U21 League

GALLIA BELGICA
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Wim Vits started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 9th minute, Portus Ganda's Ludwig Tombeur seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Ludwig Tombeur the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Portus Ganda protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Ludwig Tombeur had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 8th minute, one of Portus Ganda:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Portus Ganda. 12 minutes into the match, Benjamin Schürhoff notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Portus Ganda's Gerrit Diependaele. Gerrit Diependaele was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gerrit Diependaele made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raphael Huber in the 21st minute of play. Wim Vits fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tim-Oliver Kläsener having to interfere. In the 28th minute, Raphael Huber ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gerrit Diependaele was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. In the 33rd match minute, FC Unterrudling was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dominic-Simon Nikolic to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wim Vits in the 34th minute of play forced FC Unterrudling's goalkeeper Tim-Oliver Kläsener to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 36 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Unterrudling's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Fernand Schoutens was slow to take the kick. During this time Portus Ganda's players had a chance to rest. If Gregorie De Mees had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to FC Unterrudling getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Raphael Huber hit a great ball. Tim-Oliver Kläsener showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wim Vits, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. 46 minutes into the match, Portus Ganda's goal looked a bit too open when Xande Xande came free, but Gerrit Diependaele reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Gerrit Diependaele was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Xande Xande showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-4 in the 51 minute of play. With an all-out effort, FC Unterrudling's Gerrit Diependaele threw himself towards the right post 55 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Xande Xande, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. With a little luck, Portus Ganda's Gerrit Diependaele got control of the ball when Brandon Steinmetz tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 59th minute, Lauren Verheijden hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 61 played minutes Portus Ganda got a freekick which was hit by Lauren Verheijden. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xande Xande in the 63rd minute of play forced Portus Ganda's goalkeeper Gerrit Diependaele to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gerrit Diependaele showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raphael Huber, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Raphael Huber's late challenge caught a Portus Ganda's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Raphael Huber helped the player get up and apologised. In the 70th minute, Raphael Huber hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Portus Ganda's defense didn't have a chance, in the 75th minute, when Xande Xande scored to the left of an out of position Gerrit Diependaele, making the score, 0-6. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marc-André Paschmanns in the 77th minute of play forced Portus Ganda's goalkeeper Gerrit Diependaele to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 87 minutes into the match, FC Unterrudling's goal looked a bit too open when Wim Vits came free, but Tim-Oliver Kläsener reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 90th minute, Marc-André Paschmanns ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gerrit Diependaele was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-7. Brandon Steinmetzs short, quick shot in the 94thth minute got Gerrit Diependaele to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The FC Unterrudling supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing FC Unterrudling would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.