U18 League

Old Grove Stadium
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jullian Van Castel kicked off to start the match. Benoit Van Heurick took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tibor Barmoš, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Benoit Van Heurick didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when AFK Petržalka's Tibor Barmoš shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 11thth minute of the game Jullian Van Castel who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but AFK Petržalka's Ivan Adamčík was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 12 minutes, Miroslav Brezník mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AFK Petržalka and the Zero Gravity players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 12 played minutes AFK Petržalka got a freekick which was hit by Miroslav Brezník. Benoit Van Heurick showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Klement Dupal, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Tibor Barmoš recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 19th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 24 minutes into the match, Jullian Van Castel notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of AFK Petržalka's Ivan Adamčík. Ivan Adamčík was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Tibor Kavecký kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tibor Barmoš in the 38th minute of play forced Zero Gravity's goalkeeper Benoit Van Heurick to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 42 minutes in the game Jacq Van den Berghe did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Andrez Dams. After some careless play in the Zero Gravity defense, Tibor Barmoš kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Benoit Van Heurick. The Zero Gravity fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Benoit Van Heurick should have stopped the shot.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Klement Dupal stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, AFK Petržalka's Tomáš Nickler got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Klement Dupal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Benoit Van Heurick tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 55th minute of the match Ivan Kaľavský shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Benoit Van Heurick showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 56 played minutes Zero Gravity got a freekick which was hit by Jules Van Linthoudt. Zero Gravity's Benoit Van Heurick played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tibor Barmoš in the 57th minute of play. 64 minutes into the match, Jullian Van Castel had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ivan Adamčík. AFK Petržalka's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jullian Van Castel was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. In the 69th match minute, AFK Petržalka was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Miroslav Brezník to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Zero Gravity booed when AFK Petržalka was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Miroslav Brezník didn't get a good kick on the ball. Andrez Dams fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivan Adamčík having to interfere. Jullian Van Castel recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 75th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ivan Adamčík showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jullian Van Castel in the 79th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jullian Van Castel in the 81st minute of play forced AFK Petržalka's goalkeeper Ivan Adamčík to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 83 minutes AFK Petržalka's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jacq Van den Berghe who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Zero Gravity's corner Jacq Van den Berghe fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ivan Adamčík quite easily take care of the ball. Miroslav Brezník kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. The supporters of Zero Gravity booed when AFK Petržalka was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ivan Kaľavský didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 92nd minute the ball was on its way in behind AFK Petržalka's goalkeeper Ivan Adamčík, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The AFK Petržalka fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Zero Gravity were clearly better and deserved to take the win.