U23 League

Talbot House
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Noel Zimmerman started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Perry Stroobans received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 2nd minute. Heiko Som tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 4 minutes, Armand Zimmer managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. De Keikoppers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Armand Zimmer was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Heiko Som took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paul-Louis Van de Plas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 8 played minutes De Ontembare Leeuwen got a freekick which was hit by Mitchell Terpstra. In the 9th minute of the match, Kobe Vanneste tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Heiko Som saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. De Ontembare Leeuwen's Heiko Som played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kobe Vanneste in the 10th minute of play. In the 12th minute of the match Tonnie Nijsse sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Gert-Jan Van de Velde skillfully saved the ball. After 14 played minutes De Ontembare Leeuwen got a freekick which was hit by Rinus Ronde. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Noel Zimmerman managed to get in a good position for a shot. De Ontembare Leeuwen's supporters rose to their feet, but Noel Zimmerman 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. In the 22nd minute, Daniël Jongsma made a precise shot to the right of Gert-Jan Van de Velde. De Keikoppers's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Noel Zimmerman in the 29th minute of play forced De Keikoppers's goalkeeper Gert-Jan Van de Velde to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 33rd minute Kobe Vanneste shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Heiko Som saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 36 minutes De Keikoppers's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jacco Hoving who took care of the corner kick. Kobe Vanneste received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Heiko Som came out and tried to block the shot, but Kobe Vanneste slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 39th minute. Gert-Jan Van de Velde showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Noel Zimmerman in the 44th minute of the match. Heiko Som showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kobe Vanneste, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Kobe Vanneste made a kick off. In the 56th minute the ball was on its way in behind De Ontembare Leeuwen's goalkeeper Heiko Som, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Heiko Som showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kobe Vanneste in the 60th minute of the match. 65 minutes into the match, De Ontembare Leeuwen's goal looked a bit too open when Kobe Vanneste came free, but Heiko Som reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jacco Hoving in the 70th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gert-Jan Van de Velde saved De Keikoppers from getting behind. Noel Zimmermans short, quick shot in the 74thth minute got Gert-Jan Van de Velde to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. When the match clock showed 77 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Kobe Vanneste sped through De Ontembare Leeuwen's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Heiko Som. Noel Zimmerman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gert-Jan Van de Velde having to interfere. A collision led to De Ontembare Leeuwen getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Stef Mol hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Armand Zimmer in the 86th minute of play forced De Ontembare Leeuwen's goalkeeper Heiko Som to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 87th minute, Tonnie Nijsse hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Anthoon Uyterhelcht didn't quite understand what happened when in the 88 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. De Keikoppers had played much better football throughout.