U23 World League

Estadio Chiquero
Spectators: 7483 (Terracing: 5614, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Philip Toeback made the kick off which started today's match. 3 minutes into the game, Yves Schollens cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Gervasio Dei was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Yves Schollens fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gervasio Dei having to interfere. Gervasio Dei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Philip Toeback, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. In the 8th minute, Yves Schollens left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Limburg United fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Limburg United's Douglas Debecker got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yves Schollens in the 13th minute of play forced Chanchos's goalkeeper Gervasio Dei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yves Schollens took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gervasio Dei. Gervasio Dei dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. The audience was convinced that Philip Toeback's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gervasio Dei was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. Chanchos's Gervasio Dei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jesse Debock in the 22nd minute of play. Gervasio Dei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yves Schollens, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. When the match had gone on for 26 minutes, Philip Toeback put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Gervasio Dei. Gervasio Dei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Philip Toeback, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 36 minutes of play, Limburg United's Douglas Debecker made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gervasio Dei was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gervasio Dei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Douglas Debecker, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Gervasio Dei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yves Schollens in the 40th minute of play. When Kris Deckkers came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the Limburg United 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 Kris Deckkers couldn't finish the play. After having played for 43 minutes, Philip Toeback managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Limburg United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Philip Toeback was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Douglas Debecker in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gervasio Dei saved Chanchos from getting behind.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nicanor Nabar to make the kick off. Julius Vanneste made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicanor Nabar in the 51st minute of play. Julius Vanneste took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicanor Nabar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gervasio Dei made a fantastic save in the 54th minute, when Douglas Debecker sent off a good shot on target. Melquiades Selmo's late challenge caught a Limburg United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Melquiades Selmo helped the player get up and apologised. After 55 played minutes Chanchos got a freekick which was hit by Melquiades Selmo. When the match had gone on for 56 minutes, Philip Toeback took a quick shot and it went in 0-7 without a chance for Gervasio Dei to make any attempt to save it. In the 60th minute, Chanchos's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Yves Schollens fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Chanchos's Gervasio Dei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yves Schollens in the 65th minute of play. Gervasio Dei made an important save on a dangerous shot by Douglas Debecker in the 67th minute. In the 68th minute, Limburg United's Yves Schollens dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-8. In the 76th minute Nicanor Nabar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julius Vanneste saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gervasio Dei was a little too slow when Philip Toeback got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 78th minute. The score was now 0-10. Chanchos's Gervasio Dei proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Chanchos from getting a goal against them. 83 minutes into the match, Yves Schollens notched a goal, 0-11, to the right of Chanchos's Gervasio Dei. Gervasio Dei was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 88th minute, Philip Toeback reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Gervasio Dei. The goal made the score 0-12. The crowd rose to their feet as Philip Toeback kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Gervasio Dei. That made the score 0-13 in the 92 minute of play. In the 96th minute Yves Schollens shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gervasio Dei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Limburg United's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.