U18 World League

Moisty Moire
Spectators: 7538 (Terracing: 5655, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) Gillis Van Dongel started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fikri Sakman in the 3rd minute of play forced Flamenco United's goalkeeper Charlie Vereyt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 6th minute, Hulki Temizsoy managed to get in a good position for a shot. ÇORUM FK's supporters rose to their feet, but Hulki Temizsoy was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Charlie Vereyt breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Fikri Sakman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 11th minute, Flamenco United's Yannik Imberechts ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Şahin Egelioğlu. Şahin Egelioğlu yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. If Fikri Sakman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Theo Van Haght's late challenge caught a ÇORUM FK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Theo Van Haght helped the player get up and apologised. In the 19th minute, Theo Van Haght hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jose Beaufort succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-0 in the 27th playminute. Yannik Imberechts hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. 34 minutes into the match, ÇORUM FK's goal looked a bit too open when Yannik Imberechts came free, but Şahin Egelioğlu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 38 minutes, Tommas Van den Ende mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Flamenco United and the ÇORUM FK players grew even worse after the yellow card. Tommas Van den Ende hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gillis Van Dongel got free with Şahin Egelioğlu in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Flamenco United's Charlie Vereyt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Serter Kayra in the 45th minute of play. Charlie Vereyt stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fikri Sakman's shot from short distance in the 47th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

With an all-out effort, ÇORUM FK's Charlie Vereyt threw himself towards the right post 52 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Serter Kayra, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 56 minutes of play, Flamenco United's Yannik Imberechts made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Şahin Egelioğlu was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of ÇORUM FK booed when Flamenco United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jose Beaufort didn't get a good kick on the ball. In a very dangerous position, a player in Flamenco United fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 60th minute. Penalty! Yannik Imberechts kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. Charlie Vereyt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Serter Kayra in the 69th minute of play. In the 72nd minute of the match, Fikri Sakman got a very nice opportunity to score, but Charlie Vereyt was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After having played for 80 minutes, Joe De Raedemaeker managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Flamenco United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Joe De Raedemaeker was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. ÇORUM FK's Şahin Egelioğlu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yannik Imberechts in the 82nd minute of play. Şahin Egelioğlu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gillis Van Dongel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 94th minute, Fikri Sakman 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. 97 minutes into the game, Serter Kayra recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Charlie Vereyt. Serter Kayra showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-2. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Flamenco United had won after a very even match.