U23 World League

De Ballenbak
Spectators: 7613 (Terracing: 5710, Seating: 1751, VIP seats: 152) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cees Klein made the kick off which started today's match. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Andreas Deinse managed to get in a good position for a shot. NFC Eagles 22's supporters rose to their feet, but Andreas Deinse was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kazimierz Drugi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 14th minute, Gwidon Fetor ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Christiaan Been was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 18th minute the ball was on its way in behind Radarowcy Szczecin's goalkeeper Kazimierz Drugi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. NFC Eagles 22's Christiaan Been played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomasz Gongola in the 21st minute of play. The supporters of NFC Eagles 22 booed when Radarowcy Szczecin was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jakub Niemoj didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cees Klein could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 24th minute of the match, but Kazimierz Drugi made a huge save. In the 27th minute, Aureliusz Grucza left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Radarowcy Szczecin fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Szczepan Jaszynski in the 31st minute of play forced NFC Eagles 22's goalkeeper Christiaan Been to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Christiaan Been didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Radarowcy Szczecin's Gwidon Fetor shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. When Cees Klein came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the NFC Eagles 22 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 Cees Klein couldn't finish the play. Christiaan Been came out of the goal in the 40th minute to try and stop a shot by Radarowcy Szczecin's Tomasz Gongola. But to his dismay, Tomasz Gongola quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. Cees Klein struck a weak shot in the 46th minute. Kazimierz Drugi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for NFC Eagles 22.

The wind increased when Gwidon Fetor made the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Beniamin Tyszka during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Radarowcy Szczecin's Beniamin Tyszka got a free kick in the 54th minute. Cees Klein received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Kazimierz Drugi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 59th minute Szczepan Jaszynski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christiaan Been saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 61 minutes into the game, NFC Eagles 22's Cees Klein nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kazimierz Drugi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cees Klein in the 65th minute of play forced Radarowcy Szczecin's goalkeeper Kazimierz Drugi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Andreas Deinse fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kazimierz Drugi having to interfere. In the 68th match minute, Radarowcy Szczecin was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jakub Niemoj to maneuver through the defense. When Gwidon Fetor in the 74th play minute got the chance to kick a hard shot on goal from short distance neither the defense or Christiaan Been kept up with the ball and suddenly the score was 1-5 when the ball slipped into goal inside the left pole. NFC Eagles 22's Christiaan Been proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save NFC Eagles 22 from getting a goal against them. Kazimierz Drugi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andreas Deinse, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Christiaan Been showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eugenio Umea in the 85th minute of the match. After 85 minutes, Niels-Jan Reiling mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the NFC Eagles 22 and the Radarowcy Szczecin players grew even worse after the yellow card. Christiaan Been made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gwidon Fetor in the 87th minute of play. In the 94th match minute, NFC Eagles 22 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robin Vonk to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Radarowcy Szczecin getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Eugenio Umea hit a great ball. When the match was over Radarowcy Szczecin could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than NFC Eagles 22 throughout the match.