U23 League

Jan Breydel stadion
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Mathieux De Weyngaert took the kick off in the first half of the match. 6 minutes into the match, ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™'s goalkeeper Enno Hassel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mathieux De Weyngaert. After some careless play in the FC Bruges defense, Christiano Ronaldo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Douglas Schoenmaekers. The FC Bruges fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Douglas Schoenmaekers should have stopped the shot. Patrik Schlacher fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Douglas Schoenmaekers having to interfere. When the match clock showed 14 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Horea Savin sped through FC Bruges's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Douglas Schoenmaekers. When the match had gone on for 22 minutes, Horea Savin put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Douglas Schoenmaekers. When Patrik Schlacher fell near the penalty area in the 25th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™'s protests and gave Patrik Schlacher a yellow card for diving instead. Douglas Schoenmaekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patrik Schlacher in the 28th minute of the match. When Herman Bormans fell near the penalty area in the 29th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Bruges's protests and gave Herman Bormans a yellow card for diving instead. Herman Bormans hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Horea Savin in the 30th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Douglas Schoenmaekers prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Douglas Schoenmaekers didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Horea Savin went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Patrik Schlacher struck a weak shot in the 33rd minute. Douglas Schoenmaekers didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™. Douglas Schoenmaekers came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™'s Christiano Ronaldo. But to his dismay, Christiano Ronaldo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. Douglas Schoenmaekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roland Seggewiß in the 39th minute of the match. After 39 minutes of play FC Bruges's Herman Bormans was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 40 played minutes FC Bruges got a freekick which was hit by Herman Bormans. The supporters of ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™ booed when FC Bruges was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jozef De Custer didn't get a good kick on the ball. Horea Savin blasted a shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Douglas Schoenmaekers having to make a save. Douglas Schoenmaekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Horea Savin in the 45th minute of the match. After 46 minutes, Mathieux De Weyngaert mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Bruges and the ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™ players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 48th minute, one of FC Bruges:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for FC Bruges. In the 49th minute there was a penalty for ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™. Horea Savin stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Douglas Schoenmaekers. 0-6. The FC Bruges players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™ were winning 0-6.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Horea Savin to strike the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes into the game, ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™'s Horea Savin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Douglas Schoenmaekers made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-7. After 58th play minutes Horea Savin shot 0-8, a short shot which went by Douglas Schoenmaekers and just under the crossbar into goal. Edgar Grau fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Douglas Schoenmaekers having to interfere. In the 62nd minute, Patrik Schlacher 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. FC Bruges's Douglas Schoenmaekers proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save FC Bruges from getting a goal against them. Douglas Schoenmaekers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Horea Savin in the 65th minute of play. Roland Seggewiß blasted a shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Douglas Schoenmaekers having to make a save. Patrik Schlacher let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 72nd minute shot 0-11 at rihgt post. If Seetal Koulibaly had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™ fans' excitement grew in the 78th match minute when ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™'s Horea Savin 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 0-12 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 82nd minute, Roland Seggewiß reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Douglas Schoenmaekers. The goal made the score 0-13. Douglas Schoenmaekers came out of the goal in the 87th minute to try and stop a shot by ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™'s Horea Savin. But to his dismay, Horea Savin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-14. Douglas Schoenmaekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Horea Savin, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. The audience was convinced that Horea Savin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Douglas Schoenmaekers was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. With a little luck, FC Bruges's Douglas Schoenmaekers got control of the ball when Patrik Schlacher tried to sneak it across the goal line. The FC Bruges fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. ᴷᴬᴮᴵᴺᴵsTOP⑪™ were clearly better and deserved to take the win.