U23 World League

José Sand
Spectators: 7688 (Terracing: 5767, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 153) Omer Vandamme started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. If Omer Vandamme had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Anier Tano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Omer Vandamme, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Casimiro Lertxun during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 10 played minutes Acercate Y Patea de Lejos got a freekick which was hit by Casimiro Lertxun. 15 minutes into the game, Victor Matxin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Waut Limpens was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Anier Tano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Omer Vandamme in the 23rd minute of the match. 25 minutes into the match, Omer Vandamme notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Anier Tano. Anier Tano was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 28 minutes of play, North Hill United's David De Raeijmaecker made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Anier Tano was left in no man's land by his defense there! 31 minutes into the game, Teo Karmel was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave North Hill United the free kick. Teo Karmel kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. In the 41st minute, David De Raeijmaecker left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The North Hill United fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. In the 44th minute Omer Vandamme shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anier Tano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Anier Tano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Omer Vandamme in the 44th minute of the match. After the first half North Hill United were leading 1-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Simon Gutierrez stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Omer Vandamme in the 52nd minute of play forced Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's goalkeeper Anier Tano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 53 played minutes Acercate Y Patea de Lejos got a freekick which was hit by Ermegildo Demesio. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Anier Tano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Omer Vandamme in the 57th minute of play. In the 57th minute Omer Vandamme shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anier Tano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Anier Tano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from David De Raeijmaecker in the 61st minute of play. If Omer Vandamme had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ermegildo Demesio charged in rather forcefully in the 67th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ermegildo Demesio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 67th match minute, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ermegildo Demesio to maneuver through the defense. North Hill United made a substitution. Steffen Van Hermenghem replaced Jamal Musiala. Waut Limpens came out of the goal in the 69th minute to try and stop a shot by Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Simon Gutierrez. But to his dismay, Simon Gutierrez quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-4. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Anier Tano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by David De Raeijmaecker in the 77th minute of play. When Ermegildo Demesio was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 79 minutes had been played. Thobias Eli could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Anier Tano made a huge save. Anier Tano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from David De Raeijmaecker, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 83rd minute, Fernand Vandamme hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Thobias Eli kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Anier Tano. That made the score 2-5 in the 87 minute of play. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Anier Tano proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save Acercate Y Patea de Lejos from getting a goal against them. Anier Tano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from David De Raeijmaecker, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. David De Raeijmaecker charged in rather forcefully in the 95th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed David De Raeijmaecker the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. David De Raeijmaecker kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. When the final whistle sounded North Hill United left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Acercate Y Patea de Lejos.