League Play-Off

Havay Stadion
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Joseph Sjöberg started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Jos de Pelsmaker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joseph Sjöberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. The audience was convinced that Joseph Sjöberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jos de Pelsmaker was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. Jos de Pelsmaker stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Joseph Sjöberg's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. Jos de Pelsmaker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Philip de Wolf in the 12th minute of the match. Gregory Lauwers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hendrik Lijsens in the 14th minute of play. Gregory Lauwers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hendrik Lijsens in the 16th minute of play. Hendrik Lijsens charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hendrik Lijsens the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 18th minute, Emiliano Rondinelli left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Manchester City fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emiliano Rondinelli in the 23rd minute of play forced Havay's goalkeeper Jos de Pelsmaker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jos de Pelsmaker didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joseph Sjöberg went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Jos de Pelsmaker took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emiliano Rondinelli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Havay defense, Joseph Sjöberg kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jos de Pelsmaker. The Havay fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jos de Pelsmaker should have stopped the shot. Manchester City made a substitution. Hannes Humbelets replaced Philip de Wolf. In the 37th minute of the match Brent-Jan Rompen shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jos de Pelsmaker showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emiliano Rondinelli in the 38th minute of play forced Havay's goalkeeper Jos de Pelsmaker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 44th minute there was a penalty for Manchester City. Joseph Sjöberg stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Jos de Pelsmaker. 0-4. After the first half Manchester City were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Max Vissenaekens made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joseph Sjöberg in the 55th minute of play forced Havay's goalkeeper Jos de Pelsmaker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jos de Pelsmaker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hannes Humbelets in the 56th minute of the match. Emiliano Rondinelli's late challenge caught a Havay's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Emiliano Rondinelli helped the player get up and apologised. Emiliano Rondinelli hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Havay's Jos de Pelsmaker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hannes Humbelets in the 59th minute of play. Havay's Jos de Pelsmaker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joseph Sjöberg in the 62nd minute of play. Gregory Lauwers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Max Vissenaekens in the 65th minute of play. 67 minutes into the match, Havay's goal looked a bit too open when Jacque Meersman came free, but Jos de Pelsmaker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 72nd minute of the match, Emiliano Rondinelli got a very nice opportunity to score, but Jos de Pelsmaker was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 74 minutes into the match, Emiliano Rondinelli dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jos de Pelsmaker, 0-5. Manchester City made a substitution. Terry Gyselinckx replaced Joseph Sjöberg. 79 minutes into the game, one of Havay:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 81st minute of the game, Manchester City got a penalty. The shot went straight in by the left post. Jos de Pelsmaker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hannes Humbelets, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. 92 minutes into the match, Havay's goalkeeper Jos de Pelsmaker had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Emiliano Rondinelli. Terry Gyselinckx was extremely unlucky when he, in the 95th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. When the final whistle sounded Manchester City left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Havay.