U23 World League

Estadio do Dragao
Spectators: 7532 (Terracing: 5650, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) A collision led to ZEZOM TEAM getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. José Gonçalves hit a great ball. Hipólito Brito kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. Hipólito Brito received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Douglas Schoenmaekers tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Douglas Schoenmaekers took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Afonso Sacadura, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When José Gonçalves came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the ZEZOM TEAM 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 José Gonçalves couldn't finish the play. FC Bruges's Douglas Schoenmaekers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Afonso Sacadura in the 16th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Afonso Sacadura in the 19th minute of play forced FC Bruges's goalkeeper Douglas Schoenmaekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Afonso Sacadura in the 20th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Douglas Schoenmaekers prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 22 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Bruges's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. José Gonçalves was slow to take the kick. During this time ZEZOM TEAM's players had a chance to rest. José Gonçalves made a great header on ZEZOM TEAM's corner, it was just that FC Bruges's Douglas Schoenmaekers managed to reach the ball for a save. Douglas Schoenmaekers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Afonso Sacadura in the 24th minute of play. Merexildo Esoin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tony Henderickx, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. FC Bruges's Douglas Schoenmaekers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Afonso Sacadura in the 29th minute of play. Afonso Sacadura did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Douglas Schoenmaekers 35 minutes into the match. When Afonso Sacadura came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the ZEZOM TEAM 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 Afonso Sacadura couldn't finish the play. Douglas Schoenmaekers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Afonso Sacadura in the 42nd minute of play. Herman Bormans kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Afonso Sacadura succeeded in the game's 44th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-0.

The wind increased when Mathieux De Weyngaert made the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Afonso Sacadura's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Douglas Schoenmaekers was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. When ZEZOM TEAM's Afonso Sacadura in the 57th minute got a chance for a shot 57th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Bruges's goalie prevented a goal. Jozef De Custer kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. In the 68th minute of the match José Gonçalves shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Douglas Schoenmaekers showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After having played for 77 minutes, Tony Henderickx managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Bruges's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tony Henderickx was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Douglas Schoenmaekers stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Afonso Sacadura's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. When the match clock showed 85 minutes, the score became 4-0 when Afonso Sacadura sped through FC Bruges's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Douglas Schoenmaekers. Douglas Schoenmaekers took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Afonso Sacadura, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Carlos Casado hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. Matthy Smets kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. After 94 minutes, Herman Bormans mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Bruges and the ZEZOM TEAM players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 94 played minutes FC Bruges got a freekick which was hit by Herman Bormans.