U23 World League

Niedersachsen Arena
Spectators: 7537 (Terracing: 5654, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Yens Iansens kicked off to start the match. 3 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 Lars Schira. Alan De Hond charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alan De Hond the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 4 played minutes Dutch Rebels got a freekick which was hit by Alan De Hond. Mark Elzer did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Dante De Smet 10 minutes into the match. Dutch Rebels's Dante De Smet played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Achim Sonnenschein in the 13th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Mark Elzer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante De Smet was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. A hard shot 17 in the game by Éthan Pichard from a close distance when the talented Dante De Smet managed to make a qualified save. Dutch Rebels's players were relieved. Dante De Smet came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by SV Bad Harzburg's Achim Sonnenschein. But to his dismay, Achim Sonnenschein quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Mark Elzer who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 25thth minute tested the skills of Dante De Smet when he managed to save the team from getting behind. A nice corner shot did that Horst Hussen got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Dante De Smet quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Dante De Smet took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mark Elzer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 30th minute Yens Iansens shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tim Wiese saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Achim Sonnenschein kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Mark Elzer kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dante De Smet. That made the score 4-0 in the 33 minute of play. With an all-out effort, SV Bad Harzburg's Dante De Smet threw himself towards the right post 36 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Mark Elzer, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. A hard shot 38 in the game by Éthan Pichard from a close distance when the talented Dante De Smet managed to make a qualified save. Dutch Rebels's players were relieved. A collision led to SV Bad Harzburg getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. André Neubauer hit a great ball. Lars Schira kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. 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 4-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mark Elzer was the one to do the kick off. Dante De Smet took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lars Schira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dante De Smet took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Achim Sonnenschein, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 60th minute, Éthan Pichard left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SV Bad Harzburg fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. Mark Elzer took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dante De Smet. Dante De Smet dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-0. Achim Sonnenschein blasted a shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dante De Smet having to make a save. SV Bad Harzburg's Achim Sonnenschein got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mark Elzer in the 69th minute of play forced Dutch Rebels's goalkeeper Dante De Smet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante De Smet stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mark Elzer's shot from short distance in the 70th minute. Dante De Smet made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mark Elzer in the 74th minute of play. Dutch Rebels's Dante De Smet played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mark Elzer in the 75th minute of play. In the 77th minute, Mark Elzer 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 7-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mark Elzer in the 80th minute of play forced Dutch Rebels's goalkeeper Dante De Smet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante De Smet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mark Elzer, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Dante De Smet stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mark Elzer's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. In the 86thth minute of the game Achim Sonnenschein who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Dutch Rebels's Dante De Smet was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 89th minute, Mark Elzer 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 8-0. Dante De Smet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Achim Sonnenschein in the 95th minute of the match.