U23 World League

Arena Tatero Boys
Spectators: 7784 (Terracing: 5839, Seating: 1790, VIP seats: 155) Steven Puttemans started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. SK Mons's Connor Osmond played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Er Håland in the 5th minute of play. In the 11th minute, Olívio Andrade made a precise shot to the right of Connor Osmond. SK Mons's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. The audience was convinced that Er Håland's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Connor Osmond was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, SK Mons's Lauren Van Eyken got a free kick in the 14th minute. Matias Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leif Olofsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Matias Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Steven Puttemans, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. After some careless play in the TaTeRo Boys defense, Steven Puttemans kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Matias Taffarel. The TaTeRo Boys fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Matias Taffarel should have stopped the shot. 23 minutes into the match, TaTeRo Boys's Er Håland sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Connor Osmond narrowly saved just below the crossbar. TaTeRo Boys were awarded a corner in the 24th minute after SK Mons's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Yong 徐晃 took the corner. When Leif Olofsson fell near the penalty area in the 27th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SK Mons's protests and gave Leif Olofsson a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of TaTeRo Boys booed when SK Mons was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leif Olofsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. 43 minutes into the match, Hans Kilstedt notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of SK Mons's Connor Osmond. Connor Osmond was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The crowd rose to their feet as Hans Kilstedt kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Connor Osmond. That made the score 4-1 in the 47 minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Hans Kilstedt was the one to do the kick off. Connor Osmond showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Er Håland in the 53rd minute of the match. After having played for 55 minutes, Nick Daniels managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SK Mons's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nick Daniels was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Connor Osmond came out of the goal in the 58th minute to try and stop a shot by TaTeRo Boys's Er Håland. But to his dismay, Er Håland quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-1. If Er Håland had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 66th minute, Er Håland ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Connor Osmond was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-1. TaTeRo Boys made a substitution. Grzegorz Czerwinski replaced Nilton Lira. In the 72nd minute of the match Yong 徐晃 sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Connor Osmond skillfully saved the ball. In the 74th minute Endrik Halland shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Connor Osmond saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hans Kilstedt in the 81st minute of play forced SK Mons's goalkeeper Connor Osmond to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Chen Hai Zhi hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Connor Osmond made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grzegorz Czerwinski in the 84th minute of play. 91 minutes into the match, SK Mons's goal looked a bit too open when Endrik Halland came free, but Connor Osmond reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Connor Osmond stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Endrik Halland's shot from short distance in the 93rd minute.