League Play-Off

Zarren
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Julius Hustinx got the match started through his kick off. If Gandalf Bilbo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 6 minutes of play, Moerhuize's Antoni Dziatkowicz made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Octaaf Coekelberghs was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the match clock showed 9 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Gandalf Bilbo sped through KFC Zarren's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Octaaf Coekelberghs. 20 minutes into the match, Gandalf Bilbo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Octaaf Coekelberghs. KFC Zarren's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gandalf Bilbo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Hector Tombeurs hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. When Moerhuize's Gandalf Bilbo in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye KFC Zarren's goalie prevented a goal. Octaaf Coekelberghs showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antoni Dziatkowicz in the 28th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hector Tombeurs during the 29th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, KFC Zarren's Hector Tombeurs got a free kick in the 29th minute. After some careless play in the KFC Zarren defense, Gandalf Bilbo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Octaaf Coekelberghs. The KFC Zarren fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Octaaf Coekelberghs should have stopped the shot. The Moerhuize fans' excitement grew in the 39th match minute when Moerhuize's Antoni Dziatkowicz looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-7 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Gandalf Bilbo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 45th minute Antoni Dziatkowicz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Octaaf Coekelberghs saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Octaaf Coekelberghs showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gandalf Bilbo in the 46th minute of the match. Antoni Dziatkowicz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Octaaf Coekelberghs having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-7 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gandalf Bilbo made a kick off. In the 53rd minute of the match Moerhuize got a corner. KFC Zarren's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Charl Minnen ran over to the corner to take the kick. When Hector Tombeurs was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 64 minutes had been played. Moerhuize's Gandalf Bilbo was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 68th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. In the 83rd minute, Gandalf Bilbo made a precise shot to the right of Octaaf Coekelberghs. KFC Zarren's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-12. Gandalf Bilbo did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-13 to the left of a surprised Octaaf Coekelberghs 87 minutes into the match. After 91 minutes, Gandalf Bilbo made it 0-14 with a short kick to the right side. KFC Zarren's Octaaf Coekelberghs tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Gandalf Bilbo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Moerhuize's supporters rose to their feet, but Gandalf Bilbo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Octaaf Coekelberghs breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 97th minute, Diederik Lauwers hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Moerhuize's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.