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Match Report
Dutch Rebels
Spectators: 7504 (Terracing: 5629,
Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Yens Iansens made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, Dutch Rebels's Pascal Vanhaeren got a free kick in the 2nd minute. In the 5th minute, Silviu Ţurcaş ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dante De Smet was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Dutch Rebels's Dante De Smet played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dobrin Cormoran in the 9th minute of play. When Yens Iansens came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the Dutch Rebels 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 Yens Iansens couldn't finish the play. After 16 minutes, Valer Stăniloaie mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cormoranii -MM- and the Dutch Rebels players grew even worse after the yellow card. Dutch Rebels's Pierre Gillekens was substituted for Alan De Hond. A collision led to Cormoranii -MM- getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Valer Stăniloaie hit a great ball. 19 minutes into the game, Pavel Bușcu threw the ball into play from the sideline. Dutch Rebels's Robbie Van Den Brande quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 21 minutes into the match, Dobrin Cormoran had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dante De Smet. Dutch Rebels's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dobrin Cormoran was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. 24 minutes into the match, Silviu Ţurcaş notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Dutch Rebels's Dante De Smet. Dante De Smet was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Dante De Smet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Silviu Ţurcaş, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Dante De Smet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pavel Bușcu, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. The supporters of Dutch Rebels booed when Cormoranii -MM- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emilian Giurgiu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dante De Smet took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Silviu Ţurcaş, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 38th match minute, Cormoranii -MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexandru Bratiloveanu to maneuver through the defense. Dino Zoff took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yens Iansens, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 42nd minute Alexandru Bratiloveanu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dante De Smet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 44 minutes into the match, Dutch Rebels's goal looked a bit too open when Silviu Ţurcaş came free, but Dante De Smet reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dobrin Cormoran was the one to do the kick off. Dante De Smet made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dobrin Cormoran in the 51st minute of play. Dutch Rebels's Dante De Smet proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Dutch Rebels from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in Cormoranii -MM-'s zone, Dirk Voet stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dino Zoff came out of the goal and Dirk Voet tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Yens Iansens fell near the penalty area in the 67th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Dutch Rebels's protests and gave Yens Iansens a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Dutch Rebels getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Yens Iansens hit a great ball. After 69 played minutes Dutch Rebels got a freekick which was hit by Geoffry Borginions. In the 72nd minute Alexandru Bratiloveanu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dante De Smet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 74 minutes into the match, Dutch Rebels's goalkeeper Dante De Smet had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Emilian Giurgiu. In the 75th minute, Guilian Boffin had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. Emilian Giurgiu's late challenge caught a Dutch Rebels's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Emilian Giurgiu helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Dutch Rebels booed when Cormoranii -MM- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emilian Giurgiu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dante De Smet took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gary Kasparov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Emilian Giurgiu hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Dutch Rebels's Jeremie De Ryck suffered a sore thigh after 94 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Emilian Giurgiu was shown his second yellow card after 94 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 95th minute, Emilian Giurgiu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the final whistle sounded Cormoranii -MM- left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Dutch Rebels.
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