U23 World League

Traugutta Park
Spectators: 7533 (Terracing: 5651, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Pim van Gaal got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Omer Vandamme notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Nadzieja Speed Elblag's Teun Gierman. Teun Gierman was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 7 minutes into the match, Omer Vandamme had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Teun Gierman. Nadzieja Speed Elblag's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Omer Vandamme was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Omer Vandamme in the 10th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Teun Gierman prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 12th minute Omer Vandamme shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Teun Gierman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Teun Gierman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Omer Vandamme in the 14th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Nadzieja Speed Elblag's Nick van der Aa got a free kick in the 15th minute. 17 minutes into the game, Stef Graaff was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nadzieja Speed Elblag's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave North Hill United the free kick. In the 17th minute, Stef Graaff hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Omer Vandamme scored 0-3 in the 18th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Teun Gierman, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 22 minutes into the match, Nadzieja Speed Elblag's goal looked a bit too open when Arnauld Gramet came free, but Teun Gierman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 26 minutes, Omer Vandamme made it 0-4 with a short kick to the right side. Nadzieja Speed Elblag's Teun Gierman tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 29th match minute, Nadzieja Speed Elblag was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nick van der Aa to maneuver through the defense. 30 minutes into the game, North Hill United's Omer Vandamme nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Teun Gierman made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. Teun Gierman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Omer Vandamme in the 36th minute of the match. After 38th play minutes Omer Vandamme shot 0-6, a short shot which went by Teun Gierman and just under the crossbar into goal. After 43 minutes, Emil Rogaars mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Nadzieja Speed Elblag and the North Hill United players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 43rd minute, Emil Rogaars hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 47 minutes into the match, Nadzieja Speed Elblag's goal looked a bit too open when Omer Vandamme came free, but Teun Gierman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-6.

Teun Gierman came out of the goal in the 52nd minute to try and stop a shot by North Hill United's Omer Vandamme. But to his dismay, Omer Vandamme quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-7. The crowd rose to their feet as North Hill United's Omer Vandamme slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Teun Gierman. That made the score 0-8 after 57 minutes of play. Omer Vandamme received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Teun Gierman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. North Hill United's Yanne De Langhe was substituted for Romeo Vandamme. In the 68th minute, David De Raeijmaecker got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 71 minutes into the match, Nadzieja Speed Elblag's goalkeeper Teun Gierman had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Omer Vandamme. In the 74th minute of the match North Hill United got a corner. Nadzieja Speed Elblag's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Cadwaladr Carabajal ran over to the corner to take the kick. With a little luck, Nadzieja Speed Elblag's Teun Gierman got control of the ball when Mil Vandamme tried to sneak it across the goal line. Mil Vandamme did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-11 to the left of a surprised Teun Gierman 81 minutes into the match. If David De Raeijmaecker had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 91 minutes into the game, Mil Vandamme cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-12. Teun Gierman was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the final whistle sounded North Hill United left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Nadzieja Speed Elblag.