League Play-Off

Trois-Ponts Stadion
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Rein Denys kicked off to start the match. Trois-Ponts's Guust Coomans played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rein Denys in the 4th minute of play. Sam Van Deinze showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evert De Raeijmaeckers in the 6th minute of the match. With his leg Sam Van Deinze managed to avoid a goal in the 8thth minute, when Trois-Ponts's Qwinten De Fauw fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Qwinten De Fauw could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Sam Van Deinze made a huge save. Trois-Ponts's Evert De Raeijmaeckers got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Qwinten De Fauw in the 12th minute of play forced Schrikhoek's goalkeeper Sam Van Deinze to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Qwinten De Fauw received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Sam Van Deinze tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 16th minute, Qwinten De Fauw made a precise shot to the right of Sam Van Deinze. Schrikhoek's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Sam Van Deinze came out of the goal in the 25th minute to try and stop a shot by Trois-Ponts's Qwinten De Fauw. But to his dismay, Qwinten De Fauw quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Schrikhoek's Sam Van Deinze proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save Schrikhoek from getting a goal against them. Trois-Ponts's Qwinten De Fauw got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Qwinten De Fauw fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sam Van Deinze having to interfere. If Evert De Raeijmaeckers had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Evert De Raeijmaeckers to make the kick off. Sam Van Deinze showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Evert De Raeijmaeckers, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Evert De Raeijmaeckers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Sam Van Deinze tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 61 minutes into the match, Schrikhoek's goal looked a bit too open when Qwinten De Fauw came free, but Sam Van Deinze reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 62 minutes of play, Schrikhoek's Glenn Van Meensel made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Guust Coomans was left in no man's land by his defense there! Rein Denys received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Guust Coomans tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Guust Coomans made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Glenn Van Meensel sent off a good shot on target. When Glenn Van Meensel came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Schrikhoek 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 Glenn Van Meensel couldn't finish the play. In the 78th match minute, Trois-Ponts was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roni Hemberg to maneuver through the defense. When Schrikhoek's Rein Denys, in the 79th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Schrikhoek. If Rein Denys had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Henrik Van Daelen didn't quite understand what happened when in the 86 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. 89 minutes into the match, Trois-Ponts's goalkeeper Guust Coomans had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Glenn Van Meensel. Sam Van Deinze showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Qwinten De Fauw, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. In the 93rd minute, Evert De Raeijmaeckers 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 94th minute of the match Ryan Vinx shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Sam Van Deinze showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. A hard shot 96 in the game by Glenn Van Meensel from a close distance when the talented Guust Coomans managed to make a qualified save. Trois-Ponts's players were relieved. For all the effort they put into the match, the Schrikhoek players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Trois-Ponts.