U23 World League

Greenfields
Spectators: 7593 (Terracing: 5696, Seating: 1746, VIP seats: 151) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Yanis Devriendt took the kick off in the first half of the match. With a little luck, GFK Osogovo's Pande Georgijevski got control of the ball when Hugo Eekhout tried to sneak it across the goal line. Pande Georgijevski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fabricio Burutzagi in the 6th minute. Bergin Atanasov charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bergin Atanasov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Bergin Atanasov hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. When Mile Apostolski fell near the penalty area in the 14th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored GFK Osogovo's protests and gave Mile Apostolski a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, GFK Osogovo's Mile Apostolski got a free kick in the 14th minute. Cezary Sawicki took the ball and in the 18 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jozef Hemeleers. Jozef Hemeleers dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. 28 minutes into the match, GFK Osogovo's goalkeeper Pande Georgijevski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yanis Devriendt. After some careless play in the GFK Osogovo defense, Yanis Devriendt kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pande Georgijevski. The GFK Osogovo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pande Georgijevski should have stopped the shot. Jozef Hemeleers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cezary Sawicki in the 35th minute of the match. In the 37th minute, Romeu Cabral hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 38 minutes into the match, Winksele 2016's goal looked a bit too open when Migjen Mena came free, but Jozef Hemeleers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jozef Hemeleers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Boris Hristov in the 40th minute of the match. Jens Vereyt might have been able to make a better finish in the 43rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pande Georgijevski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jens Vereyt ran back to his position shaking his head. Yanis Devriendts short, quick shot in the 43rdth minute got Pande Georgijevski to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Hugo Eekhout could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Pande Georgijevski made a huge save.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cezary Sawicki made a kick off. In the 54th minute Yanis Devriendt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pande Georgijevski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 56 minutes into the game, Yanis Devriendt cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Pande Georgijevski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Pande Georgijevski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hugo Eekhout, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hugo Eekhout in the 62nd minute of play forced GFK Osogovo's goalkeeper Pande Georgijevski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yanis Devriendt in the 64th minute of play forced GFK Osogovo's goalkeeper Pande Georgijevski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jens Vereyt's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pande Georgijevski read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 67th minute of play. When Teofil Pavlovski fell near the penalty area in the 70th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored GFK Osogovo's protests and gave Teofil Pavlovski a yellow card for diving instead. Teofil Pavlovski hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. The supporters of Winksele 2016 booed when GFK Osogovo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paskal Partenijev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pande Georgijevski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hugo Eekhout went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. After 82 minutes of play, Winksele 2016's Hugo Eekhout made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pande Georgijevski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Pande Georgijevski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yanis Devriendt, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. 93 minutes into the game, Paskal Partenijev threw the ball into play from the sideline. Winksele 2016's Sem Severens quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 94 minutes into the match, Winksele 2016's goal looked a bit too open when Cezary Sawicki came free, but Jozef Hemeleers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. There was no doubt that Winksele 2016 were the better team. Winksele 2016's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.