U23 World League

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Spectators: 7705 (Terracing: 5780, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Lalo Orihuela made the kick off which started today's match. Guadalupe FC's Silvinho Messias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ief Van Geele in the 8th minute of play. Roben Soens hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. In the 14th minute, Ief Van Geele hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Frédson Carvalho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roderik Weygaerts having to interfere. In the 18th minute the ball was on its way in behind Guadalupe FC's goalkeeper Silvinho Messias, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jorge Laeremans's late challenge caught a Guadalupe FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jorge Laeremans helped the player get up and apologised. In the 20th minute, Jorge Laeremans hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 25th minute, Wágner Jacinto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 26th match minute, Guadalupe FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jean Velloso to maneuver through the defense. Silvinho Messias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lalo Orihuela, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tomás da Costa scored 1-1 in the 41st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Roderik Weygaerts, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

The wind increased when Rasgun Cool made the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Guadalupe FC's goal looked a bit too open when Lalo Orihuela came free, but Silvinho Messias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Roderik Weygaerts made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rasgun Cool in the 54th minute. After a rather tough play, Guadalupe FC's Mala Riaño got a free kick in the 57th minute. 61 minutes into the game, Lalo Orihuela cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Silvinho Messias was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Rasgun Cool had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Roderik Weygaerts was out of position in the 66 minute of play, and Tomás da Costa capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Tomás da Costa really showed his touch with that goal: 2-2. Rasgun Cool could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 69th minute of the match, but Roderik Weygaerts made a huge save. A collision led to Guadalupe FC getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Jean Velloso hit a great ball. Guadalupe FC's Silvinho Messias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lilo Orihuela in the 71st minute of play. Roderik Weygaerts showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rasgun Cool in the 73rd minute of the match. After 74 played minutes Guadalupe FC got a freekick which was hit by Mala Riaño. In the 76th minute, Ief Van Geele hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A hard shot by Wágner Jacinto from long distance, 77 minutes into the match, got Roderik Weygaerts's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. In the 83rd minute, Rasgun Cool left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Guadalupe FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. Silvinho Messias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lalo Orihuela in the 87th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Gallo Crisis's Lalo Orihuela got a free kick in the 89th minute. Lalo Orihuela blasted a shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Silvinho Messias having to make a save. In the 93rd minute Lalo Orihuela shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silvinho Messias saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Silvinho Messias came out of the goal in the 93rd minute to try and stop a shot by Gallo Crisis's Lalo Orihuela. But to his dismay, Lalo Orihuela quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-3. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.