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Zullik
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Pino Hensmans made the kick off which started today's match. Roderik Valckeners made an important save on a dangerous shot by Constant Smoors in the 3rd minute. Erik De Bruyn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pino Hensmans in the 11th minute of play. Ronald De Muijser fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roderik Valckeners having to interfere. Ronald De Muijser fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roderik Valckeners having to interfere. In the 16th play minute Constant Smoors came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Roderik Valckeners. 1-0. If Pino Hensmans had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 22 minutes into the match, Politehnica Iasi's goal looked a bit too open when Ronald De Muijser came free, but Roderik Valckeners reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 23rd match minute, Politehnica Iasi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luca Zerafa Boffa to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 27th minute, Ewan Crespy managed to get in a good position for a shot. Politehnica Iasi's supporters rose to their feet, but Ewan Crespy was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Erik De Bruyn breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Erik De Bruyn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pino Hensmans in the 30th minute of the match. Pino Hensmans received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Erik De Bruyn tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Politehnica Iasi fans' excitement grew in the 37th match minute when Politehnica Iasi's Pino Hensmans looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. SK Zullik's Erik De Bruyn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bernt De Vreese in the 41st minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Pino Hensmans in the 43rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Erik De Bruyn prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 45 minutes into the match, SK Zullik's goal looked a bit too open when Pino Hensmans came free, but Erik De Bruyn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bernt De Vreese fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Erik De Bruyn having to interfere. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ronald De Muijser stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the Politehnica Iasi defense, Constant Smoors kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Roderik Valckeners. The Politehnica Iasi fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Roderik Valckeners should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Constant Smoors's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roderik Valckeners was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. Roderik Valckeners showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xander Liebrechts, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. After a rather tough play, Politehnica Iasi's Luca Zerafa Boffa got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Bernt De Vreese kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. Xander Liebrechts's late challenge caught a Politehnica Iasi's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Xander Liebrechts helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 67th minute of the game. One of SK Zullik:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Politehnica Iasi:s goal. The goalkeeper, Erik De Bruyn, was totally fooled by Politehnica Iasi's Ewan Crespy, who 68 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. After 74 played minutes Politehnica Iasi got a freekick which was hit by Luca Zerafa Boffa. Pino Hensmans received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Erik De Bruyn tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, SK Zullik's Thobias Castermans got a free kick in the 78th minute. In the 85th minute, Ronald De Muijser hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Pino Hensmans managed to get in a good position for a shot. Politehnica Iasi's supporters rose to their feet, but Pino Hensmans was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Erik De Bruyn breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 90 minutes of play SK Zullik's Xander Liebrechts was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 90th match minute, SK Zullik was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xander Liebrechts to maneuver through the defense. When SK Zullik's Constant Smoors in the 94th minute got a chance for a shot 94th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Politehnica Iasi's goalie prevented a goal. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Politehnica Iasi players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.