World League

Santiago Bernabeu
Spectators: 7660 (Terracing: 5747, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 152) 3 minutes into the match, Adam Seng had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Yorrick Zoethout. SV Balverliefd's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adam Seng was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. After a rather tough play, SV Balverliefd's Vincent Van Mechelen got a free kick in the 8th minute. Yorrick Zoethout showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zbigniew Buczko in the 11th minute of the match. Esteban Beti didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Steven Homan went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Steven Homan struck a weak shot in the 17th minute. Esteban Beti didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SV Balverliefd. With a little luck, SV Balverliefd's Yorrick Zoethout got control of the ball when Mateusz Heide tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 26th minute Steven Homan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Esteban Beti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Esteban Beti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Steven Homan, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Yorrick Zoethout showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adam Seng, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Esteban Beti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Steven Homan, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. In the 40th minute Adam Seng shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yorrick Zoethout saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Steven Homan's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Esteban Beti read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 44th minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Steven Homan to make the kick off. With a little luck, Real Madrid's Esteban Beti got control of the ball when Steven Homan tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Steven Homan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Esteban Beti was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zbigniew Buczko in the 63rd minute of play forced SV Balverliefd's goalkeeper Yorrick Zoethout to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yorrick Zoethout made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zbigniew Buczko in the 64th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 67 minutes, Steven Homan put it in 2-2 from a short distance just to the right of Esteban Beti. Real Madrid's Zygmunt Burowski was substituted for Mateusz Heide. The supporters of Real Madrid booed when SV Balverliefd was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jyrki Kujanpää didn't get a good kick on the ball. Steven Homan's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Esteban Beti read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 80th minute of play. After 89 minutes Real Madrid's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Felix van As who took care of the corner kick. Steven Homan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Esteban Beti tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 93 minutes, Steven Homan put it in 3-4 from a short distance just to the right of Esteban Beti. Esteban Beti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Melker Gudmundsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. The SV Balverliefd players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.