U18 World League

De Brouwerij
Spectators: 8240 (Terracing: 6250, Seating: 1830, VIP seats: 160) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Trefor Tio got the match started through his kick off. Johan Segundo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 7th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Samyang Ramen's Nils Nordmark played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Johan Segundo in the 8th minute of play. If Johan Segundo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 16th match minute, Samyang Ramen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by André Brenner to maneuver through the defense. With an all-out effort, AC Pitt Bier's Nils Nordmark threw himself towards the right post 20 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Twan Lute, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The crowd rose to their feet as AC Pitt Bier's Twan Lute slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Nils Nordmark. That made the score 1-0 after 21 minutes of play. Douwe Marin kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. Nils Nordmark showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Johan Segundo in the 26th minute of the match. 29 minutes into the match, AC Pitt Bier's goal looked a bit too open when Mats Galle came free, but Fokke Veenhuis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Twan Lute hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. Fokke Veenhuis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Trefor Tio, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Fokke Veenhuis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Trefor Tio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Samyang Ramen getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Nuh Dell hit a great ball. Nils Nordmark showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pascall de Vries in the 37th minute of the match. In the 40th minute Nuh Dell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fokke Veenhuis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 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 1-0.

The wind increased when Johan Segundo made the kick off in the second half. After 52 minutes of play, AC Pitt Bier's Twan Lute made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nils Nordmark was left in no man's land by his defense there! Douwe Marin hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Samyang Ramen's Minor Nudel was substituted for Trefor Tio. Samyang Ramen made a substitution. Tom Svensson replaced Dennis Öberg. After a rather tough play, AC Pitt Bier's Douwe Marin got a free kick in the 59th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Albin Hammarström in the 60th minute of play forced AC Pitt Bier's goalkeeper Fokke Veenhuis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, AC Pitt Bier's Fokke Veenhuis got control of the ball when Albin Hammarström tried to sneak it across the goal line. Fokke Veenhuis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Albin Hammarström in the 65th minute. Nils Nordmark made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pascall de Vries in the 66th minute of play. Nils Nordmark showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Johan Segundo in the 68th minute of the match. Fokke Veenhuis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Minor Nudel in the 72nd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Albin Hammarström's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fokke Veenhuis was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. After 80 played minutes AC Pitt Bier got a freekick which was hit by Douwe Marin. In the 81st minute, Tom Svensson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Samyang Ramen fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. After 85 minutes, Robin van Putten made it 3-1 with a short kick to the right side. Samyang Ramen's Nils Nordmark tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Vincent Wielens hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Minor Nudel in the 93rd minute of play forced AC Pitt Bier's goalkeeper Fokke Veenhuis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fokke Veenhuis made a fantastic save in the 96th minute, when Albin Hammarström sent off a good shot on target. AC Pitt Bier's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.