U21 League

Георги Бенковски
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Edgard Armentier started the match with the kick off. Paolo Di Canio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Kristiaan Van de Velde tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 12th minute of the match, Mavrudi Tunev got a very nice opportunity to score, but Kristiaan Van de Velde was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After 16 played minutes Бенковски Тетевен got a freekick which was hit by Dobromir Chachulov. Karel-Jan De Coninck took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 16th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Vaklin Kortov. Бенковски Тетевен's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Remco Baekelandt's late challenge caught a Бенковски Тетевен's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Remco Baekelandt helped the player get up and apologised. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by George Van Impe during the 19th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 19th minute, George Van Impe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mavrudi Tunev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Kristiaan Van de Velde tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Paolo Di Canio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kristiaan Van de Velde having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Paolo Di Canio in the 23rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kristiaan Van de Velde saved de belletrekkers from getting behind. Vaklin Kortov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edgard Armentier in the 25th minute of the match. When Remco Baekelandt was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 27 minutes had been played. In the 28th match minute, de belletrekkers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Remco Baekelandt to maneuver through the defense. Vaklin Kortov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gino Focquier, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. The audience was convinced that Paolo Di Canio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kristiaan Van de Velde was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Paolo Di Canio managed to get in a good position for a shot. Бенковски Тетевен's supporters rose to their feet, but Paolo Di Canio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kristiaan Van de Velde breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.

Vaklin Kortov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karel-Jan De Coninck in the 54th minute of play. Kristiaan Van de Velde made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paolo Di Canio in the 65th minute of play. Vaklin Kortov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from George Van Impe, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Vaklin Kortov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karel-Jan De Coninck in the 74th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, de belletrekkers's 董宽皓 got a free kick in the 76th minute. Mavrudi Tunev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kristiaan Van de Velde having to interfere. Kristiaan Van de Velde stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Paolo Di Canio's shot from short distance in the 79th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karel-Jan De Coninck in the 81st minute of play forced Бенковски Тетевен's goalkeeper Vaklin Kortov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gino Focquier struck a weak shot in the 90th minute. Vaklin Kortov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for de belletrekkers.