U21 League

De Beverdam
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nico-Jan Ihselmann took the kick off in the first half of the match. Henri-Xavier Geeraerts charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Henri-Xavier Geeraerts the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of NFC Eagles 22 booed when De Beverpatrouille was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Henri-Xavier Geeraerts didn't get a good kick on the ball. NFC Eagles 22's Niek Popping played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christoph Gebuers in the 13th minute of play. Christoph Gebuers had several of the NFC Eagles 22's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 15 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 2-0 score and a disappointed Niek Popping as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 18th minute, Robby Caspers hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Andreas Deinse kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. In the 29th match minute, NFC Eagles 22 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ton de Ruijter to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, Christoph Gebuers managed to get in a good position for a shot. De Beverpatrouille's supporters rose to their feet, but Christoph Gebuers was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Niek Popping breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to NFC Eagles 22 getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Maurits Apotheker hit a great ball. Niek Popping showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christoph Gebuers in the 38th minute of the match. Garry Heijlen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nico-Jan Ihselmann, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 44th match minute, De Beverpatrouille was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dreas Uijtterhoven to maneuver through the defense. 46 minutes into the match, De Beverpatrouille's goal looked a bit too open when Nico-Jan Ihselmann came free, but Garry Heijlen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Christoph Gebuers to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christoph Gebuers in the 52nd minute of play forced NFC Eagles 22's goalkeeper Niek Popping to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bertel Van Bever sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Garry Heijlen made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Nico-Jan Ihselmann sent off a good shot on target. Nico-Jan Ihselmann who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 62ndth minute tested the skills of Garry Heijlen when he managed to save the team from getting behind. 64 minutes into the game, De Beverpatrouille's Christoph Gebuers nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Niek Popping made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Ivan Van Meerbeek sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Niek Popping showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivan Van Meerbeek in the 71st minute of the match. After 73 played minutes De Beverpatrouille got a freekick which was hit by Bertel Van Bever. After a rather tough play, NFC Eagles 22's Giovanni Rademaker got a free kick in the 74th minute. Bertel Van Bever received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Niek Popping tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to NFC Eagles 22 getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Pepijn Kruis hit a great ball. Andreas Deinse hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Niek Popping showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivan Van Meerbeek, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. After 91 minutes, Maurits Apotheker mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the NFC Eagles 22 and the De Beverpatrouille players grew even worse after the yellow card. De Beverpatrouille's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.