U21 World League

Arena do Gigante
Spectators: 7669 (Terracing: 5752, Seating: 1764, VIP seats: 153) Jan Melkval started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Dekeyser in the 3rd minute of play forced UPTEXTIL.COM's goalkeeper Oscar Azevedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Bernt de Pelsmacker fell near the penalty area in the 6th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored All Stars Gent's protests and gave Bernt de Pelsmacker a yellow card for diving instead. Dinei Proença's late challenge caught a All Stars Gent's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dinei Proença helped the player get up and apologised. Erwin-Alexander Peters hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as UPTEXTIL.COM's Thiago Furtado slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Yvan Poets. That made the score 1-0 after 17 minutes of play. Oscar Azevedo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David Dekeyser in the 20th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, All Stars Gent's David Dekeyser got a free kick in the 22nd minute. The supporters of UPTEXTIL.COM booed when All Stars Gent was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. David Dekeyser didn't get a good kick on the ball. Baltazar Paraibano kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. When UPTEXTIL.COM's Jeremias Pinheiro in the 28th minute got a chance for a shot 28th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye All Stars Gent's goalie prevented a goal. 29 minutes into the game, Gery Latomme was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. All Stars Gent's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave UPTEXTIL.COM the free kick. In the 32nd match minute, All Stars Gent was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jan Melkval to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 38 minutes, Thiago Furtado took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Yvan Poets to make any attempt to save it. Jeffery Luyten hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. Dinei Proença was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 47th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal.

If Humberto Magalhães had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After a rather tough play, All Stars Gent's Gery Latomme got a free kick in the 61st minute. When Andreas Meynen fell near the penalty area in the 63rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored All Stars Gent's protests and gave Andreas Meynen a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of UPTEXTIL.COM booed when All Stars Gent was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andreas Meynen didn't get a good kick on the ball. 64 minutes into the match, UPTEXTIL.COM's Dinei Proença sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Yvan Poets narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thiago Furtado in the 65th minute of play forced All Stars Gent's goalkeeper Yvan Poets to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. UPTEXTIL.COM's defense didn't have a chance, in the 68th minute, when Jan Melkval scored to the left of an out of position Oscar Azevedo, making the score, 2-1. 75 minutes into the match, All Stars Gent's goal looked a bit too open when Jeremias Pinheiro came free, but Yvan Poets reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jan Melkval in the 78th minute of play forced UPTEXTIL.COM's goalkeeper Oscar Azevedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, UPTEXTIL.COM's Oscar Azevedo got control of the ball when David Dekeyser tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 83rd minute, Thiago Furtado ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Yvan Poets was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. In the 93rd match minute, UPTEXTIL.COM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fernando Cunha to maneuver through the defense. A hard shot by Erwin-Alexander Peters from long distance, 94 minutes into the match, got Oscar Azevedo's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. UPTEXTIL.COM's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.