U21 World League

Jayden Arena
Spectators: 7651 (Terracing: 5740, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gürkan Akaydın started the match with the kick off. 5 minutes into the match, SK Gullegem's goal looked a bit too open when Muhammet Özenli came free, but Wilfried Jamieson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Black Cloud FC getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Kutlay Yürükoğlu hit a great ball. 12 minutes into the match, Herbie Sikalopoulos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Wilfried Jamieson. SK Gullegem's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Herbie Sikalopoulos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Wilfried Jamieson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Herbie Sikalopoulos went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. After 19 played minutes Black Cloud FC got a freekick which was hit by Kutlay Yürükoğlu. 22 minutes into the game, Black Cloud FC's Herbie Sikalopoulos nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Wilfried Jamieson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Arno Wuttemans fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Egemen Tolgay having to interfere. In the 29th minute, Herbie Sikalopoulos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Wilfried Jamieson was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gürkan Akaydın in the 35th minute of play forced SK Gullegem's goalkeeper Wilfried Jamieson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 39 minutes, Remco de Nooter managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SK Gullegem's supporters crossed their fingers, but Remco de Nooter was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. During the 44th minute of the match Kutlay Yürükoğlu completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Kutlay Yürükoğlu a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. The supporters of SK Gullegem booed when Black Cloud FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kutlay Yürükoğlu didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to SK Gullegem getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Anton Volders hit a great ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Remco de Nooter to make the kick off. Remco de Nooter recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 53rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Arno Wuttemans had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Remco de Nooter managed to get in a good position for a shot. SK Gullegem's supporters rose to their feet, but Remco de Nooter was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Egemen Tolgay breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 61 played minutes SK Gullegem got a freekick which was hit by Remco de Nooter. Remco de Nooter kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. Wilfried Jamieson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Herbie Sikalopoulos in the 66th minute of play. After 85 minutes of play, Black Cloud FC's Başaran Kuvvet made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Wilfried Jamieson was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Remco de Nooter came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the SK Gullegem 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 Remco de Nooter couldn't finish the play. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Black Cloud FC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.