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Poortershoek Stadion
Spectators: 7440 (Terracing: 5694, Seating: 1746, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Lars De Hertoghe started the match with the kick off. When the match clock showed 5 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Lars De Hertoghe sped through Poortershoek's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Levi Van de Weijer. Francois Schaerlaekens hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Levi Van de Weijer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lars De Hertoghe, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Poortershoek were awarded a corner in the 16th minute after TAFKAZ's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ron Van Geestel took the corner. Ron Van Geestel made a great header on Poortershoek's corner, it was just that TAFKAZ's Lionel Dekker managed to reach the ball for a save. If Luckas Van Aertvin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luckas Van Aertvin in the 24th minute of play forced Poortershoek's goalkeeper Levi Van de Weijer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lars De Hertoghe in the 25th minute of play forced Poortershoek's goalkeeper Levi Van de Weijer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benjamin Verstappen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Lionel Dekker tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ief Baele sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Luckas Van Aertvin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

53 minutes had been played when some careless play by TAFKAZ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ron Van Geestel was slow to take the kick. During this time Poortershoek's players had a chance to rest. Levi Van de Weijer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lars De Hertoghe in the 66th minute of the match. When Benedict Diericx fell near the penalty area in the 68th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Poortershoek's protests and gave Benedict Diericx a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Poortershoek's Benedict Diericx got a free kick in the 69th minute. Levi Van de Weijer didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when TAFKAZ's Lars De Hertoghe shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Benjamin Verstappen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lionel Dekker having to interfere. Luckas Van Aertvin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Levi Van de Weijer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lars De Hertoghe in the 87th minute of play forced Poortershoek's goalkeeper Levi Van de Weijer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Poortershoek getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Benedict Diericx hit a great ball. TAFKAZ's Alek De Winter couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 95th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Poortershoek. TAFKAZ's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.