U23 World League

Talbot House
Spectators: 7632 (Terracing: 5725, Seating: 1755, VIP seats: 152) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kobe Vanneste took the kick off in the first half of the match. 4 minutes into the match, Gong Ning Yong had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Arnaldo Falcão. EC AliensCrazy 2023's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gong Ning Yong was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Kobe Vanneste's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 6thth minute, Arnaldo Falcão skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 30th minute, Tiaguinho da Mata hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Arnaldo Falcão was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Erwin Naets. EC AliensCrazy 2023's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Kobe Vanneste 34 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 4-1. In the 39thth minute of the game Steve De kaiser who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but EC AliensCrazy 2023's Arnaldo Falcão was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. EC AliensCrazy 2023's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Erwin Naets 41 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 5-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 5-1.

The wind increased when Dedé Secco made the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, De Keikoppers's goalkeeper Nick McVean had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dedé Secco. Arnaldo Falcão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kobe Vanneste, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Steve De kaiser's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arnaldo Falcão was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. In the 63rd minute, Ricardinho Furtado hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 66 minutes into the match, Kobe Vanneste had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Arnaldo Falcão. EC AliensCrazy 2023's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kobe Vanneste was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-1. A collision led to De Keikoppers getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Anthoon Uyterhelcht hit a great ball. Arnaldo Falcão came out of the goal in the 72nd minute to try and stop a shot by De Keikoppers's Kobe Vanneste. But to his dismay, Kobe Vanneste quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-1. Luiz Gustavo Meireles lost his temper 75 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 76th minute, Luiz Gustavo Meireles hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Arnaldo Falcão came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by De Keikoppers's Kobe Vanneste. But to his dismay, Kobe Vanneste quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 8-1. A collision led to De Keikoppers getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Erwin Naets hit a great ball. Arnaldo Falcão didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kobe Vanneste went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 9-1 was the resulting score. Erwin Naets might have been able to make a better finish in the 89th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Arnaldo Falcão. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Erwin Naets ran back to his position shaking his head. After having played for 94 minutes, Steve De kaiser managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. De Keikoppers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Steve De kaiser was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. De Keikoppers fully deserved thier win.