U23 League

Fauna Utd Arena
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jan Dalecký made the kick off which started today's match. Pavel Hurník showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abel Van Clijnebreugel, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ctibor Vrána during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 10 played minutes Golden Tigers got a freekick which was hit by Ctibor Vrána. In the 12thth minute of the game Jiří Hejda who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Fauna Utd's Vincent Dekeyser was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Jan Dalecký scored 0-1 in the 15th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vincent Dekeyser, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Robben De Vlaeminck's late challenge caught a Golden Tigers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Robben De Vlaeminck helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Golden Tigers booed when Fauna Utd was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Robben De Vlaeminck didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jiří Hejda in the 21st minute of play forced Fauna Utd's goalkeeper Vincent Dekeyser to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd match minute, Fauna Utd was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robben De Vlaeminck to maneuver through the defense. Fauna Utd's Vincent Dekeyser played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Václav Machálek in the 23rd minute of play. When Jan Míchal fell near the penalty area in the 26th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Golden Tigers's protests and gave Jan Míchal a yellow card for diving instead. Abel Van Clijnebreugel walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abel Van Clijnebreugel in the 32nd minute of play forced Golden Tigers's goalkeeper Pavel Hurník to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 32ndth minute of the game Abel Van Clijnebreugel who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Golden Tigers's Pavel Hurník was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Pavel Hurník made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abel Van Clijnebreugel in the 35th minute. In the 36th minute, Abel Van Clijnebreugel reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Pavel Hurník. The goal made the score 1-1. Vincent Dekeyser didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jan Dalecký went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Pavel Hurník showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abel Van Clijnebreugel, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. After 44 minutes Golden Tigers's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Abel Van Clijnebreugel who took care of the corner kick. Fauna Utd's Abel Van Clijnebreugel was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Pavel Hurník in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. A collision led to Golden Tigers getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Jan Dalecký hit a great ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Abel Van Clijnebreugel to strike the kick off in the second half. Golden Tigers's Pavel Hurník played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abel Van Clijnebreugel in the 51st minute of play. With a little luck, Fauna Utd's Vincent Dekeyser got control of the ball when Jan Dalecký tried to sneak it across the goal line. Vincent Dekeyser showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jiří Hejda, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. After 66 played minutes Golden Tigers got a freekick which was hit by Ctibor Vrána. After 68 played minutes Fauna Utd got a freekick which was hit by Bernard Vanden Bussche. Vincent Dekeyser showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jiří Hejda, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jiří Hejda in the 74th minute of play forced Fauna Utd's goalkeeper Vincent Dekeyser to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Abel Van Clijnebreugel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 80 played minutes Golden Tigers got a freekick which was hit by Giuseppe Tavares. Pavel Hurník showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ive Beckers, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. In the 83rd minute Jiří Hejda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vincent Dekeyser saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 86 minutes of play, Golden Tigers's Jiří Hejda made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vincent Dekeyser was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 93 minutes of play, Golden Tigers's Jan Dalecký made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vincent Dekeyser was left in no man's land by his defense there! The Fauna Utd fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Golden Tigers were clearly better and deserved to take the win.