Friendly League

Antonio V. Liberti
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Bruly's Sylvan De Maret 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. After a rather tough play, ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡'s Ermanno Cinalli got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Yannis Van Lueven recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 4th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Rudy Duchateau came out of the goal in the 6th minute to try and stop a shot by ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡'s Korhan Türkol. But to his dismay, Korhan Türkol quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Rudy Duchateau made an important save on a dangerous shot by Korhan Türkol in the 10th minute. 11 minutes had been played when some careless play by Bruly's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Exequiel Zeballos was slow to take the kick. During this time ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡'s players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Exequiel Zeballos got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Rudy Duchateau quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 12 minutes into the match, ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡'s goal looked a bit too open when Sylvan De Maret came free, but Vágner Loyola reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rudy Duchateau took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from German Lia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 18 played minutes Korhan Türkol rounded Bruly's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-0. 21 minutes into the match, Bruly's goalkeeper Rudy Duchateau had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Korhan Türkol. Vágner Loyola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sylvan De Maret, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Bruly's Rudy Duchateau played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Korhan Türkol in the 26th minute of play. In the 44th minute, Silvestre Cuartio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for German Lia to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by German Lia in the 56th minute of play forced Bruly's goalkeeper Rudy Duchateau to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Korhan Türkol had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡'s attentive Silvestre Cuartio managed to snatch the ball when Yannis Van Lueven made a throw-in in the 59th minute of the game. ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡ were awarded a corner in the 61th minute after Bruly's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Exequiel Zeballos took the corner. Ritchie Spoelberghe hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Korhan Türkol's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rudy Duchateau was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. In the 75th minute the ball was on its way in behind Bruly's goalkeeper Rudy Duchateau, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 77th minute German Lia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rudy Duchateau saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Exequiel Zeballos in the 79th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Korhan Türkol in the 81st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rudy Duchateau prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 85 minutes Bruly's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Exequiel Zeballos who took care of the corner kick. In the 89th minute, Korhan Türkol left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. When Toon Uijterhove fell near the penalty area in the 93rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Bruly's protests and gave Toon Uijterhove a yellow card for diving instead. Rudy Duchateau showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from German Lia in the 97th minute of the match. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡ fans cheered their team off the field, for while Bruly had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.