U18 World League

Stelian - Ivan Arena
Spectators: 7691 (Terracing: 5769, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) North Hill United's Omer Vandamme 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. In the 14th match minute, North Hill United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Brend Van Linthoudt to maneuver through the defense. Avram Ştercă came out of the goal in the 18th minute to try and stop a shot by North Hill United's Omer Vandamme. But to his dismay, Omer Vandamme quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 23rd minute Remus Bojin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Freddy Tilemans saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Avram Ştercă showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Omer Vandamme, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Omer Vandamme took the ball and in the 30 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Avram Ştercă. Avram Ştercă dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. The North Hill United fans' excitement grew in the 34th match minute when North Hill United's Omer Vandamme 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. 36 minutes into the game, Thobias Eli was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. North Hill United's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Batalionul U23 Dorobanti the free kick. After 37 played minutes North Hill United got a freekick which was hit by Thobias Eli. Freddy Tilemans acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 38th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Aurel Sucigan. Omer Vandamme charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Omer Vandamme the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 41st minute, Omer Vandamme hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 46th minute, Omer Vandamme got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After the first half North Hill United were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Remus Bojin was the one to do the kick off. Florin Guguianu made in the 65th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by North Hill United's Christian Bollaert. Florin Guguianu made in the 67th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Leonard Blaj however managed to control. Avram Ştercă was a little too slow when Thobias Eli got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 91st minute. The score was now 0-4. In the 95th minute of the game Florin Guguianu made a throw-in which Leonard Blaj played forward. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. North Hill United had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.