U21 World League

Florea Dumitrache
Spectators: 7596 (Terracing: 5698, Seating: 1747, VIP seats: 151) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Dennis Van Huyck got the match started through his kick off. After 5 played minutes KFC Vliegplein got a freekick which was hit by Dimitri Fouquet. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Dimitri Fouquet managed to get in a good position for a shot. KFC Vliegplein's supporters rose to their feet, but Dimitri Fouquet was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Victor Mocanu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. KFC Vliegplein's Mark Jansens played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leontin Stoleru in the 21st minute of play. With a little luck, KFC Vliegplein's Mark Jansens got control of the ball when Valentin Boldur tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimitri Fouquet in the 24th minute of play forced LIVERPOOL FC's goalkeeper Victor Mocanu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Dimitri Fouquet in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Victor Mocanu prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 30 minutes into the match, Dennis Van Huyck notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of LIVERPOOL FC's Victor Mocanu. Victor Mocanu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mark Jansens showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leontin Stoleru in the 33rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jurgen De Rudder in the 34th minute of play forced LIVERPOOL FC's goalkeeper Victor Mocanu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 36 minutes into the match, Dimitri Fouquet had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Victor Mocanu. LIVERPOOL FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dimitri Fouquet was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Victor Mocanu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ferdinand Weijnants, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. In the 42nd match minute, LIVERPOOL FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ionel Arghirescu to maneuver through the defense. 43 minutes into the match, LIVERPOOL FC's goal looked a bit too open when Ferdinand Weijnants came free, but Victor Mocanu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. KFC Vliegplein's Mark Jansens proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save KFC Vliegplein from getting a goal against them. 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.

LIVERPOOL FC made a substitution. Iurie Maniu replaced Ilie Zbuchea. Victor Mocanu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jurgen De Rudder, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Teo De Jong's late challenge caught a LIVERPOOL FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Teo De Jong helped the player get up and apologised. Teo De Jong kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. 64 minutes into the match, LIVERPOOL FC's goalkeeper Victor Mocanu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dimitri Fouquet. Victor Mocanu came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by KFC Vliegplein's Dimitri Fouquet. But to his dismay, Dimitri Fouquet quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. Victor Mocanu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dennis Van Huyck in the 71st minute. A collision led to KFC Vliegplein getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Dimitri Fouquet hit a great ball. Victor Mocanu was a little too slow when Jurgen De Rudder got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 79th minute. The score was now 0-5. When Ionel Arghirescu fell near the penalty area in the 81st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored LIVERPOOL FC's protests and gave Ionel Arghirescu a yellow card for diving instead. Ionel Arghirescu kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. Dennis Van Huyck fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Victor Mocanu having to interfere. In the 85th minute, KFC Vliegplein's Dimitri Fouquet dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-6. The crowd rose to their feet as Dimitri Fouquet kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Victor Mocanu. That made the score 0-7 in the 88 minute of play. In the 92nd minute Dimitri Fouquet shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Victor Mocanu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Teo De Jong 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. If Leontin Stoleru had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The LIVERPOOL FC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching KFC Vliegplein's performance. The match ended with a win for KFC Vliegplein.