League

Havay Stadion
Spectators: 6716 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 0) Havay's Michael Debock 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. Lars De Worteleere fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thierry Sterkx having to interfere. Lars De Worteleere fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thierry Sterkx having to interfere. Lars De Worteleere in the 14thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Thierry Sterkx, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. The supporters of Havay booed when U18 Academy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marnix Theijs didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marnix Theijs in the 21st minute of play forced Havay's goalkeeper Hans Bauwens to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Matthy Van Den Bosch's late challenge caught a Havay's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Matthy Van Den Bosch helped the player get up and apologised. Matthy Van Den Bosch kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Havay's Robbe Gilis got a free kick in the 25th minute. U18 Academy's Thierry Sterkx proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save U18 Academy from getting a goal against them. Siebe Van Laeck received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Thierry Sterkx tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Havay's Hans Bauwens played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matthy Van Den Bosch in the 37th minute of play. Luuk Van Balen charged in rather forcefully in the 38th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luuk Van Balen the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 39th minute, Luuk Van Balen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marnix Theijs recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 43rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 48 minutes into the match, Lars De Worteleere had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Thierry Sterkx. U18 Academy's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lars De Worteleere was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Marnix Theijs made a kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lars De Worteleere in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Thierry Sterkx saved U18 Academy from getting behind. U18 Academy's Thierry Sterkx played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lars De Worteleere in the 57th minute of play. The supporters of Havay booed when U18 Academy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Siebe De Coster didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 68th minute Lars De Worteleere shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thierry Sterkx saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 69 minutes had been played when some careless play by U18 Academy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Luuk Van Balen was slow to take the kick. During this time Havay's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Luuk Van Balen got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Thierry Sterkx quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Thierry Sterkx showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michael Debock in the 73rd minute of the match. When Michael Debock came up free with the goalie in the 78th minute, the Havay 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 Michael Debock couldn't finish the play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lars De Worteleere in the 81st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Thierry Sterkx saved U18 Academy from getting behind. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Michael Debock in the 82nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Thierry Sterkx saved U18 Academy from getting behind. After 83 played minutes U18 Academy got a freekick which was hit by Marnix Theijs. Thierry Sterkx didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lars De Worteleere went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Thierry Sterkx showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lars De Worteleere, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. U18 Academy's Thierry Sterkx played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Michael Debock in the 96th minute of play. U18 Academy's Thierry Sterkx played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lars De Worteleere in the 98th minute of play. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Havay had played much better football throughout.