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Aalbeke Stadiond
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Erik-Jan Van De Look took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Koekelare MFC getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Timoteo Tino hit a great ball. In the 8th minute, Joost Van hoegaerde ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Paul Van Herendael was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. In the 12th minute Erik-Jan Van De Look shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thibaud Raeijmaeckers saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thibaud Raeijmaeckers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastien Wouqier in the 13th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Joost Van hoegaerde got free with Paul Van Herendael in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Vicente Vits could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Paul Van Herendael made a huge save. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 19th minute of the game. One of Koekelare MFC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Aalbeked:s goal. If Niki Smolders had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Koekelare MFC getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Sebastien Wouqier hit a great ball. After 28 minutes, Laércio Paraíba mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Koekelare MFC and the Aalbeked players grew even worse after the yellow card. Laércio Paraíba kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. Paul Van Herendael showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Niki Smolders, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Paul Van Herendael took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Niki Smolders, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Erik-Jan Van De Look fell near the penalty area in the 44th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Koekelare MFC's protests and gave Erik-Jan Van De Look a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Koekelare MFC getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Erik-Jan Van De Look hit a great ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Niki Smolders to make the kick off. After having played for 51 minutes, Niki Smolders managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Aalbeked's supporters crossed their fingers, but Niki Smolders was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Aalbeked's Joost Van hoegaerde in the 53rd minute got a chance for a shot 53rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Koekelare MFC's goalie prevented a goal. Paul Van Herendael took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Niki Smolders, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Koekelare MFC's Paul Van Herendael played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vicente Vits in the 57th minute of play. If Niki Smolders had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Niki Smolders scored 2-0 in the 60th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Paul Van Herendael, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 66th minute Niki Smolders shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paul Van Herendael saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 67 minutes Koekelare MFC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Dave De Martelaere who took care of the corner kick. Paul Van Herendael showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niki Smolders in the 70th minute of the match. Paul Van Herendael made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joost Van hoegaerde in the 71st minute of play. Koekelare MFC's Paul Van Herendael played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Niki Smolders in the 74th minute of play. Paul Van Herendael made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joost Van hoegaerde in the 75th minute of play. Paul Van Herendael took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joost Van hoegaerde, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Koekelare MFC's Paul Van Herendael played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Niki Smolders in the 89th minute of play. Paul Van Herendael made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joost Van hoegaerde in the 93rd minute of play. Joost Van hoegaerde fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paul Van Herendael having to interfere. In the 95th match minute, Koekelare MFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Martin Valckx to maneuver through the defense. Aalbeked's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.