U18 World League

Sniper Arena
Spectators: 7516 (Terracing: 5638, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ivan Johansson made the kick off which started today's match. Harry Van der Veeken fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Olov Groth having to interfere. Lukas Moberg's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 8thth minute, Douglas Schoenmaekers skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Douglas Schoenmaekers came out of the goal in the 11th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Snipers's Lukas Moberg. But to his dismay, Lukas Moberg quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. After having played for 13 minutes, Lukas Moberg managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Snipers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lukas Moberg was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Douglas Schoenmaekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivan Johansson in the 14th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, FC Bruges's Artur Huybreghts got a free kick in the 16th minute. After 17 played minutes, FC Snipers's Douglas Wiman shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Douglas Schoenmaekers came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in FC Snipers reached it. Denis Smidts's late challenge caught a FC Snipers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Denis Smidts helped the player get up and apologised. Denis Smidts kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. Olov Groth showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tony Henderickx, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. In the 21st minute, Roland Haglund ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Douglas Schoenmaekers was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. After 24 minutes of play, FC Snipers's Ivan Johansson made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Douglas Schoenmaekers was left in no man's land by his defense there! 29 minutes into the match, FC Snipers's goal looked a bit too open when Tony Henderickx came free, but Olov Groth reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 32ndth minute of the game Ivan Johansson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Bruges's Douglas Schoenmaekers was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. FC Bruges's defense didn't have a chance, in the 35th minute, when Ivan Johansson scored to the left of an out of position Douglas Schoenmaekers, making the score, 4-0. A collision led to FC Snipers getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Tim Hård hit a great ball. Olov Groth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tony Henderickx in the 42nd minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 46 minutes, Ivan Johansson took a quick shot and it went in 5-0 without a chance for Douglas Schoenmaekers to make any attempt to save it. 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 players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Goffrey Lissens stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. FC Bruges were furious when Matthy Smets was red carded, 53 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 54th minute there was a penalty for FC Snipers. Lukas Moberg stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Douglas Schoenmaekers. 6-0. With a little luck, FC Snipers's Olov Groth got control of the ball when Tony Henderickx tried to sneak it across the goal line. Roland Haglund recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 62nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 67 minutes into the game, FC Snipers's Tim Hård nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Douglas Schoenmaekers made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 7-0. FC Bruges's Douglas Schoenmaekers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lukas Moberg in the 70th minute of play. In the 72nd minute Lukas Moberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Douglas Schoenmaekers saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Douglas Schoenmaekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivan Johansson in the 74th minute of the match. In the 76th minute, Roland Haglund left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Snipers fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 8-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lukas Moberg in the 90th minute of play forced FC Bruges's goalkeeper Douglas Schoenmaekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 94th minute Tim Hård shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Douglas Schoenmaekers saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The FC Snipers fans' excitement grew in the 97th match minute when FC Snipers's Tim Hård 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 10-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene.