U18 World League

Aarsele Stadion
Spectators: 7488 (Terracing: 5617, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) Henri-Patrick Van Den Driessche showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Washington Diniz in the 6th minute of the match. 7 minutes into the match, de belletrekkers's goal looked a bit too open when Washington Diniz came free, but Henri-Patrick Van Den Driessche reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 15 minutes, Karel-Jan De Reijck mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the de belletrekkers and the SANTOS Indaiatuba F.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 15 played minutes de belletrekkers got a freekick which was hit by Karel-Jan De Reijck. Edgard Armentier struck a weak shot in the 20th minute. Walmir Ferreira didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for de belletrekkers. Walmir Ferreira made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edgard Armentier in the 32nd minute. 33 minutes into the match, de belletrekkers's goal looked a bit too open when Zé Roberto Bittencourt came free, but Henri-Patrick Van Den Driessche reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arnout Teunis's late challenge caught a SANTOS Indaiatuba F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arnout Teunis helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of SANTOS Indaiatuba F.C. booed when de belletrekkers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arnout Teunis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Washington Diniz scored 0-2 in the 40th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Henri-Patrick Van Den Driessche, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 44th minute, Marcelinho Antunes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Henri-Patrick Van Den Driessche was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Henri-Patrick Van Den Driessche showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernardo Galvão in the 47th minute of the match. After the first half SANTOS Indaiatuba F.C. were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Marcelinho Antunes made a kick off. Bernardo Galvão received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Henri-Patrick Van Den Driessche tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 65 minutes into the match, de belletrekkers's goalkeeper Henri-Patrick Van Den Driessche had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Washington Diniz. When Edgard Armentier fell near the penalty area in the 70th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored de belletrekkers's protests and gave Edgard Armentier a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of SANTOS Indaiatuba F.C. booed when de belletrekkers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edgard Armentier didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 72nd minute, Marcelinho Antunes managed to get in a good position for a shot. SANTOS Indaiatuba F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Marcelinho Antunes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Henri-Patrick Van Den Driessche breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 79th minute, Edgard Armentier left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The de belletrekkers fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. 86 minutes into the match, Marcelinho Antunes dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Henri-Patrick Van Den Driessche, 1-5. In the 90th minute, SANTOS Indaiatuba F.C.'s Washington Diniz ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Henri-Patrick Van Den Driessche. Henri-Patrick Van Den Driessche yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-6. Zé Roberto Bittencourt could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 95th minute of the match, but Henri-Patrick Van Den Driessche made a huge save. SANTOS Indaiatuba F.C.'s fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.