U23 League

Sportpark Oost
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Servet Akburç made the kick off and thus started the match. 3 minutes into the game, Verwachting's Oscar Vaalman nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Aílton Fernandez made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Aílton Fernandez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Theo Zoontjens in the 5th minute of the match. 10 minutes into the game, AVV Zeeburgia's Servet Akburç nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kees Veentjer made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. In the 15th match minute, AVV Zeeburgia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xayveon Orsini to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 19 minutes, Servet Akburç managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. AVV Zeeburgia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Servet Akburç was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 20 minutes into the game, Servet Akburç was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. AVV Zeeburgia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Verwachting the free kick. The supporters of Verwachting booed when AVV Zeeburgia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Servet Akburç didn't get a good kick on the ball. Aílton Fernandez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Theo Zoontjens in the 22nd minute of play. Kees Veentjer made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when Aurel Gârleanu sent off a good shot on target. Kees Veentjer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Servet Akburç, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Peycho Angushev made in the 36th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Franck Bakhuis however managed to control. When Aurel Gârleanu fell near the penalty area in the 42nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored AVV Zeeburgia's protests and gave Aurel Gârleanu a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Verwachting booed when AVV Zeeburgia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aurel Gârleanu didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 43rd minute Theo Zoontjens suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. Gregor Schut's late challenge caught a Verwachting's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gregor Schut helped the player get up and apologised. In a very dangerous position, a player in AVV Zeeburgia fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 42nd minute. Penalty! The referee gave Verwachting a penalty, 46 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Ruud Geels, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of AVV Zeeburgia's Aílton Fernandez. 1-3. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

Aílton Fernandez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oscar Vaalman, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Franck Bakhuis during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 55th minute, Franck Bakhuis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Peycho Angushev made in the 58th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Ruud Geels immediately put the ball in play. Henk-Jan Opdam succeeded in the game's 61st minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-4. Aílton Fernandez came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by Verwachting's Ruud Geels. But to his dismay, Ruud Geels quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-5. Aílton Fernandez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ron Lammers in the 69th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Servet Akburç in the 71st minute of play forced Verwachting's goalkeeper Kees Veentjer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 72nd minute of the match AVV Zeeburgia got a corner. Verwachting's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Servet Akburç ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Servet Akburç got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Kees Veentjer quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Peycho Angushev tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Kees Veentjer. An unnecessary self made goal, 2-5 in the 72nd minute. Aílton Fernandez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ruud Geels, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 78th minute, Dries Bogaard hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Verwachting's Ruud Geels tried to score from far away in the 79th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 82nd minute, Servet Akburç 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. A sloppy throw-in by Franck Bakhuis in the 91st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by AVV Zeeburgia's Gregor Schut. Dries Bogaard hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. When the match was over Verwachting could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than AVV Zeeburgia throughout the match.