Official Cup

Minute Maid Park
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Invictus FC's Sean Mallecots started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. If Filip Hansma had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Eddy Stoorms took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eddy van den Eede, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eddy Stoorms made an important save on a dangerous shot by Wieslaw Posadzki in the 14th minute. Eddy Stoorms showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valio Tammisto, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. The audience was convinced that Sean Mallecots's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jaap van der Schans was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Westenenk's Jan Rein Karremans got a free kick in the 22nd minute. In the 24th minute Valio Tammisto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eddy Stoorms saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 27 minutes, Sean Mallecots put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Jaap van der Schans. The audience was convinced that Valio Tammisto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eddy Stoorms was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. Sean Mallecots blasted a shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jaap van der Schans having to make a save. Jaap van der Schans took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sean Mallecots, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 34th minute, Sean Mallecots managed to get in a good position for a shot. Invictus FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Sean Mallecots was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jaap van der Schans breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jaap van der Schans made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sean Mallecots in the 36th minute of play. After 38 minutes Westenenk's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ron Aelgoet who took care of the corner kick. Jaap van der Schans showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sean Mallecots, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. A collision led to Invictus FC getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Jordi Janssen hit a great 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Valio Tammisto made a kick off. Invictus FC's attentive Alexander Hendrickx managed to snatch the ball when Jan Rein Karremans made a throw-in in the 52nd minute of the game. Sean Mallecots blasted a shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jaap van der Schans having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sean Mallecots in the 52nd minute of play forced Westenenk's goalkeeper Jaap van der Schans to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 54 minutes into the match, Invictus FC's Sean Mallecots sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jaap van der Schans narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 55 minutes had been played when some careless play by Westenenk's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ron Aelgoet was slow to take the kick. During this time Invictus FC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Ron Aelgoet got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jaap van der Schans quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 61 minutes in the game Jan Rein Karremans did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Valio Tammisto. Jaap van der Schans was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Sean Mallecots showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-3 in the 66 minute of play. Eddy Stoorms showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wieslaw Posadzki, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. Alexander Hendrickx hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. 74 minutes into the match, Sean Mallecots had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jaap van der Schans. Westenenk's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sean Mallecots was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. 76 minutes into the game, Wieslaw Posadzki was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Westenenk's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Invictus FC the free kick. Wieslaw Posadzki hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Invictus FC made a substitution. Octaaf Van der Meiren replaced Alexander Hendrickx. Wieslaw Posadzki kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Sean Mallecots sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sean Mallecots in the 80th minute of play forced Westenenk's goalkeeper Jaap van der Schans to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 81 played minutes Westenenk got a freekick which was hit by Jan Rein Karremans. In the 82nd minute, Sean Mallecots reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jaap van der Schans. The goal made the score 0-5. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valio Tammisto in the 86th minute of play forced Invictus FC's goalkeeper Eddy Stoorms to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 94th minute, Sean Mallecots 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. The Westenenk supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Invictus FC's performance. The match ended with a win for Invictus FC.