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Hallaar Stadion
Spectators: 6698 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1698, VIP seats: 0) Hallaar's Jacky Van Den Abeele started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. If Jacky Van Den Abeele had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Danny de Pelsmacker's late challenge caught a Hallaar's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Danny de Pelsmacker helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, I QUIT I STOP BYE 4 NOW's Danny de Pelsmacker got a free kick in the 9th minute. Charles Vermeulen's late challenge caught a Hallaar's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Charles Vermeulen helped the player get up and apologised. Joonatan Conincx showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Danny de Pelsmacker in the 15th minute of the match. In the 20th minute, Rudy Debock made a precise shot to the right of Joonatan Conincx. Hallaar's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. In the 26th minute, Nicolas Van Impe ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Joonatan Conincx was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. I QUIT I STOP BYE 4 NOW's Danny de Pelsmacker got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 35 played minutes, Hallaar's Matthew Vandenbosch shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Herbert Steurms came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Hallaar reached it. When Charles Vermeulen was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 36 minutes had been played. The supporters of Hallaar booed when I QUIT I STOP BYE 4 NOW was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Charles Vermeulen didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Tim-Jan Mattheijs had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tim-Jan Mattheijs sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Tim-Jan Mattheijs had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nicolas Van Impe to make the kick off. After having played for 52 minutes, Nicolas Van Impe managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. I QUIT I STOP BYE 4 NOW's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nicolas Van Impe was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Herbert Steurms took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tim-Jan Mattheijs, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Brain vrolijx had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 67th minute Tim-Jan Mattheijs shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Herbert Steurms saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tim-Jan Mattheijs in the 74th minute of play forced I QUIT I STOP BYE 4 NOW's goalkeeper Herbert Steurms to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 77th minute Tim-Jan Mattheijs shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Herbert Steurms saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, I QUIT I STOP BYE 4 NOW's Jim Goethals got a free kick in the 77th minute. Arthur-Maurits van Kelfs's late challenge caught a I QUIT I STOP BYE 4 NOW's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arthur-Maurits van Kelfs helped the player get up and apologised. After 78 played minutes Hallaar got a freekick which was hit by Arthur-Maurits van Kelfs. An unexpected shot in the 85th minute by Nicolas Van Impe got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 87th minute, I QUIT I STOP BYE 4 NOW's Danny de Pelsmacker dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-4. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Maxim Van Aertvinck during the 90th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 90th minute, Maxim Van Aertvinck hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Hallaar booed when I QUIT I STOP BYE 4 NOW was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Danny de Pelsmacker didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arthur-Maurits van Kelfs kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. Brain vrolijx kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. The I QUIT I STOP BYE 4 NOW supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing I QUIT I STOP BYE 4 NOW would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.