U18 World League

668代表队
Spectators: 7317 (Terracing: 5667, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when 姜桑志 got the match started through his kick off. Ritchie Allaert's late challenge caught a 辽宁盘锦668代表队's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ritchie Allaert helped the player get up and apologised. In the 6th minute, Ritchie Allaert hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 8th minute 姜桑志 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lucas Iven saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, 辽宁盘锦668代表队's 沈榕峰 got a free kick in the 9th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Billy Verstuyft managed to get in a good position for a shot. Winksele 2016's supporters rose to their feet, but Billy Verstuyft was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 肖然瑜 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 肖然瑜 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abel Lingier, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 21 played minutes 辽宁盘锦668代表队 got a freekick which was hit by 于广延. After 22 played minutes, Winksele 2016's Ryan Bruyninckx shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper 肖然瑜 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 Winksele 2016 reached it. After 23 played minutes 辽宁盘锦668代表队 got a freekick which was hit by 于广延. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Karel-Jan Gheysen in the 28th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 肖然瑜 saved 辽宁盘锦668代表队 from getting behind. After 32 minutes, Ryan Bruyninckx mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Winksele 2016 and the 辽宁盘锦668代表队 players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 32nd minute, Ryan Bruyninckx hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Karel-Jan Gheysen recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 36th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 姜桑志 hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as 辽宁盘锦668代表队's 沈鹏霖 slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Lucas Iven. That made the score 1-1 after 40 minutes of play. Brian Degraef kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Winksele 2016's Lucas Iven played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 沈鹏霖 in the 44th minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Karel-Jan Gheysen to strike the kick off in the second half. Winksele 2016's Lucas Iven played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 宋城坤 in the 51st minute of play. A hard shot 53 in the game by Karel-Jan Gheysen from a close distance when the talented 肖然瑜 managed to make a qualified save. 辽宁盘锦668代表队's players were relieved. 宋城坤 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Lucas Iven tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lucas Iven made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 沈鹏霖 in the 58th minute of play. In the 61st minute, 宋城坤 made a precise shot to the right of Lucas Iven. Winksele 2016's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. 姜桑志 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 67 minutes into the match, Winksele 2016's goal looked a bit too open when 沈鹏霖 came free, but Lucas Iven reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, 辽宁盘锦668代表队's 姜桑志 got a free kick in the 68th minute. 沈鹏霖 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Lucas Iven tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Winksele 2016's Karel-Jan Gheysen in the 72nd minute got a chance for a shot 72nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye 辽宁盘锦668代表队's goalie prevented a goal. Lucas Iven showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 沈鹏霖 in the 77th minute of the match. When 于广延 fell near the penalty area in the 86th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 辽宁盘锦668代表队's protests and gave 于广延 a yellow card for diving instead. After 86 played minutes 辽宁盘锦668代表队 got a freekick which was hit by 于广延. When the match clock showed 88 minutes, the score became 3-1 when 沈鹏霖 sped through Winksele 2016's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Lucas Iven. 姜桑志's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Lucas Iven read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 92nd minute of play. 辽宁盘锦668代表队 were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Winksele 2016 for a fine match.