U18 League

Dragons Graveyard
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Valeriy Chirkov took the kick off in the first half of the match. Jelle Roels showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arkadiy Svetlov in the 5th minute of the match. After 9 minutes of play, Arsenal F.C.'s Valeriy Gribin made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jelle Roels was left in no man's land by his defense there! After having played for 12 minutes, Arkadiy Svetlov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Arsenal F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Arkadiy Svetlov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valeriy Gribin in the 17th minute of play forced FC Draconia's goalkeeper Jelle Roels to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Draconia's Matthis Depelsmaker got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 20th match minute, FC Draconia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cornelis Van De Ven to maneuver through the defense. Wes Van Der Meeren received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Pavel Chabanov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the FC Draconia defense, Valeriy Gribin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jelle Roels. The FC Draconia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jelle Roels should have stopped the shot. Jelle Roels showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eduard Florianov, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Arkadiy Svetlov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Jelle Roels tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Timur Zuev fell near the penalty area in the 39th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Arsenal F.C.'s protests and gave Timur Zuev a yellow card for diving instead. Timur Zuev kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. Jelle Roels came out of the goal in the 41st minute to try and stop a shot by Arsenal F.C.'s Valeriy Gribin. But to his dismay, Valeriy Gribin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. A collision led to FC Draconia getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Samuel Pancken hit a great ball. 45 minutes into the match, FC Draconia's goal looked a bit too open when Valeriy Gribin came free, but Jelle Roels reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gregory Cappelsmans to strike the kick off in the second half. When Bobby Preuveneer fell near the penalty area in the 53rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Draconia's protests and gave Bobby Preuveneer a yellow card for diving instead. Valeriy Gribin, 54 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Jelle Roels made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valeriy Chirkov in the 56th minute of play. In the 56th match minute, Arsenal F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Timur Zuev to maneuver through the defense. In the 62nd play minute Valeriy Chirkov came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Jelle Roels. 0-5. With a little luck, FC Draconia's Jelle Roels got control of the ball when Arkadiy Svetlov tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to FC Draconia getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Samuel Pancken hit a great ball. In the 66th minute, Valeriy Gribin sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and FC Draconia's Jelle Roels didn't even have to move. Pavel Chabanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wes Van Der Meeren in the 69th minute of the match. 70 minutes into the game, Dmitriy Kolobov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Arsenal F.C.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Draconia the free kick. In the 70th minute, Dmitriy Kolobov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 76 minutes, Eduard Florianov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Arsenal F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Eduard Florianov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the match had gone on for 81 minutes, Valeriy Gribin took a quick shot and it went in 0-6 without a chance for Jelle Roels to make any attempt to save it. After 85 minutes, Valeriy Gribin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Arsenal F.C. and the FC Draconia players grew even worse after the yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valeriy Gribin in the 88th minute of play forced FC Draconia's goalkeeper Jelle Roels to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arkadiy Svetlov didn't miss a given chance and shot in short distance 0-7 via right post in the game's 90th minute. Arsenal F.C.'s supporters showed their exhuberating excitement! If Gregory Cappelsmans had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Arsenal F.C.'s fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.