U18 World League

Estadio El Pepetero
Spectators: 7366 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Roy Van den Dries took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 9th minute, Roy Van den Dries left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Olavarria FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Adam de Reyck showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Silverio Ishmael, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. After having played for 15 minutes, Herald Dujardin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Olavarria FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Herald Dujardin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Herald Dujardin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Blas Aurre's late challenge caught a Olavarria FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Blas Aurre helped the player get up and apologised. After 19 played minutes Sp. Yoniyones got a freekick which was hit by Blas Aurre. After a defensive mix-up in Sp. Yoniyones's zone, Bert Vercruysse stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Artemio Marko came out of the goal and Bert Vercruysse tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Herald Dujardin might have been able to make a better finish in the 21st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Artemio Marko. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Herald Dujardin ran back to his position shaking his head. Artemio Marko stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Roy Van den Dries's shot from short distance in the 25th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Sp. Yoniyones's zone, Roy Van den Dries stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Artemio Marko came out of the goal and Roy Van den Dries tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Adam de Reyck showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Santo Osorio, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Adam de Reyck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santo Osorio in the 34th minute of play. Artemio Marko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roy Van den Dries in the 37th minute of the match. Artemio Marko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roy Van den Dries, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. After 39 played minutes Sp. Yoniyones got a freekick which was hit by Generoso Gonzales. Artemio Marko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roy Van den Dries in the 41st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Noel Moerman in the 43rd minute of play forced Sp. Yoniyones's goalkeeper Artemio Marko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 47th minute, Segundo Francho got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Santo Osorio stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the game, Olavarria FC's Roy Van den Dries nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Artemio Marko made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Sp. Yoniyones's defense didn't have a chance, in the 58th minute, when Roy Van den Dries scored to the left of an out of position Artemio Marko, making the score, 0-3. When Olavarria FC's Roy Van den Dries in the 62nd minute got a chance for a shot 62nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Sp. Yoniyones's goalie prevented a goal. Santo Osorio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Adam de Reyck tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Herald Dujardin might have been able to make a better finish in the 67th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Artemio Marko. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Herald Dujardin ran back to his position shaking his head. After 72 played minutes Sp. Yoniyones got a freekick which was hit by Generoso Gonzales. Artemio Marko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bert Vercruysse in the 76th minute of the match. Artemio Marko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roy Van den Dries in the 77th minute of the match. In the 78th minute, Herald Dujardin reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Artemio Marko. The goal made the score 0-4. Blas Aurre received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Adam de Reyck tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Artemio Marko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roy Van den Dries, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Diego Lucero hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. After having played for 89 minutes, Bert Vercruysse managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Olavarria FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bert Vercruysse was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Roy Van den Dries fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Artemio Marko having to interfere.