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Match Report
Landen
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000,
Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Floris Marchal made the kick off and thus started the match. Pieter-Jan Minnen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastien Vlimmens in the 4th minute of the match. If Sebastien Vlimmens had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Sebastien Vlimmens during the 19th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 20 minutes, Balthazar Dedecker mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Landen and the Gençlerbirliği SK players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Landen getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Balthazar Dedecker hit a great ball. Dimitry Wuets fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cyprian Harendarski having to interfere. In the 34th minute, Dimitry Wuets 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. The Landen players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Gençlerbirliği SK were winning 0-1.
Landen's Pieter-Jan Minnen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Floris Marchal in the 58th minute of play. Steven Leempoels got in the 62nd a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Cyprian Harendarski handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. When Dimitry Wuets came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the Landen 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 Dimitry Wuets couldn't finish the play. When Dimitry Wuets fell near the penalty area in the 67th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Landen's protests and gave Dimitry Wuets a yellow card for diving instead. When Steven Leempoels fell near the penalty area in the 69th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Landen's protests and gave Steven Leempoels a yellow card for diving instead. When Sebastien Vlimmens came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Gençlerbirliği SK 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 Sebastien Vlimmens couldn't finish the play. In the 86th minute, Sebastien Vlimmens 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. The supporters of Landen booed when Gençlerbirliği SK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joris Van Poucke didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dimitry Wuets struck a weak shot in the 90th minute. Cyprian Harendarski didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Landen. Pieter-Jan Minnen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Floris Marchal, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. In the 95th minute the ball was on its way in behind Landen's goalkeeper Pieter-Jan Minnen, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The Gençlerbirliği SK supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Gençlerbirliği SK would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.
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