0-7 after 69 minutes of play. Valério Botelho's late challenge caught a Forza Heppenbach's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Valério Botelho helped the player get up and apologised. In the 77th match minute, Gesteira was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valério Botelho to maneuver through the defense. Wellington Barbosa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dominic Vlimmens in the 80th minute of the match. 81 minutes into the match, Gesteira's goalkeeper Wellington Barbosa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Axel De Beer. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel De Beer in the 88th minute of play forced Gesteira's goalkeeper Wellington Barbosa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wellington Barbosa was a little too slow when Dominic Vlimmens got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 92nd minute. The score was now 0-8. Dominic Vlimmens fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wellington Barbosa having to interfere. In the 97th minute Ward Raeymakers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wellington Barbosa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the final whistle sounded Forza Heppenbach left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Gesteira.