U23 World League

ESPN Black Arena
Spectators: 7534 (Terracing: 5652, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Piet Huijghens kicked off to start the match. After having played for 5 minutes, Roman Jaizki managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Black Devils's supporters crossed their fingers, but Roman Jaizki was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 6 minutes into the match, real dixmuda's goal looked a bit too open when Wiktor Ziomkowski came free, but Gerard Verhaghe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Yuriy Kalitvintsev was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 8 minutes into the match. The referee gave real dixmuda a penalty, 9 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Piet Huijghens, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Black Devils's Alejandro-Ramón Calderón De La Barca. 0-1. Xander-Paul Pellegrims fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alejandro-Ramón Calderón De La Barca having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Piet Huijghens in the 20th minute of play forced Black Devils's goalkeeper Alejandro-Ramón Calderón De La Barca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gregorie Smet sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 24th minute, Xander-Paul Pellegrims managed to get in a good position for a shot. real dixmuda's supporters rose to their feet, but Xander-Paul Pellegrims was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alejandro-Ramón Calderón De La Barca breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A throw-in in the 28th minute of the game was made by Thomas-Jan Rouvoet with Berten Sommers as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Bernardo Mitxaut hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. 30 minutes into the match, Xander-Paul Pellegrims notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Black Devils's Alejandro-Ramón Calderón De La Barca. Alejandro-Ramón Calderón De La Barca was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match had gone on for 35 minutes, Wiktor Ziomkowski took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Gerard Verhaghe to make any attempt to save it. Gregorie Smet fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alejandro-Ramón Calderón De La Barca having to interfere. 47 minutes into the game, Gregorie Smet cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Alejandro-Ramón Calderón De La Barca was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Wiktor Ziomkowski made a kick off. 1-4 became the score in the 55th minute when Piet Huijghens elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Piet Huijghenss short, quick shot in the 60thth minute got Alejandro-Ramón Calderón De La Barca to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The supporters of real dixmuda booed when Black Devils was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ceferino Maidana didn't get a good kick on the ball. real dixmuda's Gerard Verhaghe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wiktor Ziomkowski in the 75th minute of play. real dixmuda's Piet Huijghens got a good chance for a goal in the 76th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Black Devils made a substitution. Patricio Nazario replaced Wiktor Ziomkowski. 79 minutes into the game, Gregorie Smet recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Alejandro-Ramón Calderón De La Barca. Gregorie Smet showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-5. Ceferino Maidana kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Nazario in the 87th minute of play forced real dixmuda's goalkeeper Gerard Verhaghe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 91st minute, Miromir Juszkowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Xander-Paul Pellegrims came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the real dixmuda 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 Xander-Paul Pellegrims couldn't finish the play. Gregorie Smet recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 94th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal.