U23 World League

Holysloot Stadion
Spectators: 7490 (Terracing: 5618, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) SV Wissenkerke's Arnold van Herwijnen started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Kenneth van der Leegte took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cyprian Giec, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stef Mol in the 6th minute of play forced Rokita Brzeg Dolny's goalkeeper Sebastian Fronczak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the SV Wissenkerke defense, Przemyslaw Cytrynski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Kenneth van der Leegte. The SV Wissenkerke fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Kenneth van der Leegte should have stopped the shot. Kenneth van der Leegte showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cyprian Giec in the 14th minute of the match. In the 15th minute Wincenty Makowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kenneth van der Leegte saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cyprian Giec scored 0-2 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kenneth van der Leegte, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 21st minute Cyprian Giec shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kenneth van der Leegte saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. SV Wissenkerke's Kenneth van der Leegte played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kacper Bambas in the 22nd minute of play. In the 27th minute, Wincenty Makowski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kenneth van der Leegte was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. After 29 played minutes SV Wissenkerke got a freekick which was hit by Leendert Looze. Kenneth van der Leegte made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wincenty Makowski in the 32nd minute of play. Arnold van Herwijnen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Sebastian Fronczak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kenneth van der Leegte showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wincenty Makowski in the 35th minute of the match. Cyprian Giec scored 0-4 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kenneth van der Leegte, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Cyprian Giec took the ball and in the 41 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Kenneth van der Leegte. Kenneth van der Leegte dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. After 46 minutes of play, Rokita Brzeg Dolny's Cyprian Giec made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kenneth van der Leegte was left in no man's land by his defense there! After the first half Rokita Brzeg Dolny were leading 0-6. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When Marco Hofland fell near the penalty area in the 52nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SV Wissenkerke's protests and gave Marco Hofland a yellow card for diving instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rafal Chludzinski got free with Kenneth van der Leegte in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as Wincenty Makowski kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Kenneth van der Leegte. That made the score 0-8 in the 58 minute of play. After recieving a nice pass, Rokita Brzeg Dolny's Klement Galagan tried to score from far away in the 61st minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Kenneth van der Leegte took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wincenty Makowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kenneth van der Leegte made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wincenty Makowski in the 69th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Wincenty Makowski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kenneth van der Leegte was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. 79 minutes into the game, Wincenty Makowski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-9. Kenneth van der Leegte was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With a little luck, SV Wissenkerke's Kenneth van der Leegte got control of the ball when Wincenty Makowski tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 89 played minutes Wincenty Makowski rounded SV Wissenkerke's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-10. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Arnold van Herwijnen in the 93rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sebastian Fronczak prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 97th minute, Cyprian Giec made a precise shot to the right of Kenneth van der Leegte. SV Wissenkerke's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-11. Rokita Brzeg Dolny's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.