U23 League

Şamaxı şəhər stadion
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Aqil Bağiyev kicked off to start the match. A collision led to Portus Ganda getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Luckas Van der Perren hit a great ball. Şamaxı Bankirlər's attentive Qusif Zamanov managed to snatch the ball when Danny Spoelberchs made a throw-in in the 5th minute of the game. Péter Čech showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abel Goethuys, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Lennert De Loose charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lennert De Loose the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Şamaxı Bankirlər made a substitution. Älağa Ziyadov replaced Aqil Bağiyev. Steff Bastiaens hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. After 17 played minutes Şamaxı Bankirlər got a freekick which was hit by Älağa Ziyadov. Şamaxı Bankirlər's Péter Čech played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abel Goethuys in the 20th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Şamaxı Bankirlər's Vasif Abdulazamov got a free kick in the 21st minute. Péter Čech took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abel Goethuys, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 28 minutes, Steff Bastiaens mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Portus Ganda and the Şamaxı Bankirlər players grew even worse after the yellow card. 36 minutes into the match, Şamaxı Bankirlər's goal looked a bit too open when Andries Verstraeten came free, but Péter Čech reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Qusif Zamanov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 39th match minute, Şamaxı Bankirlər was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Çärkäz Dünyamaliyev to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 41 minutes, Andries Verstraeten managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Portus Ganda's supporters crossed their fingers, but Andries Verstraeten was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Péter Čech came out of the goal in the 43rd minute to try and stop a shot by Portus Ganda's Abel Goethuys. But to his dismay, Abel Goethuys quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Andries Verstraeten was the one to do the kick off. With a little luck, Şamaxı Bankirlər's Péter Čech got control of the ball when Abel Goethuys tried to sneak it across the goal line. Qusif Zamanov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Şamaxı Bankirlər's Péter Čech proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save Şamaxı Bankirlər from getting a goal against them. Roger Hoolemans made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Älağa Ziyadov in the 67th minute of play. A nice corner shot did that Loğman Hacibabayev got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Roger Hoolemans quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Roger Hoolemans took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Loğman Hacibabayev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 75 minutes of play, Şamaxı Bankirlər's Qusif Zamanov made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roger Hoolemans was left in no man's land by his defense there! Roger Hoolemans didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Älağa Ziyadov went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. After 83 played minutes Şamaxı Bankirlər got a freekick which was hit by Mahir Balişov. Andries Verstraeten hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Roger Hoolemans showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Şahin Bäylärov in the 87th minute of the match. After 93 minutes of play, Şamaxı Bankirlər's Şahin Bäylärov made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roger Hoolemans was left in no man's land by his defense there!