League Play-Off

Tisselt
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Emile Sustens got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Tisselt's Martial Sterckmans sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gerrit Winnepenninckx narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Neerbroek's Gerrit Winnepenninckx proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Neerbroek from getting a goal against them. 6 minutes into the game, Fre Demeyer was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Tisselt's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Neerbroek the free kick. After a rather tough play, Tisselt's Fre Demeyer got a free kick in the 6th minute. In the 7thth minute of the game Ief Standaerts who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Tisselt's Marciano Afonso was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Tisselt's Marciano Afonso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alan Salms in the 9th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimitri de Pelsmaekers in the 13th minute of play forced Tisselt's goalkeeper Marciano Afonso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Neerbroek's zone, Martial Sterckmans stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gerrit Winnepenninckx came out of the goal and Martial Sterckmans tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a little luck, Neerbroek's Gerrit Winnepenninckx got control of the ball when Emile Sustens tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Martial Sterckmans managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tisselt's supporters rose to their feet, but Martial Sterckmans was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gerrit Winnepenninckx breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 20th minute Alan Salms shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marciano Afonso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bas Van Kamp might have been able to make a better finish in the 22nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gerrit Winnepenninckx. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bas Van Kamp ran back to his position shaking his head. Gerrit Winnepenninckx made an important save on a dangerous shot by Emile Sustens in the 30th minute. 32 minutes into the game, Neerbroek's Dimitri de Pelsmaekers nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marciano Afonso made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Gerrit Winnepenninckx didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Emile Sustens went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. After 40 played minutes Tisselt got a freekick which was hit by Martial Sterckmans. Tisselt's Marciano Afonso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dimitri de Pelsmaekers in the 41st minute of play. Gerrit Winnepenninckx made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bas Van Kamp in the 43rd minute of play. Neerbroek's Gerrit Winnepenninckx proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save Neerbroek from getting a goal against them.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ief Standaerts was the one to do the kick off. Gerrit Winnepenninckx made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emile Sustens in the 53rd minute of play. Marciano Afonso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manu Straetmans in the 54th minute of the match. In the 59th minute, Fre Demeyer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dimitri de Pelsmaekers got free with Marciano Afonso in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Tisselt's Martial Sterckmans got a free kick in the 74th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emile Sustens in the 77th minute of play forced Neerbroek's goalkeeper Gerrit Winnepenninckx to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 78 minutes Neerbroek's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Pierre-Alexandre Lanckneus who took care of the corner kick. Bas Van Kamp was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. After 81 minutes of play, Neerbroek's Dimitri de Pelsmaekers made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marciano Afonso was left in no man's land by his defense there! Martial Sterckmans charged in rather forcefully in the 88th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Martial Sterckmans the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Martial Sterckmans kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. Ief Standaerts received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Marciano Afonso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Neerbroek players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.