League Play-Off

EDMOND MACHTENS
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Jacky Pieters started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Sam-Lucas Loots showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Refael Bellinkx, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Lucas Vanden Bossche took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jacky De Custer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Freddy Waterloos's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 6thth minute, Lucas Vanden Bossche skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Lucas Vanden Bossche showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manu Schoenmaekers, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. After a rather tough play, R.W.D.M.'s Vincent den Pelsmaeker got a free kick in the 9th minute. Manu Schoenmaekers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucas Vanden Bossche having to interfere. Sam-Lucas Loots showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jacky Pieters, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Sam-Lucas Loots took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rein Weba, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 26 minutes, Vincent den Pelsmaeker mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the R.W.D.M. and the R.R.C. Bruxelles players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 26 played minutes R.W.D.M. got a freekick which was hit by Vincent den Pelsmaeker. If Refael Bellinkx had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sam-Lucas Loots took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jacky Pieters, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sam-Lucas Loots came out of the goal in the 39th minute to try and stop a shot by R.R.C. Bruxelles's Jacky Pieters. But to his dismay, Jacky Pieters quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. After 43 minutes of play, R.W.D.M.'s Freddy Waterloos made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lucas Vanden Bossche was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Refael Bellinkx had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Manu Schoenmaekers to make the kick off. With a little luck, R.W.D.M.'s Sam-Lucas Loots got control of the ball when Refael Bellinkx tried to sneak it across the goal line. 59 minutes into the game, one of R.R.C. Bruxelles:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Sam-Lucas Loots showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jacky Pieters in the 65th minute of the match. After some careless play in the R.R.C. Bruxelles defense, Jacky De Custer kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lucas Vanden Bossche. The R.R.C. Bruxelles fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lucas Vanden Bossche should have stopped the shot. A collision led to R.W.D.M. getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Freddy Waterloos hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Jacky Pieters managed to get in a good position for a shot. R.R.C. Bruxelles's supporters rose to their feet, but Jacky Pieters was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sam-Lucas Loots breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Freddy Waterloos took the ball and in the 76 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lucas Vanden Bossche. Lucas Vanden Bossche dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. In the 79th minute, Dyllan Hemberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 80 played minutes, R.W.D.M.'s Jannic Jonckheere shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Lucas Vanden Bossche came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in R.W.D.M. reached it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrez Wolput in the 81st minute of play forced R.W.D.M.'s goalkeeper Sam-Lucas Loots to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Refael Bellinkx recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 83rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jacky Pieters recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 85th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 88 minutes into the match, Jacky Pieters notched a goal, 4-2, to the right of R.W.D.M.'s Sam-Lucas Loots. Sam-Lucas Loots was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 98 minutes had been played when some careless play by R.W.D.M.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jacky Pieters was slow to take the kick. During this time R.R.C. Bruxelles's players had a chance to rest. R.R.C. Bruxelles were awarded a corner in the 100th minute after R.W.D.M.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jacky Pieters took the corner. Jacky Pieters made a great header on R.R.C. Bruxelles's corner, it was just that R.W.D.M.'s Sam-Lucas Loots managed to reach the ball for a save. R.R.C. Bruxelles's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because R.W.D.M. had won, even though R.R.C. Bruxelles had held more of the ball.