U18 League

The Twelfth Raven
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Billy Waller kicked off to start the match. Jacques De Ruyter showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dave Drescher, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Twelve Ravens's Jacques De Ruyter played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Billy Waller in the 14th minute of play. When Horace Feldmann came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the Fire Devils 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 Horace Feldmann couldn't finish the play. Billy Waller charged in rather forcefully in the 18th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Billy Waller the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 18th minute, Billy Waller hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 22nd minute Horace Feldmann shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacques De Ruyter saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dave Drescher in the 24th minute of play forced Twelve Ravens's goalkeeper Jacques De Ruyter to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 24 minutes, Tony Meeus mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Twelve Ravens and the Fire Devils players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Fire Devils booed when Twelve Ravens was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tony Meeus didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 25 played minutes, Fire Devils's Hajo Nyfeler shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jacques De Ruyter came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Fire Devils reached it. Jacques De Ruyter made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Billy Waller in the 26th minute of play. Dreas Dams hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Billy Waller took the ball and in the 30 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jacques De Ruyter. Jacques De Ruyter dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. In the 39th minute the ball was on its way in behind Twelve Ravens's goalkeeper Jacques De Ruyter, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jacques De Ruyter took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dave Drescher, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Elias De Koster to make the kick off. Elias De Koster fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vladimir Schnyder having to interfere. Fire Devils's Vladimir Schnyder played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elias De Koster in the 57th minute of play. Vladimir Schnyder showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elias De Koster in the 59th minute of the match. When Henrik Basciano fell near the penalty area in the 60th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Fire Devils's protests and gave Henrik Basciano a yellow card for diving instead. In the 61st minute, Henrik Basciano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Twelve Ravens booed when Fire Devils was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dave Drescher didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 63 played minutes, Twelve Ravens's Luke Van den Inde shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Vladimir Schnyder came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Twelve Ravens reached it. After 64 minutes, Dave Drescher mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fire Devils and the Twelve Ravens players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Fire Devils's Dave Drescher got a free kick in the 64th minute. In the 75th minute, Billy Waller hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Henrik Basciano got his second yellow card in the match during the 83rd minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After a rather tough play, Fire Devils's Henrik Basciano got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Billy Waller had several of the Twelve Ravens's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 86 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-3 score and a disappointed Jacques De Ruyter as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 90thth minute of the game Elias De Koster who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Fire Devils's Vladimir Schnyder was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Fire Devils eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.