U18 League

Danylo Halytsky
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Koos Staal got the match started through his kick off. Olexiy Golyuk charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Olexiy Golyuk the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to FC Ruh Lviv getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Olexiy Golyuk hit a great ball. 10 minutes into the game, Mitchell Terpstra was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. De Ontembare Leeuwen's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Ruh Lviv the free kick. Mitchell Terpstra kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. After 12 minutes of play, FC Ruh Lviv's Ruslan Rurych made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jan Sibon was left in no man's land by his defense there! 15 minutes into the match, Mykyta Gvozdevych notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of De Ontembare Leeuwen's Jan Sibon. Jan Sibon was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 24 played minutes Ruslan Rurych rounded De Ontembare Leeuwen's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 3-0. Ruslan Rurych received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Jan Sibon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jan Sibon made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Mykyta Gvozdevych sent off a good shot on target. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ruslan Rurych in the 28th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jan Sibon saved De Ontembare Leeuwen from getting behind. Jan Sibon was a little too slow when Ruslan Rurych got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 30th minute. The score was now 4-0. Valeriy Ryabchuk hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. In the 34th minute of the match, Kostyantyn Tereschenko got a very nice opportunity to score, but Jan Sibon was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The supporters of FC Ruh Lviv booed when De Ontembare Leeuwen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mitchell Terpstra didn't get a good kick on the ball. De Ontembare Leeuwen were furious when Mitchell Terpstra was red carded, 41 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Valentyn Lysogir took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 43rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jan Sibon. De Ontembare Leeuwen's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Ruslan Rurych received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jan Sibon came out and tried to block the shot, but Ruslan Rurych slotted it home off the left post making it 5-0 in the 44th minute. After a rather tough play, FC Ruh Lviv's Maxym Kozyrskyi got a free kick in the 47th minute. In the 49th match minute, FC Ruh Lviv was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maxym Kozyrskyi to maneuver through the defense. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

In the 53rd minute, Koos Staal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in De Ontembare Leeuwen's zone, Valentyn Lysogir stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jan Sibon came out of the goal and Valentyn Lysogir tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jan Sibon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ruslan Rurych, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 62 minutes into the game, Olexiy Golyuk cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. Jan Sibon was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a defensive mix-up in FC Ruh Lviv's zone, Elco Mulders stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vasyl Shevel came out of the goal and Elco Mulders tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ruslan Rurych in the 80th minute of play forced De Ontembare Leeuwen's goalkeeper Jan Sibon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of De Ontembare Leeuwen booed when FC Ruh Lviv was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Olexiy Golyuk didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 83rd minute Petro Dyachuk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jan Sibon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Maxym Kozyrskyi hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. In the 88th minute Olexiy Golyuk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jan Sibon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Petro Dyachuk's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jan Sibon was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. FC Ruh Lviv's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.