Official Cup

Rodenbachstadion
Spectators: 186 (Terracing: 140, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Marian Klimentov started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd match minute, North Hill United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Brend Van Linthoudt to maneuver through the defense. Mariusz Lato sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After some careless play in the North Hill United defense, Mariusz Lato kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Albertus Schepmans. The North Hill United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Albertus Schepmans should have stopped the shot. Albertus Schepmans showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mariusz Lato, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. If Dario Palombi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Omer Vandamme could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Óscar Cordobé made a huge save. In the 20th minute, David De Raeijmaecker fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Óscar Cordobé, passed just outside the right post. After some careless play in the Orange defense, Brend Van Linthoudt kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Óscar Cordobé. The Orange fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Óscar Cordobé should have stopped the shot. David De Raeijmaecker sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Orange's Alvise Romagnoli quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Willy Vandamme, made in the 28th minute of the game. Orange made a substitution. Bernardo Ali replaced Mariusz Lato. In the 30th minute, Shi Ang Xiong hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 35th minute, Bernardo Ali ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Albertus Schepmans was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Marian Klimentov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Albertus Schepmans having to interfere. David De Raeijmaecker scored 2-2 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Óscar Cordobé, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

After a defensive mix-up in North Hill United's zone, Marian Klimentov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Albertus Schepmans came out of the goal and Marian Klimentov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Andrea Baruffa lost his temper 57 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. 56 minutes into the game, one of Orange:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Orange:s Óscar Cordobé showed great skill when he stopped Niels Vandamme:s penalty. 58 minutes into the match, Niels Vandamme had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Óscar Cordobé. Orange's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Niels Vandamme was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. In the 70th minute, Alvise Romagnoli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by David De Raeijmaecker in the 72nd minute of play forced Orange's goalkeeper Óscar Cordobé to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Elpidio Elequemedo kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. Orange's Óscar Cordobé played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Brend Van Linthoudt in the 74th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Orange's Dario Palombi got a free kick in the 76th minute. Niels Vandamme's late challenge caught a Orange's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Niels Vandamme helped the player get up and apologised. Niels Vandamme kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. In the 91st minute, Xander-Paul Kerselaers hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Brend Van Linthoudt came up free with the goalie in the 93rd 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 Brend Van Linthoudt couldn't finish the play. Óscar Cordobé showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Omer Vandamme, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. Omer Vandamme struck a weak shot in the 97th minute. Óscar Cordobé didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for North Hill United. Óscar Cordobé showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Brend Van Linthoudt, who was totally free with the ball in the 99th minute. Orange's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because North Hill United had won, even though Orange had held more of the ball.