U18 League

Arena 9000
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zahari Bratoev in the 6th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gertjan Imberechts saved Vriendenkring Wippelgem from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Vriendenkring Wippelgem's Bram Cornelis got a free kick in the 7th minute. Gertjan Imberechts took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zahari Bratoev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mito Smilevski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bram Cornelis in the 11th minute. Vriendenkring Wippelgem's Gertjan Imberechts played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Milan Harabaliev in the 13th minute of play. If Sava Vatrachki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 17th minute, Thibau Vervaeck hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 18 minutes into the game, Teun Hunaerts was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Vriendenkring Wippelgem's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Вежен the free kick. In the 18th match minute, Vriendenkring Wippelgem was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teun Hunaerts to maneuver through the defense. 19 minutes into the match, Yuri Velkov notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Vriendenkring Wippelgem's Gertjan Imberechts. Gertjan Imberechts was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gertjan Imberechts showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Milan Harabaliev in the 22nd minute of the match. In the 23rd minute, Sava Vatrachki 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. 26 minutes in the game, Yuri Velkov dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. Mito Smilevski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bram Cornelis went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. With 32 minutes on the clock, Andre Uijterhoven commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 36th minute Milan Harabaliev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gertjan Imberechts saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 40 minutes into the match, Vriendenkring Wippelgem's goal looked a bit too open when Sava Vatrachki came free, but Gertjan Imberechts reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 40 minutes into the game, Sava Vatrachki cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Gertjan Imberechts was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Anko Katincharov took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 45th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Gertjan Imberechts. Vriendenkring Wippelgem's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The Vriendenkring Wippelgem players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Вежен were winning 1-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Zahari Bratoev to strike the kick off in the second half. Yuri Velkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Zahari Bratoev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Milan Harabaliev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Gertjan Imberechts tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Zahari Bratoev came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Вежен 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 Zahari Bratoev couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Vriendenkring Wippelgem's Rocky Villyn got a free kick in the 71st minute. After recieving a nice pass, Вежен's Anko Katincharov tried to score from far away in the 72nd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Mito Smilevski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frederic Feys in the 74th minute of play. Frederic Feys recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 76th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 77 minutes into the match, Vriendenkring Wippelgem's goal looked a bit too open when Sava Vatrachki came free, but Gertjan Imberechts reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gertjan Imberechts was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Yuri Velkov showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-3 in the 81 minute of play. After a rather tough play, Vriendenkring Wippelgem's Roderik Van Leemputt got a free kick in the 87th minute. When Anko Katincharov came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the Вежен 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 Anko Katincharov couldn't finish the play. 90 minutes into the game, Yordan Prashtilski was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Вежен's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Vriendenkring Wippelgem the free kick. A collision led to Вежен getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Yordan Prashtilski hit a great ball. Sava Vatrachki was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 93rd minute. Вежен's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Вежен's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.