Prized/Friendly Cup

The Dribbel Arena
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Hermanö Oilers's Peter Bank 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. 5 minutes into the match, Zero Gravity's goal looked a bit too open when Peter Bank came free, but Benoit Van Heurick reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Benoit Van Heurick showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Peter Bank, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Jasper De Lauw kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Thomas-Jan Pastijns hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Arne Bryngelsson's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Benoit Van Heurick read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 12th minute of play. In the 14th minute, Sune Åberg got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Andrez Dams recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 21st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Kenneth Forsberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jullian Van Castel in the 36th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Jullian Van Castel's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kenneth Forsberg was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. Benoit Van Heurick made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sune Åberg in the 40th minute of play. 46 minutes into the match, Hermanö Oilers's goal looked a bit too open when Jullian Van Castel came free, but Kenneth Forsberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jullian Van Castel to make the kick off. Zero Gravity's Benoit Van Heurick played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anders Thedin in the 52nd minute of play. Zero Gravity's Benoit Van Heurick proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save Zero Gravity from getting a goal against them. After 63 played minutes Zero Gravity got a freekick which was hit by Thomas-Jan Pastijns. The supporters of Hermanö Oilers booed when Zero Gravity was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jules Van Linthoudt didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Jullian Van Castel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 70th minute Jullian Van Castel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kenneth Forsberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Per Hultstrand recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 76th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Kenneth Forsberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andrez Dams, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Anders Thedin kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. After 84 minutes Hermanö Oilers's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jacq Van den Berghe who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Jacq Van den Berghe got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Kenneth Forsberg quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Jules Van Linthoudt hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. After 86 played minutes Hermanö Oilers got a freekick which was hit by Sune Åberg. Jullian Van Castel scored 2-0 in the 87th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kenneth Forsberg, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Andrez Dams in the 92nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kenneth Forsberg saved Hermanö Oilers from getting behind. Benoit Van Heurick made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peter Bank in the 94th minute of play. 3-0 became the score in the 96th minute when Matt Uyterhelcht elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Zero Gravity were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Hermanö Oilers for a fine match.