U23 League

Groeneweg
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) 2 minutes into the game, Stepan Holodovskiy was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. STORM's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave PSV Eindhoven the free kick. Alwin Baatenburg came out of the goal in the 11th minute to try and stop a shot by STORM's Aleksey Abibulaev. But to his dismay, Aleksey Abibulaev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. The STORM fans' excitement grew in the 18th match minute when STORM's Aleksey Abibulaev looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After some careless play in the PSV Eindhoven defense, Boris Bogdanov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alwin Baatenburg. The PSV Eindhoven fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alwin Baatenburg should have stopped the shot. Alwin Baatenburg didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Stepan Holodovskiy went, in the 27th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. 31 minutes into the match, STORM's goal looked a bit too open when Ton Staarman came free, but Ruslan Gavrilenkov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the PSV Eindhoven defense, Aleksey Abibulaev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alwin Baatenburg. The PSV Eindhoven fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alwin Baatenburg should have stopped the shot. After some careless play in the PSV Eindhoven defense, Stepan Holodovskiy kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alwin Baatenburg. The PSV Eindhoven fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alwin Baatenburg should have stopped the shot. Leonid Kurashov hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Adriaan van Steensel kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. STORM's Stepan Holodovskiy got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Boris Bogdanov took the ball and in the 47 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alwin Baatenburg. Alwin Baatenburg dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-8. Disappointed in the 0-8 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

With a little luck, PSV Eindhoven's Alwin Baatenburg got control of the ball when Leonid Kurashov tried to sneak it across the goal line. 58 minutes into the game, Oleg Rodimov recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Alwin Baatenburg. Oleg Rodimov showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-9. When the match clock showed 61 minutes, the score became 0-10 when Aleksey Abibulaev sped through PSV Eindhoven's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Alwin Baatenburg. With a little luck, PSV Eindhoven's Alwin Baatenburg got control of the ball when Boris Bogdanov tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 72nd minute Oleg Rodimov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alwin Baatenburg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stepan Holodovskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 78 minutes into the match, Mikhail Yakushev dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Alwin Baatenburg, 0-14. In the 81st minute, Leonid Kurashov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The STORM fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-15. Leonid Kurashov succeeded in the game's 84th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-16. In the 87th minute, Oleg Rodimov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alwin Baatenburg was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-17. Alwin Baatenburg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oleg Rodimov in the 91st minute of play. Alwin Baatenburg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aleksey Abibulaev in the 95th minute of play. Alwin Baatenburg made a fantastic save in the 97th minute, when Boris Bogdanov sent off a good shot on target. Alwin Baatenburg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stepan Holodovskiy, who was totally free with the ball in the 98th minute. When the match was over STORM could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than PSV Eindhoven throughout the match.