U18 World League

Chlorine Arena
Spectators: 7530 (Terracing: 5649, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Juarês Cardoso made the kick off and thus started the match. Delfim Capixaba charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Delfim Capixaba the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 5th minute, Delfim Capixaba hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Twierdza Osowiec were awarded a corner in the 7th minute after Caskinha Esporte Clube's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Kim De Poorter took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Kim De Poorter got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Umberto França quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. With a little luck, Caskinha Esporte Clube's Umberto França got control of the ball when Jorg Saelens tried to sneak it across the goal line. The supporters of Caskinha Esporte Clube booed when Twierdza Osowiec was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joel Gevaert didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Caskinha Esporte Clube's Celso Perez got a free kick in the 13th minute. When Joel Gevaert came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the Twierdza Osowiec fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Joel Gevaert couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gert-Jan van haeve in the 16th minute of play forced Caskinha Esporte Clube's goalkeeper Umberto França to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Umberto França made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Jorg Saelens sent off a good shot on target. The Twierdza Osowiec fans' excitement grew in the 21st match minute when Twierdza Osowiec's Jorg Saelens looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. When Jorg Saelens came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Twierdza Osowiec fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jorg Saelens couldn't finish the play. The crowd rose to their feet as Jorg Saelens kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Umberto França. That made the score 2-0 in the 26 minute of play. Umberto França made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when Jorg Saelens sent off a good shot on target. Caskinha Esporte Clube's Umberto França played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gert-Jan van haeve in the 30th minute of play. Joel Gevaert sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 35th minute, Gert-Jan van haeve left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Twierdza Osowiec fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. In the 47th match minute, Twierdza Osowiec was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stein Van Leemputte to maneuver through the defense. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Jorg Saelens made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Twierdza Osowiec's Joel Gevaert got a free kick in the 51st minute. In the 53rd minute of the match Jânio Gerber sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dyllan Decoster skillfully saved the ball. After some careless play in the Caskinha Esporte Clube defense, Joel Gevaert kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Umberto França. The Caskinha Esporte Clube fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Umberto França should have stopped the shot. Umberto França showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gevaert in the 59th minute of the match. Umberto França made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jorg Saelens in the 64th minute of play. Umberto França took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gevaert, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Umberto França didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Robbrecht Airpoel went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. Juarês Cardoso recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 84th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Umberto França came out of the goal in the 86th minute to try and stop a shot by Twierdza Osowiec's Gert-Jan van haeve. But to his dismay, Gert-Jan van haeve quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-0. 92 minutes into the match, Gert-Jan van haeve had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Umberto França. Caskinha Esporte Clube's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gert-Jan van haeve was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-0.