U23 League

Arena 9000
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Frederic Feys took the kick off in the first half of the match. Gertjan Imberechts made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tino Andres in the 4th minute of play. Tino Andres sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tino Andres in the 8th minute of play forced Vriendenkring Wippelgem's goalkeeper Gertjan Imberechts to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 11th match minute, Vriendenkring Wippelgem was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Frederic Feys to maneuver through the defense. In the 18th minute, Klaus Roth made a precise shot to the right of Gertjan Imberechts. Vriendenkring Wippelgem's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. In the 21st minute, Klaus Roth left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lanzenkirchen fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Mario Haag took the ball and in the 24 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gertjan Imberechts. Gertjan Imberechts dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. When the match had gone on for 28 minutes, Tino Andres put it in 0-5 from a short distance just to the right of Gertjan Imberechts. The supporters of Lanzenkirchen booed when Vriendenkring Wippelgem was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andre Uijterhoven didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mario Haag in the 36th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gertjan Imberechts prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Gertjan Imberechts took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mario Haag, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gertjan Imberechts showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tino Andres, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Klaus Roth took the ball and in the 47 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gertjan Imberechts. Gertjan Imberechts dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-7. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-7 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tino Andres to make the kick off. Gertjan Imberechts showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mario Haag in the 58th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tino Andres got free with Gertjan Imberechts in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Lanzenkirchen's Manuel Grath got a free kick in the 61st minute. After 72 minutes, Klaus Roth made it 0-10 with a short kick to the right side. Vriendenkring Wippelgem's Gertjan Imberechts tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 78 minutes into the match, Mario Haag dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Gertjan Imberechts, 0-11. The crowd rose to their feet as Lanzenkirchen's Tino Andres slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Gertjan Imberechts. That made the score 0-12 after 83 minutes of play. 88 minutes into the match, Vriendenkring Wippelgem's goal looked a bit too open when Tino Andres came free, but Gertjan Imberechts reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vriendenkring Wippelgem's Gertjan Imberechts proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save Vriendenkring Wippelgem from getting a goal against them. After some fancy dribbling in the 99th minute, Tino Andres managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lanzenkirchen's supporters rose to their feet, but Tino Andres was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gertjan Imberechts breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the final whistle sounded Lanzenkirchen left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Vriendenkring Wippelgem.