U23 World League

Rams Park
Spectators: 7503 (Terracing: 5628, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 149) August Ryberg made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 3rd minute, Mathieu-Maxim Claessens ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mikael Rudqvist was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. In the 6th minute, Karl-Åke Lang hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 7 minutes into the match, HEDONISM U18's goal looked a bit too open when Leon Valkeneers came free, but Mikael Rudqvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mikael Rudqvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leon Valkeneers in the 9th minute of play. Mikael Rudqvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mathieu-Maxim Claessens in the 12th minute of the match. Mikael Rudqvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leon Valkeneers, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Mathieu-Maxim Toussain took the ball and in the 21 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mikael Rudqvist. Mikael Rudqvist dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. After 24 minutes, Mathieu-Maxim Claessens made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. HEDONISM U18's Mikael Rudqvist tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. With 28 minutes on the clock, Costel Calini commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in HEDONISM U18 fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 27th minute. Penalty! HEDONISM U18:s Mikael Rudqvist showed great skill when he stopped Robbrecht Valcke:s penalty. Harald Boberg kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. Mikael Rudqvist made an important save on a dangerous shot by Carl Vinckx in the 35th minute. 38 minutes into the match, Leon Valkeneers notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of HEDONISM U18's Mikael Rudqvist. Mikael Rudqvist was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gillis Heirremans made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from August Ryberg in the 41st minute of play. Mikael Rudqvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mathieu-Maxim Claessens, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mikael Rudqvist made a fantastic save in the 47th minute, when Mathieu-Maxim Toussain sent off a good shot on target. HEDONISM U18's Mikael Rudqvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leon Valkeneers in the 48th minute of play.

HEDONISM U18's Mikael Rudqvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mathieu-Maxim Claessens in the 51st minute of play. Mikael Rudqvist didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Leon Valkeneers went, in the 54th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. After 58 minutes of play, Lions United's Mathieu-Maxim Claessens made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mikael Rudqvist was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mikael Rudqvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mathieu-Maxim Claessens, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. When Leon Valkeneers came up free with the goalie in the 68th minute, the Lions United 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 Leon Valkeneers couldn't finish the play. In the 69th minute Mathieu-Maxim Toussain shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mikael Rudqvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that August Ryberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gillis Heirremans was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. In the 76th minute, Mathieu-Maxim Toussain hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 78 played minutes, Lions United's Robbrecht Valcke shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Mikael Rudqvist came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Lions United reached it. 80 minutes into the match, Lions United's goal looked a bit too open when Harald Boberg came free, but Gillis Heirremans reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gillis Heirremans made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from August Ryberg in the 82nd minute of play. The supporters of HEDONISM U18 booed when Lions United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andris Van den Haute didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lions United were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of HEDONISM U18 for a fine match.