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Rijkbos Stadion
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Jullian Stroobant made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 2nd minute Robin Kindermans shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pierre-Paul Hollanders saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jeroen Lambrechts received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Yanick Verengen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Heppenbach's zone, Robin Kindermans stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pierre-Paul Hollanders came out of the goal and Robin Kindermans tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Rijkbos getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Conrad Paelemans hit a great ball. Jullian Stroobant charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jullian Stroobant the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 16th minute, Jullian Stroobant hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jeroen Lambrechts sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Bobby Beullens struck a weak shot in the 28th minute. Pierre-Paul Hollanders didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Rijkbos. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Robin Kindermans in the 30th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Pierre-Paul Hollanders prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Yanick Verengen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jeroen Lambrechts in the 32nd minute of play. Pierre-Paul Hollanders took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robin Kindermans, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 38th minute of the match Felix Van Aarschot shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Pierre-Paul Hollanders showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Rijkbos's Yanick Verengen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jullian Stroobant in the 42nd minute of play. Pierre-Paul Hollanders made a fantastic save in the 45th minute, when Bobby Beullens sent off a good shot on target. If Robin Kindermans had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Robin Kindermans stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Lenny Blocks's late challenge caught a Rijkbos's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lenny Blocks helped the player get up and apologised. In the 51st match minute, Heppenbach was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lenny Blocks to maneuver through the defense. In the 52nd minute Robin Kindermans shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pierre-Paul Hollanders saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 60 minutes into the match, Robin Kindermans notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Heppenbach's Pierre-Paul Hollanders. Pierre-Paul Hollanders was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 64th minute, Bobby Beullens left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Rijkbos fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, Robin Kindermans managed to get in a good position for a shot. Rijkbos's supporters rose to their feet, but Robin Kindermans was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pierre-Paul Hollanders breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that Robin Kindermans's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pierre-Paul Hollanders was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. Pierre-Paul Hollanders showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robin Kindermans in the 74th minute of the match. Dave Goolen kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. When Jeroen Lambrechts came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the Heppenbach 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 Jeroen Lambrechts couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robin Kindermans in the 83rd minute of play forced Heppenbach's goalkeeper Pierre-Paul Hollanders to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Heppenbach's Pierre-Paul Hollanders played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bobby Beullens in the 85th minute of play. After 89 played minutes Heppenbach got a freekick which was hit by Dave Goolen. In the 91st minute the ball was on its way in behind Rijkbos's goalkeeper Yanick Verengen, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Rijkbos were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Heppenbach for a fine match.