U23 League

Weed
Spectators: 149 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sylvan De Maret got the match started through his kick off. Yannis Van Lueven sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 5th minute Sylvan De Maret shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thomas Smeekes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 8th minute, Sylvan De Maret made a precise shot to the right of Thomas Smeekes. Weed Excelsior's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Kenneth Thielens struck a weak shot in the 11th minute. Thomas Smeekes didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Bruly. Yannis Van Lueven scored 0-2 in the 13th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Thomas Smeekes, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Kenneth Thielens received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Thomas Smeekes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 18th minute, Yannis Van Lueven left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Bruly fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. When the match had gone on for 21 minutes, Sylvan De Maret put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Thomas Smeekes. In the 24thth minute of the game Walter Wyns who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Weed Excelsior's Thomas Smeekes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Henk Stroobos got free with Rudy Duchateau in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Hendrik Hoekstra kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. Thomas Smeekes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Walter Wyns went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. 38 minutes into the match, Weed Excelsior's goal looked a bit too open when Kenneth Thielens came free, but Thomas Smeekes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 39th minute, Kenneth Thielens ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Thomas Smeekes was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-6. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kenneth Thielens in the 43rd minute of play forced Weed Excelsior's goalkeeper Thomas Smeekes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Walter Wyns received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Thomas Smeekes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-7 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

In the 51st minute, Yannis Van Lueven reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Thomas Smeekes. The goal made the score 0-8. 58 minutes into the match, Ritchie Spoelberghe notched a goal, 0-10, to the right of Weed Excelsior's Thomas Smeekes. Thomas Smeekes was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Jacq Van hoegaerde's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Thomas Smeekes firmly grabbed it by the left post. Thomas Smeekes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kenneth Thielens, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Bruly's Rudy Duchateau played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcel Toolenaar in the 64th minute of play. Yannis Van Lueven could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Thomas Smeekes made a huge save. Hendrik Hoekstra hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Yannis Van Lueven sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 78 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Bruly's Sylvan De Maret fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Sylvan De Maret sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Thomas Smeekes was out of position in the 85 minute of play, and Yannis Van Lueven capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Yannis Van Lueven really showed his touch with that goal: 0-12. After having played for 88 minutes, Kenneth Thielens managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bruly's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kenneth Thielens was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Weed Excelsior's Thomas Smeekes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yannis Van Lueven in the 91st minute of play. 93 minutes into the match, Weed Excelsior's goal looked a bit too open when Joery Cortens came free, but Thomas Smeekes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Walter Wyns struck a weak shot in the 95th minute. Thomas Smeekes didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Bruly.