League

Jemeppe-sur-Sambre
Spectators: 7476 (Terracing: 5608, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) Wes Schols started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Jos Van Ghele received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Jelle Fondria tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Wes Schols had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jos Van Ghele's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jelle Fondria read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 13th minute of play. Jelle Fondria didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 14th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. 21 minutes into the match, New York Knicks's Jos Van Ghele sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jelle Fondria narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 26 minutes into the match, KAA Kattebeek's goal looked a bit too open when Wes Schols came free, but Jelle Fondria reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 36 minutes into the match, KAA Kattebeek's Yelle Bollaert sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Robbin Leenpoels narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Robbin Leenpoels took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andreas De Geest, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Wes Schols sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. New York Knicks's Wes Schols got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 45 minutes, Andreas De Geest mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the KAA Kattebeek and the New York Knicks players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 45th match minute, KAA Kattebeek was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andreas De Geest to maneuver through the defense. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Lenny Niewens was the one to do the kick off. The audience was convinced that Wes Schols's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jelle Fondria was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. In the 65th minute, Wes Schols 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. Steven Ryers hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Wes Schols received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Jelle Fondria tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Jos Van Ghele had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jos Van Ghele in the 77th minute of play forced KAA Kattebeek's goalkeeper Jelle Fondria to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. New York Knicks's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Lionel Van Turnhout in the 78th minute. The corner ended in Lionel Van Turnhout almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but KAA Kattebeek's Jelle Fondria did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wes Schols in the 82nd minute of play forced KAA Kattebeek's goalkeeper Jelle Fondria to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jos Van Ghele received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Jelle Fondria tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 88 minutes, Wes Schols managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. New York Knicks's supporters crossed their fingers, but Wes Schols was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Yelle Bollaert scored 1-2 in the 95th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Robbin Leenpoels, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the final whistle went the supporters of KAA Kattebeek were delighted that their team had defeated the much more dominant New York Knicks side.