U18 World League

ERASMO UBENDU
Spectators: 7474 (Terracing: 5607, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Everardo Vela got the match started through his kick off. After some careless play in the Flamenco United defense, Everardo Vela kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Charlie Vereyt. The Flamenco United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Charlie Vereyt should have stopped the shot. Vicente Guerau kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. 8 minutes into the game, Jose Beaufort cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Bruno Mikeldi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Vicente Guerau fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Charlie Vereyt having to interfere. Bruno Mikeldi didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Flamenco United's Gillis Van Dongel shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Gillis Van Dongel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bruno Mikeldi having to interfere. Gualterio Ranolfo hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Rolando Nisio hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. When the match clock showed 32 minutes, the score became 1-3 when Gillis Van Dongel sped through Stronghold S.A's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Bruno Mikeldi. Bruno Mikeldi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gillis Van Dongel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 41 played minutes Flamenco United got a freekick which was hit by Cedric Widdepenninck. Iker Bidari charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Iker Bidari the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Stronghold S.A getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Iker Bidari hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gillis Van Dongel in the 46th minute of play forced Stronghold S.A's goalkeeper Bruno Mikeldi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Stronghold S.A players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Flamenco United were winning 1-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gillis Van Dongel to make the kick off. Pastor Leocadio hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. It was beautiful to see Flamenco United's Theo Van Haght in action when he in the 57th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Bruno Mikeldi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gillis Van Dongel in the 58th minute of play. If Basilio Soter had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bruno Mikeldi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Yannik Imberechts went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. Everardo Vela might have been able to make a better finish in the 70th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Charlie Vereyt. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Everardo Vela ran back to his position shaking his head. Gillis Van Dongel in the 73rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Bruno Mikeldi, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. A collision led to Flamenco United getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Jordi Demeyer hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Flamenco United's zone, Gualterio Ranolfo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Charlie Vereyt came out of the goal and Gualterio Ranolfo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Gillis Van Dongel struck a weak shot in the 79th minute. Bruno Mikeldi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Flamenco United. A collision led to Stronghold S.A getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Iker Bidari hit a great ball. Everardo Vela fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Charlie Vereyt having to interfere. Everardo Vela fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Charlie Vereyt having to interfere.