League Play-Off

ARTEVELDE
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Andris Verheijt kicked off to start the match. After 4 minutes, Dedé Barral mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the fc eendenpad and the K. Beerschot VA players grew even worse after the yellow card. Guillaume Huygens was out of position in the 7 minute of play, and Lander Goddez capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Lander Goddez really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Guillaume Huygens didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marcus Johnson went, in the 10th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. When the match clock showed 14 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Lander Goddez sped through K. Beerschot VA's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Guillaume Huygens. After a rather tough play, fc eendenpad's Joery Weijnants got a free kick in the 18th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lander Goddez got free with Guillaume Huygens in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 26 minutes had been played when some careless play by K. Beerschot VA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Kristiaan De Vleeschauwere was slow to take the kick. During this time fc eendenpad's players had a chance to rest. The corner led fc eendenpad's Kristiaan De Vleeschauwere to fire away a dangerous shot which Guillaume Huygens despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Timmy Kempenaerts in the 27th minute of play forced fc eendenpad's goalkeeper Jason De Swert to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ronny Valckx scored 5-1 in the 41st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Guillaume Huygens, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Lander Goddez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lander Goddez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Guillaume Huygens having to interfere. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 5-1.

It was beautiful to see K. Beerschot VA's Andris Verheijt in action when he in the 56th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Ronny Valckx received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Guillaume Huygens tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lander Goddez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Guillaume Huygens having to interfere. In the 62nd minute, Lander Goddez left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The fc eendenpad fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-1. Marcus Johnson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Guillaume Huygens tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Guillaume Huygens came out of the goal in the 67th minute to try and stop a shot by fc eendenpad's Lander Goddez. But to his dismay, Lander Goddez quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-1. After 78 minutes of play, fc eendenpad's Dedé Barral made it 9-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Guillaume Huygens was left in no man's land by his defense there! 81 minutes into the match, fc eendenpad's Barnaba Bara sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Guillaume Huygens narrowly saved just below the crossbar. fc eendenpad's Ronny Valckx got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ronny Valckx recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 87th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Lander Goddez scored 10-1 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Guillaume Huygens, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 91st minute the ball was on its way in behind K. Beerschot VA's goalkeeper Guillaume Huygens, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 93rd minute fc eendenpad were awarded a corner. Kristiaan De Vleeschauwere went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led fc eendenpad's Kristiaan De Vleeschauwere to fire away a dangerous shot which Guillaume Huygens despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After a rather tough play, K. Beerschot VA's Mathieux Gyselincx got a free kick in the 94th minute. After having played for 95 minutes, Kristiaan De Vleeschauwere managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. fc eendenpad's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kristiaan De Vleeschauwere was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 97th minute, Marcus Johnson managed to get in a good position for a shot. fc eendenpad's supporters rose to their feet, but Marcus Johnson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Guillaume Huygens breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the referee ended the match the fc eendenpad players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.