U23 World League

EDE CT
Spectators: 8007 (Terracing: 6007, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Wanderson Valencia got the match started through his kick off. Sandrinho Cunha in the 7thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Waut Vanden Berghe, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Militros F.C.'s Evert Skräddare managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Billy Hendrickx in the 10 minute of the game. Twierdza Osowiec's Waut Vanden Berghe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wanderson Valencia in the 11th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kartal Başar in the 15th minute of play forced Militros F.C.'s goalkeeper Gerd Pollmann to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Twierdza Osowiec's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by He Wei Bin in the 22nd minute. The corner ended in Pang Qiang Fan almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Militros F.C.'s Gerd Pollmann did a great save. In the 27th minute, Zeno Hendrickx hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gong Jian Mo in the 31st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gerd Pollmann prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Gerd Pollmann took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gong Jian Mo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 36 minutes into the match, Twierdza Osowiec's goalkeeper Waut Vanden Berghe had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Wanderson Valencia. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gong Jian Mo in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gerd Pollmann saved Militros F.C. from getting behind. Waut Vanden Berghe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wanderson Valencia in the 44th minute of the match. Gerd Pollmann showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gong Jian Mo, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gong Jian Mo to make the kick off. Waut Vanden Berghe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Howard Layfield in the 55th minute of play. Gerd Pollmann made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gong Jian Mo in the 57th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kartal Başar got free with Gerd Pollmann in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Waut Vanden Berghe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wanderson Valencia, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Gerd Pollmann showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gong Jian Mo, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. After a rather tough play, Militros F.C.'s Sandrinho Cunha got a free kick in the 65th minute. Twierdza Osowiec's He Wei Bin got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Gerd Pollmann made a fantastic save in the 71st minute, when Kartal Başar sent off a good shot on target. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Paulão Freire in the 74th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Waut Vanden Berghe prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Paulão Freire's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Waut Vanden Berghe was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. After 78 minutes, Kartal Başar made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. Militros F.C.'s Gerd Pollmann tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Gerd Pollmann made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gong Jian Mo in the 87th minute. Through an outstanding action, after 88 minutes, Gerd Pollmann successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Gerd Pollmann showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gong Jian Mo, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Militros F.C.'s supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.