U23 League

Cika Daca Arena
Spectators: 158 (Terracing: 119, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Julijan Punoševac took the kick off in the first half of the match. 5 minutes into the match, Sporting Westmeerbeek's goal looked a bit too open when Julijan Punoševac came free, but Matias Dimo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 12 played minutes Sporting Westmeerbeek got a freekick which was hit by Bruno Lanckneus. 18 minutes into the match, Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s Bojan Lopičić sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Matias Dimo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 21st match minute, Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nemanja Kalanović to maneuver through the defense. In the 23rdth minute of the game Ray Smekens who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s Veljko Prtenjak was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s zone, Dominick Verengen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Veljko Prtenjak came out of the goal and Dominick Verengen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Sporting Westmeerbeek getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Brecht Van Hespen hit a great ball. After having played for 26 minutes, Obren Kiš managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Obren Kiš was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With his leg Matias Dimo managed to avoid a goal in the 28thth minute, when Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s Julijan Punoševac fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 32nd minute, Brecht Van Hespen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A hard shot by Obren Kiš from long distance, 33 minutes into the match, got Matias Dimo's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Matias Dimo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bojan Lopičić in the 34th minute of the match. 36 minutes into the game, Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s Julijan Punoševac nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Matias Dimo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. After a defensive mix-up in Sporting Westmeerbeek's zone, Dušan Barović stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Matias Dimo came out of the goal and Dušan Barović tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Julijan Punoševac could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Matias Dimo made a huge save. Matias Dimo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bojan Lopičić, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ray Smekens made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julijan Punoševac in the 52nd minute of play forced Sporting Westmeerbeek's goalkeeper Matias Dimo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sporting Westmeerbeek were furious when Brecht Van Hespen was red carded, 55 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After 54 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Sporting Westmeerbeek! Matias Dimo went to the wrong direction when Obren Kiš was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. In the 60th minute Bojan Lopičić shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matias Dimo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Julijan Punoševac's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Matias Dimo was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. The supporters of Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™ booed when Sporting Westmeerbeek was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Artuur Van Clijnenbreugel didn't get a good kick on the ball. Matias Dimo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julijan Punoševac, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julijan Punoševac in the 86th minute of play forced Sporting Westmeerbeek's goalkeeper Matias Dimo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Matias Dimo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bojan Lopičić in the 88th minute of play. In the 91st minute Ljubiša Savić shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matias Dimo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 94 minutes into the match, Sporting Westmeerbeek's goal looked a bit too open when Julijan Punoševac came free, but Matias Dimo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ljubiša Savić charged in rather forcefully in the 99th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ljubiša Savić the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 99th match minute, Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ljubiša Savić to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™ had won after a very even match.