Official Cup

Het Putteke
Spectators: 164 (Terracing: 123, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Christos Triantafyllou started the match with the kick off. In the 2nd minute, Marquinhos Munhoz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 6 minutes, Jaakko Ramstadius mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Granate and the Racing Matinette players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 7th minute, Jaakko Ramstadius hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Casper Jans showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christos Triantafyllou in the 10th minute of the match. 15 minutes into the match, Racing Matinette's goal looked a bit too open when Jaakko Ramstadius came free, but Casper Jans reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Granate's Donato Lorenz got control of the ball when Cristiano Lukaku tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 17 minutes, Cristiano Lukaku made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Granate's Donato Lorenz tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Donato Lorenz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matthew Van Cauwenbergh, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Donato Lorenz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matthew Van Cauwenbergh, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Alan Creemers received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Donato Lorenz came out and tried to block the shot, but Alan Creemers slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 24th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jaakko Ramstadius in the 27th minute of play forced Racing Matinette's goalkeeper Casper Jans to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 30 minutes into the match, Granate's goal looked a bit too open when Matthew Van Cauwenbergh came free, but Donato Lorenz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Racing Matinette were awarded a corner in the 33th minute after Granate's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Matthew Van Cauwenbergh took the corner. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alan Creemers in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Donato Lorenz saved Granate from getting behind. 36 minutes into the match, Granate's goalkeeper Donato Lorenz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cristiano Lukaku. Donato Lorenz was a little too slow when Cristiano Lukaku got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 36th minute. The score was now 3-0. If Cristiano Lukaku had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Donato Lorenz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marquinhos Munhoz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Eriberto Olando during the 46th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Eriberto Olando hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Granate's Eriberto Olando got a free kick in the 48th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ivar Axelsson got free with Donato Lorenz in the 49th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

In the 55th match minute, Racing Matinette was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Charles Volckaerts to maneuver through the defense. In the 60th minute Marquinhos Munhoz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Donato Lorenz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marquinhos Munhoz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Donato Lorenz having to interfere. 63 minutes into the match, Ivar Axelsson notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Granate's Donato Lorenz. Donato Lorenz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 69th minute, Enzo Hermon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 70 minutes into the match, Granate's goal looked a bit too open when Ivar Axelsson came free, but Donato Lorenz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Donato Lorenz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivar Axelsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. After 79 played minutes Racing Matinette got a freekick which was hit by Jens Verheecke. 83 minutes into the match, Granate's goal looked a bit too open when Ivar Axelsson came free, but Donato Lorenz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ivar Axelsson in the 83rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Donato Lorenz saved Granate from getting behind. Donato Lorenz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alan Creemers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 89th minute, Jaakko Ramstadius got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Racing Matinette fully deserved thier win.