U23 League

Talbot House
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Myroslav Matviychuk started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The supporters of Juventus FC booed when De Keikoppers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anthoon Uyterhelcht didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 5 played minutes Juventus FC got a freekick which was hit by Nazariy Bogdaniv. Juventus FC's Anatoliy Strakhovskyi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Juventus FC from getting a goal against them. Anatoliy Strakhovskyi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Erwin Naets, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Myroslav Matviychuk hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Taras Nerush hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. In the 10th minute of the match, Kobe Vanneste tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Anatoliy Strakhovskyi saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 11th match minute, Juventus FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Taras Nerush to maneuver through the defense. Anatoliy Strakhovskyi came out of the goal in the 13th minute to try and stop a shot by De Keikoppers's Erwin Naets. But to his dismay, Erwin Naets quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. In the 16thth minute of the game Myroslav Matviychuk who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but De Keikoppers's Gert-Jan Van de Velde was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Pavlo Perekytnyi fell near the penalty area in the 17th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Juventus FC's protests and gave Pavlo Perekytnyi a yellow card for diving instead. Pavlo Perekytnyi hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. A collision led to Juventus FC getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Pavlo Perekytnyi hit a great ball. After some careless play in the De Keikoppers defense, Myroslav Matviychuk kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gert-Jan Van de Velde. The De Keikoppers fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gert-Jan Van de Velde should have stopped the shot. Nazariy Bogdaniv kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Anatoliy Strakhovskyi made a fantastic save in the 32nd minute, when Steve De kaiser sent off a good shot on target. Nazariy Bogdaniv received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Gert-Jan Van de Velde tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. De Keikoppers's Gert-Jan Van de Velde played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Myroslav Matviychuk in the 38th minute of play. With an all-out effort, De Keikoppers's Anatoliy Strakhovskyi threw himself towards the right post 45 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Kobe Vanneste, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 47 minutes, Andriy Gryshko mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Juventus FC and the De Keikoppers players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 47th minute, Andriy Gryshko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Erwin Naets, 48 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kobe Vanneste to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Steve De kaiser in the 51st minute of play forced Juventus FC's goalkeeper Anatoliy Strakhovskyi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Steve De kaiser fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anatoliy Strakhovskyi having to interfere. Anatoliy Strakhovskyi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gong Ning Yong in the 56th minute of play. In the 57th match minute, Juventus FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Taras Nerush to maneuver through the defense. If Kobe Vanneste had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, De Keikoppers's Anthoon Uyterhelcht got a free kick in the 65th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 66th minute, Myroslav Matviychuk managed to get in a good position for a shot. Juventus FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Myroslav Matviychuk was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gert-Jan Van de Velde breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 69 minutes, Nazariy Bogdaniv mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Juventus FC and the De Keikoppers players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Juventus FC getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Nazariy Bogdaniv hit a great ball. Taras Nerush recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 73rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Juventus FC's Myroslav Matviychuk slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Gert-Jan Van de Velde. That made the score 1-2 after 74 minutes of play. The De Keikoppers fans' excitement grew in the 77th match minute when De Keikoppers's Steve De kaiser looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Taras Nerush fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gert-Jan Van de Velde having to interfere. Pavlo Perekytnyi kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. In the 89th minute, Andriy Gryshko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Myroslav Matviychuk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Gert-Jan Van de Velde tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Nazariy Bogdaniv was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 96 minutes had been played. 95 minutes into the game, one of Juventus FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After some careless play in the Juventus FC defense, Erwin Naets kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Anatoliy Strakhovskyi. The Juventus FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Anatoliy Strakhovskyi should have stopped the shot.