U18 World League

Avenue of glory
Spectators: 7465 (Terracing: 5600, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Christodoulos Symeonas started the match with the kick off. In the 2nd minute, Tobias Geeraerts made a precise shot to the right of Ignatios Pitsipopakis. Green Horses's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Manu Gyselinx came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by Green Horses's Christodoulos Symeonas. But to his dismay, Christodoulos Symeonas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Manu Gyselinx made an important save on a dangerous shot by Avraam Liakos in the 12th minute. Ignatios Pitsipopakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tobias Geeraerts, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Periklis Zorbadelos kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Manu Gyselinx. That made the score 2-1 in the 15 minute of play. Abel Van Meerbek kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Avraam Liakos in the 22nd minute of play forced KFC Paal-Tervant's goalkeeper Manu Gyselinx to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 24th minute, Philip Vandamme made a precise shot to the right of Ignatios Pitsipopakis. Green Horses's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. KFC Paal-Tervant's Manu Gyselinx played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Avraam Liakos in the 33rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tobias Geeraerts in the 36th minute of play forced Green Horses's goalkeeper Ignatios Pitsipopakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Avraam Liakos got free with Manu Gyselinx in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Green Horses's Avraam Liakos got a free kick in the 39th minute. Ignatios Pitsipopakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Philip Vandamme in the 41st minute of the match. 46 minutes into the match, KFC Paal-Tervant's goalkeeper Manu Gyselinx had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Periklis Zorbadelos. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Harold Dheedene to make the kick off. In the 56th minute, Avraam Liakos made a precise shot to the right of Manu Gyselinx. KFC Paal-Tervant's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-2. The supporters of Green Horses booed when KFC Paal-Tervant was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Harold Dheedene didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in KFC Paal-Tervant's zone, Christodoulos Symeonas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Manu Gyselinx came out of the goal and Christodoulos Symeonas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ignatios Pitsipopakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Harold Dheedene in the 65th minute of the match. Ignatios Pitsipopakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Harold Dheedene, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 69th minute, Green Horses's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Harold Dheedene fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Manu Gyselinx came out of the goal in the 71st minute to try and stop a shot by Green Horses's Christodoulos Symeonas. But to his dismay, Christodoulos Symeonas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. The crowd rose to their feet as KFC Paal-Tervant's Christian Mangelschot slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ignatios Pitsipopakis. That made the score 4-3 after 74 minutes of play. Ignatios Pitsipopakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Harold Dheedene in the 79th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Philip Vandamme in the 84th minute of play forced Green Horses's goalkeeper Ignatios Pitsipopakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Manu Gyselinx showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Avraam Liakos, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. KFC Paal-Tervant's Manu Gyselinx played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Avraam Liakos in the 91st minute of play. Ignatios Pitsipopakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tobias Geeraerts, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Ignatios Pitsipopakis was a little too slow when Tobias Geeraerts got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 94th minute. The score was now 4-4.