U23 World League

Cuervos Stadion
Spectators: 7486 (Terracing: 5615, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Guillaume Barillot took the kick off in the first half of the match. After some careless play in the Saint Côme de Fresné defense, Xander-Paul Pellegrims kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Noël Clenet. The Saint Côme de Fresné fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Noël Clenet should have stopped the shot. The supporters of real dixmuda booed when Saint Côme de Fresné was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Thibaut Abeille didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 15 minutes, Firmin Boulogne mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Saint Côme de Fresné and the real dixmuda players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of real dixmuda booed when Saint Côme de Fresné was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Firmin Boulogne didn't get a good kick on the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 24 minutes, Noël Clenet successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After having played for 31 minutes, Thibaut Abeille managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Saint Côme de Fresné's supporters crossed their fingers, but Thibaut Abeille was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Mathias Goovaerts sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 37 played minutes Saint Côme de Fresné got a freekick which was hit by Guillaume Barillot. 39 minutes into the game, Piet Huijghens lined in a short shot 4-0 behind a frustrated Noël Clenet. Guillaume Barillot scored 4-1 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gerard Verhaghe, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-1 at half-time.

When Olivier Barnier came up free with the goalie in the 50th minute, the Saint Côme de Fresné fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Olivier Barnier couldn't finish the play. In the 61st minute, Xander-Paul Pellegrims left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The real dixmuda fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-1. After a defensive mix-up in Saint Côme de Fresné's zone, Mathias Goovaerts stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Noël Clenet came out of the goal and Mathias Goovaerts tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 65 minutes into the match, Piet Huijghens had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Noël Clenet. Saint Côme de Fresné's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Piet Huijghens was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xander-Paul Pellegrims in the 68th minute of play forced Saint Côme de Fresné's goalkeeper Noël Clenet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Saint Côme de Fresné's Ruben Bénier got a free kick in the 73rd minute. In the 75thth minute of the game Piet Huijghens who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Saint Côme de Fresné's Noël Clenet was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 77th minute, Mathias Goovaerts got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Piet Huijghens scored 7-1 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Noël Clenet, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 87 minutes of play, real dixmuda's Xander-Paul Pellegrims made it 8-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Noël Clenet was left in no man's land by his defense there! Noël Clenet made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Piet Huijghens in the 91st minute of play. Noël Clenet came out of the goal in the 91st minute to try and stop a shot by real dixmuda's Piet Huijghens. But to his dismay, Piet Huijghens quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 9-1. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. real dixmuda fully deserved thier win.