League Play-Off

Lommersweiller
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) KVSK Dion's Quillian Uijtterhoven started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Ignace Marichal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jorne Sulem having to interfere. After 9 minutes, Richy Van Bettenrode mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the schoten and the KVSK Dion players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 9th match minute, schoten was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Richy Van Bettenrode to maneuver through the defense. In the 11th minute, Robbe Smidts 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. Jorne Sulem took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ignace Marichal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Quillian Uijtterhoven kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. With a little luck, KVSK Dion's Geordy Van Beylen got control of the ball when Robbe Smidts tried to sneak it across the goal line. 28 minutes into the match, KVSK Dion's goal looked a bit too open when Richy Van Bettenrode came free, but Geordy Van Beylen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to KVSK Dion getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Gustave Paaps hit a great ball. Richy Van Bettenrode could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Geordy Van Beylen made a huge save. Jorne Sulem made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Quillian Uijtterhoven in the 39th minute of play. Richy Van Bettenrode sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to schoten getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Thomas Gyselincx hit a great ball. When schoten's Joop Eggers in the 47th minute got a chance for a shot 47th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye KVSK Dion's goalie prevented a goal. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Joop Eggers stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jorne Sulem took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nick Marichal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 54 minutes into the match, Max Worteleers dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jorne Sulem, 0-1. The audience was convinced that Joop Eggers's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Geordy Van Beylen was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. When Max Worteleers fell near the penalty area in the 58th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored KVSK Dion's protests and gave Max Worteleers a yellow card for diving instead. In the 58th match minute, KVSK Dion was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Max Worteleers to maneuver through the defense. Ignace Marichal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Jorne Sulem tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 62nd minute, Quillian Uijtterhoven 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. In the 65th match minute, schoten was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joop Eggers to maneuver through the defense. After 66 minutes of play, schoten's Joop Eggers made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Geordy Van Beylen was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 70th match minute, KVSK Dion was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jochen Sellekaerts to maneuver through the defense. Jacq Wigers kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Jochen Sellekaerts managed to get in a good position for a shot. KVSK Dion's supporters rose to their feet, but Jochen Sellekaerts was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jorne Sulem breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 79th minute Quillian Uijtterhoven shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jorne Sulem saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 83rd minute the ball was on its way in behind KVSK Dion's goalkeeper Geordy Van Beylen, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jochen Sellekaerts kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. schoten's Richy Van Bettenrode got a good chance for a goal in the 87th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 93rd minute, Ignace Marichal made a precise shot to the right of Jorne Sulem. schoten's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. KVSK Dion's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.