World League

De kikkerkazerne
Spectators: 7474 (Terracing: 5607, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) After 2 minutes, Benjamin Vandekerkhove mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kickers United and the FC juveMET players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 2nd minute, Benjamin Vandekerkhove hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 4th minute, Dino Maquiano got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Fırat Okcun might have been able to make a better finish in the 6th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Cederik Huts. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Fırat Okcun ran back to his position shaking his head. Kickers United's Cederik Huts played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cihat Canbek in the 7th minute of play. Kickers United's Cederik Huts played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cihat Canbek in the 9th minute of play. When FC juveMET's Cihat Canbek in the 10th minute got a chance for a shot 10th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Kickers United's goalie prevented a goal. A collision led to FC juveMET getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Fırat Okcun hit a great ball. In the 18th minute Hüseyin Turan Alp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cederik Huts saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cederik Huts took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cihat Canbek, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Raşit Özdilek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zdzislaw Radzyminski in the 20th minute of play. Raşit Özdilek made an important save on a dangerous shot by Markus Van Bombergen in the 21st minute. FC juveMET's Raşit Özdilek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romain Van Achteren in the 22nd minute of play. Cederik Huts showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cihat Canbek in the 24th minute of the match. In the 25th minute FC juveMET were awarded a corner. Hüseyin Turan Alp went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led FC juveMET's Hüseyin Turan Alp to fire away a dangerous shot which Cederik Huts despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 28th match minute, Kickers United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dino Maquiano to maneuver through the defense. The throw-in from Olaf Kochowski in the 30th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by FC juveMET's Fırat Okcun. A collision led to Kickers United getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Dino Maquiano hit a great ball. With a little luck, FC juveMET's Raşit Özdilek got control of the ball when Markus Van Bombergen tried to sneak it across the goal line. During the 33rd minute of the match Benjamin Vandekerkhove completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Benjamin Vandekerkhove a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After a rather tough play, Kickers United's Benjamin Vandekerkhove got a free kick in the 34th minute. Raşit Özdilek was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Markus Van Bombergen showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 37 minute of play. Cihat Canbek scored 1-1 in the 40th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cederik Huts, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After having played for 44 minutes, Cihat Canbek managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC juveMET's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cihat Canbek was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Kickers United's Romain Van Achteren got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Markus Van Bombergen made a kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Kickers United's goalkeeper Cederik Huts had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cihat Canbek. After 52 played minutes Kickers United got a freekick which was hit by Dino Maquiano. After a rather tough play, Kickers United's Dino Maquiano got a free kick in the 63rd minute. When Cihat Canbek fell near the penalty area in the 66th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC juveMET's protests and gave Cihat Canbek a yellow card for diving instead. Kickers United made a substitution. Kenny Van Den Eynden replaced Dylan Verhaert. A collision led to FC juveMET getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Cihat Canbek hit a great ball. After 70 played minutes FC juveMET got a freekick which was hit by Arda Turan. FC juveMET's Ahmet Emir Sarik was substituted for Şinasi Derem. After a rather tough play, FC juveMET's Arda Turan got a free kick in the 71st minute. A collision led to FC juveMET getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Wiktor Napierkowski hit a great ball. FC juveMET's Raşit Özdilek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zdzislaw Radzyminski in the 80th minute of play. Denis Cromefeldt was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 82 minutes into the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in Kickers United fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 82nd minute. Penalty! The goalkeeper, Cederik Huts, was totally fooled by FC juveMET's Cihat Canbek, who 84 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. 91 minutes into the match, Kickers United's goal looked a bit too open when Romário Molina came free, but Cederik Huts reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 92nd play minute Hüseyin Turan Alp came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Cederik Huts. 1-4. After a defensive mix-up in FC juveMET's zone, Kenny Van Den Eynden stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Raşit Özdilek came out of the goal and Kenny Van Den Eynden tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of Kickers United booed when FC juveMET was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 97 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marcos Acuña didn't get a good kick on the ball. FC juveMET's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.