World League

Dionisio Fernanco
Spectators: 7623 (Terracing: 5718, Seating: 1753, VIP seats: 152) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tommy Van Gertsuyden kicked off to start the match. After 2 played minutes Circus BAF got a freekick which was hit by Freddy Vansteenbrugge. Jordy Steckens was out of position in the 4 minute of play, and Teo Elivareo capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Teo Elivareo really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Jordy Steckens made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jorge Hagi in the 7th minute. Circus BAF's Jordy Steckens played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mario Rodriguez in the 9th minute of play. In the 10th minute, Sportivo Ben Hur's Mario Rodriguez ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jordy Steckens. Jordy Steckens yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. Jaakob Rahkonen got a throw-in 13 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Jorge Hagi. After some careless play in the Circus BAF defense, Jorge Hagi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jordy Steckens. The Circus BAF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jordy Steckens should have stopped the shot. Jordy Steckens showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mario Rodriguez in the 17th minute of the match. In the 19th minute Tommy Van Gertsuyden shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Montrell Harrell saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With an all-out effort, Sportivo Ben Hur's Jordy Steckens threw himself towards the right post 20 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Jedrzej Chrzan, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 22nd minute, Jorge Hagi reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jordy Steckens. The goal made the score 4-0. Circus BAF's Jordy Steckens played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jorge Hagi in the 28th minute of play. Jordy Steckens showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mario Rodriguez in the 32nd minute of the match. Jordy Steckens showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jorge Hagi, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jorge Hagi got free with Jordy Steckens in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jordy Steckens made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jedrzej Chrzan in the 36th minute of play. In the 37th minute, Raf Van Gestelt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Anselmo Lluis kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. Jordy Steckens showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jorge Hagi in the 45th minute of the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jorge Hagi to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Jorge Hagi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jordy Steckens saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jordy Steckens showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mario Rodriguez, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Francois Van Den Poel's late challenge caught a Sportivo Ben Hur's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Francois Van Den Poel helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Circus BAF's Francois Van Den Poel got a free kick in the 56th minute. Circus BAF's Jordy Steckens played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jorge Hagi in the 59th minute of play. After 63 minutes of play, Sportivo Ben Hur's Jedrzej Chrzan made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jordy Steckens was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 68th minute the ball was on its way in behind Circus BAF's goalkeeper Jordy Steckens, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 72 played minutes Circus BAF got a freekick which was hit by Dany-Adams Opdebeeck. Sportivo Ben Hur's Bumin Sabuncu was substituted for 宋皓沙. After 73 played minutes Circus BAF got a freekick which was hit by Dany-Adams Opdebeeck. 76 minutes in the game Eduardo Arnalt did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Jaakob Rahkonen. Circus BAF's attentive Francois Van Den Poel managed to snatch the ball when Eduardo Arnalt made a throw-in in the 79th minute of the game. Tommy Van Gertsuyden could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Montrell Harrell made a huge save. Jordy Steckens made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jorge Hagi in the 83rd minute of play. Jorge Hagi spun around in front of the goal 83 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Circus BAF's goal. Jordy Steckens came out of the goal in the 84th minute to try and stop a shot by Sportivo Ben Hur's Mario Rodriguez. But to his dismay, Mario Rodriguez quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-0. Arturo Baladi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jordy Steckens having to interfere. The supporters of Circus BAF booed when Sportivo Ben Hur was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mario Rodriguez didn't get a good kick on the ball. 92 minutes into the game, Arturo Baladi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 8-0. Jordy Steckens was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jorge Hagi in the 96th minute of play forced Circus BAF's goalkeeper Jordy Steckens to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sportivo Ben Hur's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.