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Aalbeke Stadiond
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Niki Smolders made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Niki Smolders in the 4th minute of play forced İstanbul Başakşehir F.K.'s goalkeeper Jamie Haelemans to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Jordi Huyberechts had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 11th minute of the match, Niki Smolders tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Jamie Haelemans saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Niki Smolders fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jamie Haelemans having to interfere. In the 18th minute, Niki Smolders made a precise shot to the right of Jamie Haelemans. İstanbul Başakşehir F.K.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. İstanbul Başakşehir F.K.'s Jamie Haelemans played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Niki Smolders in the 21st minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Joost Van hoegaerde got free with Jamie Haelemans in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jordi Huyberechts sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thibaud Raeijmaeckers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jordi Huyberechts in the 32nd minute of play. İstanbul Başakşehir F.K.'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 35th minute, when Niki Smolders scored to the left of an out of position Jamie Haelemans, making the score, 2-0. Adam Roekeloos charged in rather forcefully in the 38th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Adam Roekeloos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Adam Roekeloos hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Christoffel Jennes during the 46th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 46th minute, Christoffel Jennes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jordi Huyberechts stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Vicente Vits's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jamie Haelemans read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 52nd minute of play. Mattias Eli kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. Joost Van hoegaerde received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Jamie Haelemans tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joost Van hoegaerde in the 65th minute of play forced İstanbul Başakşehir F.K.'s goalkeeper Jamie Haelemans to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jamie Haelemans made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Niki Smolders in the 68th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Joost Van hoegaerde's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jamie Haelemans was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. Jamie Haelemans showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niki Smolders in the 73rd minute of the match. Niki Smolders hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. A collision led to İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Franck Conincx hit a great ball. In the 90thth minute of the game Niki Smolders who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but İstanbul Başakşehir F.K.'s Jamie Haelemans was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match clock showed 90 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Niki Smolders sped through İstanbul Başakşehir F.K.'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jamie Haelemans. In the 93rd minute Joost Van hoegaerde shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jamie Haelemans saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Aalbeked support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.