U18 World League

Monsterz Arena
Spectators: 8449 (Terracing: 6338, Seating: 1943, VIP seats: 168) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gwen Wegers took the kick off in the first half of the match. Håkan Holmgren blasted a shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dyllan Van Aerschot having to make a save. In the 6th minute, Håkan Holmgren fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Beek City's Dyllan Van Aerschot played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valentin Pil in the 8th minute of play. The throw-in from Herman Skark in the 12th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Beek City's Dyllan van Elderen. Dyllan Van Aerschot was a little too slow when Håkan Holmgren got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 13th minute. The score was now 1-0. Valentin Pil fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dyllan Van Aerschot having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Richy Demeulemeester in the 21st minute of play forced Digital Monsterz FC's goalkeeper Fredrik Pilgren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Håkan Holmgren received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Dyllan Van Aerschot tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Andre Poortmans kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. Dyllan Van Aerschot made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Håkan Holmgren sent off a good shot on target. In the 35th minute, Elias Malmberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 39thth minute of the game Valentin Pil who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Beek City's Dyllan Van Aerschot was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Beek City's Mickael Van Cleijnenbreugel got a free kick in the 40th minute. Dyllan Van Aerschot made an important save on a dangerous shot by Håkan Holmgren in the 46th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Håkan Holmgren stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Dyllan Van Aerschot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Håkan Holmgren in the 51st minute of play. Dyllan Van Aerschot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Albin Bergström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 58 minutes into the match, Beek City's goal looked a bit too open when Filiph Ekström came free, but Dyllan Van Aerschot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 67 played minutes Beek City got a freekick which was hit by Richy Demeulemeester. Fredrik Pilgren made an important save on a dangerous shot by Richy Demeulemeester in the 69th minute. Filiph Ekström's late challenge caught a Beek City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Filiph Ekström helped the player get up and apologised. After having played for 73 minutes, Matthew Gijselinx managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Beek City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Matthew Gijselinx was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 76 minutes into the game, Digital Monsterz FC's Håkan Holmgren nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dyllan Van Aerschot made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. 80 minutes into the match, Digital Monsterz FC's goal looked a bit too open when Richy Demeulemeester came free, but Fredrik Pilgren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 81 played minutes Digital Monsterz FC got a freekick which was hit by Håkan Holmgren. After some careless play in the Beek City defense, Håkan Holmgren kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dyllan Van Aerschot. The Beek City fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dyllan Van Aerschot should have stopped the shot. 90 minutes into the match, Beek City's Gwen Wegers sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fredrik Pilgren narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Beek City's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.