U23 World League

Fauna Utd Arena
Spectators: 7719 (Terracing: 5790, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Abel Van Clijnebreugel took the kick off in the first half of the match. Jacob Vrancx showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ermanno Del Duca in the 3rd minute of the match. Jacob Vrancx showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ermanno Del Duca, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. In the 5th minute Ermanno Del Duca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacob Vrancx saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dino Verdini struck a weak shot in the 7th minute. Jacob Vrancx didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for CA Boca Jrs. Jacob Vrancx showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ermanno Del Duca, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abel Van Clijnebreugel in the 14th minute of play forced CA Boca Jrs's goalkeeper Dino Roberto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to CA Boca Jrs getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Christian Marinetti hit a great ball. Dino Roberto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ive Beckers, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. CA Boca Jrs's Dino Roberto proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save CA Boca Jrs from getting a goal against them. Fauna Utd's Jacob Vrancx played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ermanno Del Duca in the 24th minute of play. 26 minutes into the match, Fauna Utd's goal looked a bit too open when Dino Verdini came free, but Jacob Vrancx reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fauna Utd's Jacob Vrancx played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristiano Marzulli in the 30th minute of play. 31 minutes had been played when some careless play by Fauna Utd's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cristiano Marzulli was slow to take the kick. During this time CA Boca Jrs's players had a chance to rest. Cristiano Marzulli made a great header on CA Boca Jrs's corner, it was just that Fauna Utd's Jacob Vrancx managed to reach the ball for a save. Abel Van Clijnebreugel's late challenge caught a CA Boca Jrs's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Abel Van Clijnebreugel helped the player get up and apologised. In the 33rd minute, Abel Van Clijnebreugel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 39 minutes, Dino Verdini made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Fauna Utd's Jacob Vrancx tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After 42 minutes, Daniele Cosi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CA Boca Jrs and the Fauna Utd players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 42nd match minute, CA Boca Jrs was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daniele Cosi to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ermanno Del Duca in the 44th minute of play forced Fauna Utd's goalkeeper Jacob Vrancx to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of CA Boca Jrs booed when Fauna Utd was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Carl Van Hautvinck didn't get a good kick on the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dino Verdini was the one to do the kick off. With a little luck, Fauna Utd's Jacob Vrancx got control of the ball when Dino Verdini tried to sneak it across the goal line. Lex Van Eycke hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. Dino Verdini in the 57thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Jacob Vrancx, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abel Van Clijnebreugel in the 61st minute of play forced CA Boca Jrs's goalkeeper Dino Roberto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 63rd minute of the game, Ermanno Del Duca landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. Jerry Van De Look's late challenge caught a CA Boca Jrs's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jerry Van De Look helped the player get up and apologised. CA Boca Jrs's Biagio Melchiorre was substituted for Ermanno Del Duca. Jerry Van De Look hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Jacob Vrancx took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dino Verdini, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Carl Van Hautvinck kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Jacob Vrancx showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Biagio Melchiorre in the 68th minute of the match. Abel Van Clijnebreugel kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Biagio Melchiorre in the 72nd minute of play forced Fauna Utd's goalkeeper Jacob Vrancx to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, CA Boca Jrs's Christian Marinetti got a free kick in the 75th minute. When Daniele Cosi was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 78 minutes had been played. The supporters of Fauna Utd booed when CA Boca Jrs was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daniele Cosi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ive Beckers hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. 83 minutes into the match, Fauna Utd's goalkeeper Jacob Vrancx had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Christian Marinetti. Jacob Vrancx made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Christian Marinetti sent off a good shot on target. CA Boca Jrs's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Biagio Melchiorre in the 87th minute. Lex Van Eycke kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. A collision led to Fauna Utd getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Lex Van Eycke hit a great ball. Dino Roberto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arnout Roockeloes in the 91st minute of play. Dino Verdini's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 93rdth minute, Jacob Vrancx skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Biagio Melchiorre blasted a shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jacob Vrancx having to make a save. CA Boca Jrs's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.