U23 League

Rodenbachstadion
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Sporting Westmeerbeek's Roque Aguilar 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. When Xander-Paul Kerselaers came up free with the goalie in the 4th minute, the North Hill United 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 Xander-Paul Kerselaers couldn't finish the play. Norbert Verhulst came out of the goal in the 6th minute to try and stop a shot by North Hill United's Omer Vandamme. But to his dismay, Omer Vandamme quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. 9 minutes into the match, Sporting Westmeerbeek's goalkeeper Norbert Verhulst had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Omer Vandamme. North Hill United's Frederick Van Hoegaerden played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alex Sarangapani in the 12th minute of play. Sporting Westmeerbeek's defense didn't have a chance, in the 21st minute, when Omer Vandamme scored to the left of an out of position Norbert Verhulst, making the score, 3-0. After 27 played minutes North Hill United got a freekick which was hit by Steffen Van Hermenghem. 34 minutes into the match, Sporting Westmeerbeek's goal looked a bit too open when Omer Vandamme came free, but Norbert Verhulst reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 36th minute, Sporting Westmeerbeek's Bart-Jan De Vaddere seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Bart-Jan De Vaddere the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Sporting Westmeerbeek protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Bart-Jan De Vaddere had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 43rd minute Omer Vandamme shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Norbert Verhulst saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Omer Vandamme was the one to do the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Omer Vandamme managed to get in a good position for a shot. North Hill United's supporters rose to their feet, but Omer Vandamme was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Norbert Verhulst breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Omer Vandamme in the 57th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Norbert Verhulst prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The supporters of North Hill United booed when Sporting Westmeerbeek was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luck Hodson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Omer Vandamme took the ball and in the 64 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Norbert Verhulst. Norbert Verhulst dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. In the 69th minute, Omer Vandamme ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Norbert Verhulst was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. Norbert Verhulst stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Omer Vandamme's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. After 74 played minutes Sporting Westmeerbeek got a freekick which was hit by Arnold Colpaert. Norbert Verhulst showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Omer Vandamme in the 81st minute of the match. North Hill United's Frederick Van Hoegaerden proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save North Hill United from getting a goal against them. In the 90thth minute of the game Omer Vandamme who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sporting Westmeerbeek's Norbert Verhulst was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Omer Vandamme had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Sporting Westmeerbeek's Norbert Verhulst played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Omer Vandamme in the 92nd minute of play. Norbert Verhulst made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Omer Vandamme in the 95th minute of play. North Hill United's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.