U21 World League

ThE Wonder ArEnA
Spectators: 7996 (Terracing: 5998, Seating: 1839, VIP seats: 159) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Veronica Pipa got the match started through his kick off. Herman De Strijcker blasted a shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Estevam Gavilanes having to make a save. After a rather tough play, ...Pingue S.C....'s Paolo Alemparte got a free kick in the 10th minute. The Original Wonderteam's Yannis Specht played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Moreta Bernia in the 12th minute of play. Yannis Specht came out of the goal in the 14th minute to try and stop a shot by ...Pingue S.C....'s Veronica Pipa. But to his dismay, Veronica Pipa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Herman De Strijcker who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 19thth minute tested the skills of Estevam Gavilanes when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The Original Wonderteam's Yannis Specht played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Moreta Bernia in the 22nd minute of play. After 23 minutes of play, ...Pingue S.C....'s Xabat Guera made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Yannis Specht was left in no man's land by his defense there! Stein Staes hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. The Original Wonderteam's Yannis Specht played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Oso Lomelin in the 30th minute of play. After 33 minutes ...Pingue S.C....'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Antoine Ivens who took care of the corner kick. After 39 played minutes The Original Wonderteam got a freekick which was hit by Jan-Joost De kaiser. Xabat Guera sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Estevam Gavilanes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Herman De Strijcker in the 44th minute. Herman De Strijcker who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 47thth minute tested the skills of Estevam Gavilanes when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Herman De Strijcker fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Estevam Gavilanes having to interfere. Yannis Specht took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xabat Guera, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Herman De Strijcker's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Estevam Gavilanes was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. If Herman De Strijcker had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Herman De Strijcker came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the The Original Wonderteam fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Herman De Strijcker couldn't finish the play. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.