Official Cup

Winthont Arena
Spectators: 177 (Terracing: 133, Seating: 41, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Marc van Nistelrooij got the match started through his kick off. In the 15th match minute, Winthont FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marc van Nistelrooij to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Hermengildo Nesor managed to get in a good position for a shot. Winthont FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Hermengildo Nesor was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Willem-Jan Hollanders breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 19th minute Thananiti Cheewawipat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dennis Beerthuis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Robbie Valckenaers made in the 24th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Winthont FC's Leif Hammarberg. After 26 minutes Les Bistouquettes Bleues's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sander Schaars who took care of the corner kick. Les Bistouquettes Bleues's defense didn't have a chance, in the 28th minute, when Hermengildo Nesor scored to the left of an out of position Willem-Jan Hollanders, making the score, 1-0. The throw-in from Robbie Valckenaers in the 31st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Winthont FC's Igor Fujara. After some careless play in the Winthont FC defense, Dany-Adams Coeckelberghs kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dennis Beerthuis. The Winthont FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dennis Beerthuis should have stopped the shot. 39 minutes into the match, Winthont FC's goal looked a bit too open when Dany-Adams Coeckelberghs came free, but Dennis Beerthuis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 40 minutes into the match, Winthont FC's goal looked a bit too open when Thananiti Cheewawipat came free, but Dennis Beerthuis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 45 minutes into the match, Les Bistouquettes Bleues's goalkeeper Willem-Jan Hollanders had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marc van Nistelrooij. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bryan Creemers to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Les Bistouquettes Bleues's Dany-Adams Coeckelberghs dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. Robbie Valckenaers made in the 55th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Winthont FC's Igor Fujara. Dennis Beerthuis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Thananiti Cheewawipat's shot from short distance in the 60th minute. After taking down the ball on Les Bistouquettes Bleues's corner Dany-Adams Coeckelberghs fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Dennis Beerthuis quite easily take care of the ball. After 62 minutes, Dany-Adams Coeckelberghs made it 1-3 with a short kick to the right side. Winthont FC's Dennis Beerthuis tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 68th minute, one of Les Bistouquettes Bleues:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Les Bistouquettes Bleues. Les Bistouquettes Bleues:s Willem-Jan Hollanders showed great skill when he stopped Sander Schaars:s penalty. Winthont FC made a substitution. Sixto Gorbea replaced Hermengildo Nesor. Winthont FC's Pascal Zegeling managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Robbie Valckenaers in the 73 minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thananiti Cheewawipat in the 77th minute of play forced Winthont FC's goalkeeper Dennis Beerthuis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Les Bistouquettes Bleues's Maurus Reijnders was substituted for Bryan Creemers. Georges Grün was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Willem-Jan Hollanders made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sixto Gorbea in the 85th minute of play. 87 minutes into the match, Winthont FC's Sixto Gorbea sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Willem-Jan Hollanders narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 88th minute Winthont FC were awarded a corner. Sander Schaars went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Les Bistouquettes Bleues's goalie and right to Sixto Gorbea. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Les Bistouquettes Bleues's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Maurus Reijnders came free with the goalkeeper in the 90th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Dennis Beerthuis could save by the left post. Les Bistouquettes Bleues's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tim Vranken in the 91st minute. Tim Vranken made a great header on Les Bistouquettes Bleues's corner, it was just that Winthont FC's Dennis Beerthuis managed to reach the ball for a save. A collision led to Winthont FC getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Sixto Gorbea hit a great ball. Les Bistouquettes Bleues played a much better game than Winthont FC and deserved their victory. The Winthont FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.