League

Tongerlo
Spectators: 6729 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 0) KAA Tongerlo's Bernt Raeijmaeckers started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, STVV373's Norbert Theys got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Douglas Vandewalle showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Geert De Maijer, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Joost De Neuter sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Geert De Maijer in the 15th minute of play forced KAA Tongerlo's goalkeeper Douglas Vandewalle to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joost De Neuter fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Douglas Vandewalle having to interfere. If Geert De Maijer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Douglas Vandewalle stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Geert De Maijer's shot from short distance in the 22nd minute. In the 24th minute Geert De Maijer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Douglas Vandewalle saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. STVV373's Stephen Vanpevenaeyge proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save STVV373 from getting a goal against them. After some fancy dribbling in the 32nd minute, Joost De Neuter managed to get in a good position for a shot. STVV373's supporters rose to their feet, but Joost De Neuter was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Douglas Vandewalle breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 36th minute Bernt Raeijmaeckers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stephen Vanpevenaeyge saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Geert De Maijer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the match clock showed 54 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Geert De Maijer sped through KAA Tongerlo's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Douglas Vandewalle. Joost De Neuter fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Douglas Vandewalle having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernt Raeijmaeckers in the 67th minute of play forced STVV373's goalkeeper Stephen Vanpevenaeyge to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 68 minutes into the match, STVV373's goal looked a bit too open when Bernt Raeijmaeckers came free, but Stephen Vanpevenaeyge reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bernt Raeijmaeckers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Stephen Vanpevenaeyge tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. David Jooris hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. 76 minutes into the match, STVV373's goal looked a bit too open when Bernt Raeijmaeckers came free, but Stephen Vanpevenaeyge reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Guillaume Limpens sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 81st match minute, STVV373 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Norbert Theys to maneuver through the defense. In the 83rd minute, Jim Van Den Hout got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Stephen Vanpevenaeyge showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jim Van Den Hout, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Charlie Van Hooveldt got free with Douglas Vandewalle in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 90 played minutes, KAA Tongerlo's Jo Van den Bergh shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Stephen Vanpevenaeyge 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 KAA Tongerlo reached it. A collision led to KAA Tongerlo getting a freekick after 97 minutes play. Erwin-Alexander Van De Broeck hit a great ball.