Friendly League

Aarsele Stadion
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Andreas Pirlo kicked off to start the match. In the 9th minute, Paulus Van Hove ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ludo Vanden Bossche was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Andreas Pirlo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Lou Wegers read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 13th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Andreas Pirlo put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Lou Wegers. In the 18th minute Andreas Pirlo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lou Wegers saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 21stth minute of the game Paulus Van Hove who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but The Everett Hawks's Ludo Vanden Bossche was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 22 minutes, Paulus Van Hove put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Ludo Vanden Bossche. Ludo Vanden Bossche was out of position in the 27 minute of play, and Paulus Van Hove capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Paulus Van Hove really showed his touch with that goal: 3-1. Lou Wegers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Philippe-Arnaud Heremans, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. In the 31st minute Willem-Jan Grootjans shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lou Wegers saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. de belletrekkers's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Marten Merckx in the 36th minute. A nice corner shot did that Marten Merckx got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ludo Vanden Bossche quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Fre van Eijnde received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Lou Wegers tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ludo Vanden Bossche showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aurelian Barboni in the 39th minute of the match. Willem-Jan Grootjans sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Andreas Pirlo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lou Wegers was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. In the 45thth minute of the game Andreas Pirlo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but de belletrekkers's Lou Wegers was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Lou Wegers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Willem-Jan Grootjans in the 48th minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Paulus Van Hove to strike the kick off in the second half. Lou Wegers took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Philippe-Arnaud Heremans, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lou Wegers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andreas Pirlo in the 56th minute of play. In the 56th minute Andreas Pirlo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lou Wegers saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 58 minutes into the match, de belletrekkers's goal looked a bit too open when Andreas Pirlo came free, but Lou Wegers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 62nd minute Kurt de Rudder shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ludo Vanden Bossche saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 63rd minute Andreas Pirlo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lou Wegers saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Andreas Pirlo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fre van Eijnde could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Lou Wegers made a huge save. 73 minutes into the match, The Everett Hawks's goal looked a bit too open when Paulus Van Hove came free, but Ludo Vanden Bossche reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tanek Fronczak hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. The Everett Hawks's Luke Van Bostraeten was substituted for Philip Goorts. After a rather tough play, The Everett Hawks's Tanek Fronczak got a free kick in the 78th minute. In the 79th minute of the match, Andreas Pirlo tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Lou Wegers saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. An unexpected shot in the 81st minute by Willem-Jan Grootjans got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Kurt de Rudder received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Ludo Vanden Bossche tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Philippe-Arnaud Heremans kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. A collision led to de belletrekkers getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Heiko Spehr hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andreas Pirlo in the 92nd minute of play forced de belletrekkers's goalkeeper Lou Wegers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ludo Vanden Bossche took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulus Van Hove, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. For all the effort they put into the match, the The Everett Hawks players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for de belletrekkers.