U23 League

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Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) After 2 minutes, Kevin Valkeneers mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gallo Crisis and the MK Investments players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 2nd match minute, Gallo Crisis was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kevin Valkeneers to maneuver through the defense. Pascal Bults recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Pipo Orihuela took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Waclaw Poremba, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 9 minutes into the match, Gallo Crisis's goal looked a bit too open when Domenik Hoffhuis came free, but Pipo Orihuela reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pipo Orihuela showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tibau De Jaeger in the 10th minute of the match. Cederik Raes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 16 played minutes Gallo Crisis got a freekick which was hit by Cederik Raes. Gallo Crisis's Willem-Alexander Uytebroeck was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 19th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. 22 minutes into the match, Domenik Hoffhuis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pipo Orihuela. Gallo Crisis's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Domenik Hoffhuis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Jimmie Cai recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Pipo Orihuela came out of the goal in the 26th minute to try and stop a shot by MK Investments's Domenik Hoffhuis. But to his dismay, Domenik Hoffhuis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Pipo Orihuela went to the wrong direction when Waclaw Poremba was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. Willem-Alexander Uytebroeck might have been able to make a better finish in the 33rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Peter Oldenborger. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Willem-Alexander Uytebroeck ran back to his position shaking his head. Willem-Alexander Uytebroeck came free with the goalkeeper in the 34th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Peter Oldenborger could save by the left post. Gallo Crisis's Pipo Orihuela played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pascal Bults in the 36th minute of play. Jos van Rijswijk sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pipo Orihuela showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Domenik Hoffhuis, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. After 46 minutes, Cederik Raes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gallo Crisis and the MK Investments players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Gallo Crisis's Cederik Raes got a free kick in the 46th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Willem-Alexander Uytebroeck was the one to do the kick off. The throw-in from Ferdinant Davids in the 53rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Gallo Crisis's Nino Orihuela. After a rather tough play, Gallo Crisis's Cederik Raes got a free kick in the 57th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 58th minute, Pascal Bults managed to get in a good position for a shot. MK Investments's supporters rose to their feet, but Pascal Bults was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pipo Orihuela breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Pipo Orihuela made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Domenik Hoffhuis in the 62nd minute of play. Pipo Orihuela showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pascal Bults, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Pipo Orihuela was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Waclaw Poremba showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-3 in the 65 minute of play. Pipo Orihuela took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Domenik Hoffhuis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pascal Bults in the 73rd minute of play forced Gallo Crisis's goalkeeper Pipo Orihuela to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pipo Orihuela showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Domenik Hoffhuis in the 78th minute of the match. In the 79th minute, MK Investments's Domenik Hoffhuis ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Pipo Orihuela. Pipo Orihuela yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-4. 86 minutes into the game, Dimitri Rouvroye was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Gallo Crisis's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave MK Investments the free kick. The supporters of MK Investments booed when Gallo Crisis was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dimitri Rouvroye didn't get a good kick on the ball. MK Investments's Waclaw Poremba got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Tito Orihuela hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. 89 minutes into the match, Gallo Crisis's goal looked a bit too open when Domenik Hoffhuis came free, but Pipo Orihuela reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pipo Orihuela made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when Tibau De Jaeger sent off a good shot on target. The Gallo Crisis fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. MK Investments were clearly better and deserved to take the win.