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Spectators: 7490 (Terracing: 5618, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Sebbe Vanden Bossche made the kick off which started today's match. Sebbe Vanden Bossche received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Dimitri Devaux tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 11 minutes into the match, Pieton's Yanne Van Bombergen sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pieter-Maarten Verheugen narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Benedict Wollans came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Pieton fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Benedict Wollans couldn't finish the play. After 17 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Mannen weten waarom! Pieter-Maarten Verheugen went to the wrong direction when Jacobus Weggers was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. Robbie Coppens kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. 28 minutes into the game, Ewout Pelsmaeckers cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Dimitri Devaux was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Frederick Delamenin kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. Anton van Haecht hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. If Sebbe Vanden Bossche had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 39 minutes into the match, Mannen weten waarom's Sebbe Vanden Bossche sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dimitri Devaux narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yanne Van Bombergen in the 40th minute of play forced Mannen weten waarom's goalkeeper Pieter-Maarten Verheugen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dimitri Devaux made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebbe Vanden Bossche in the 42nd minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Michael Koens during the 47th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Michael Koens hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Yanne Van Bombergen was the one to do the kick off. 53 minutes in the game, Yanne Van Bombergen dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 56th minute, Yanne Van Bombergen managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pieton's supporters rose to their feet, but Yanne Van Bombergen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pieter-Maarten Verheugen breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Pieter-Maarten Verheugen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yanne Van Bombergen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Benedict Wollans was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 68th minute. Pieton's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Gill Van Bets's late challenge caught a Pieton's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gill Van Bets helped the player get up and apologised. When Yanne Van Bombergen came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Pieton fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Yanne Van Bombergen couldn't finish the play. Benedict Wollans sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 80 minutes into the match, Pieton's goal looked a bit too open when Sebbe Vanden Bossche came free, but Dimitri Devaux reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Benedict Wollans received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Pieter-Maarten Verheugen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 88th minute, Yanne Van Bombergen 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. Yanne Van Bombergen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pieter-Maarten Verheugen having to interfere. Yanne Van Bombergen might have been able to make a better finish in the 94th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pieter-Maarten Verheugen. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Yanne Van Bombergen ran back to his position shaking his head.