U23 League

Holysloot Stadion
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) FC Kolos's Song Yao Jie started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. An unexpectedly hard shot by Demjan Gitchenko in the 6th minute of play forced SV Wissenkerke's goalkeeper Kenneth van der Leegte to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 7th minute, Gavrylo Bobal ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kenneth van der Leegte was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 9th match minute, SV Wissenkerke was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ralph Cramer to maneuver through the defense. SV Wissenkerke's Kenneth van der Leegte played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Song Yao Jie in the 17th minute of play. Kenneth van der Leegte didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Symon Glushko went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. When SV Wissenkerke's Hette van Dijk in the 24th minute got a chance for a shot 24th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Kolos's goalie prevented a goal. In the 31st minute, Gavrylo Bobal ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kenneth van der Leegte was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivan Datsenko in the 36th minute of play forced SV Wissenkerke's goalkeeper Kenneth van der Leegte to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 37 played minutes SV Wissenkerke got a freekick which was hit by Wouter Kluivert. Song Yao Jie scored 0-5 in the 40th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kenneth van der Leegte, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Wouter Kluivert kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. Dmytro Kulakovskyi took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 46th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Kenneth van der Leegte. SV Wissenkerke's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After a rather tough play, SV Wissenkerke's Leendert Looze got a free kick in the 48th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.

Hette van Dijk blasted a shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Valeriy Smalko having to make a save. Valeriy Smalko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hette van Dijk in the 52nd minute of play. In the 54th minute, Hette van Dijk ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Valeriy Smalko was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-5. Ivan Datsenko could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 57th minute of the match, but Kenneth van der Leegte made a huge save. In the 60th minute, FC Kolos's Ostap Fedoriv ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Kenneth van der Leegte. Kenneth van der Leegte yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-6. In the 63rd match minute, FC Kolos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Song Yao Jie to maneuver through the defense. Hette van Dijk took the ball and in the 64 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Valeriy Smalko. Valeriy Smalko dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-6. Valeriy Smalko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jurre Van Loo in the 67th minute of the match. Valeriy Smalko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hette van Dijk in the 72nd minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gavrylo Bobal during the 73rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 73rd minute, Gavrylo Bobal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kenneth van der Leegte came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Kolos's Song Yao Jie. But to his dismay, Song Yao Jie quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-7. After a defensive mix-up in FC Kolos's zone, Hette van Dijk stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Valeriy Smalko came out of the goal and Hette van Dijk tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Kenneth van der Leegte didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ostap Fedoriv went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-8 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, SV Wissenkerke's Stef Mol got a free kick in the 95th minute. When Symon Glushko fell near the penalty area in the 96th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Kolos's protests and gave Symon Glushko a yellow card for diving instead. Symon Glushko was extremely unlucky when he, in the 99th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. FC Kolos played a much better game than SV Wissenkerke and deserved their victory. The SV Wissenkerke players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.