League Play-Off

Sint-Kruis
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Pierrot De Pauw took the kick off in the first half of the match. If Mauricio Mincho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the Sint-Kruis defense, Corneel Inglebert kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nick Van Houtvin. The Sint-Kruis fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nick Van Houtvin should have stopped the shot. Floris Severens sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Corneel Inglebert might have been able to make a better finish in the 12th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nick Van Houtvin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Corneel Inglebert ran back to his position shaking his head. Coca-Cola & Friends's Sebastien Langendonck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pierrot De Pauw in the 14th minute of play. When Gilles De Potter fell near the penalty area in the 20th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sint-Kruis's protests and gave Gilles De Potter a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Sint-Kruis getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Gilles De Potter hit a great ball. Coca-Cola & Friends's Rui Vieira got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nick Van Houtvin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Corneel Inglebert in the 27th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Sint-Kruis's Gilles De Potter got a free kick in the 27th minute. Nick Van Houtvin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rui Vieira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gilles De Potter kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. 30 minutes into the game, Coca-Cola & Friends's Rui Vieira nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nick Van Houtvin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Rui Vieira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Nick Van Houtvin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match clock showed 38 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Floris Severens sped through Sint-Kruis's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Nick Van Houtvin. Nick Van Houtvin came out of the goal in the 41st minute to try and stop a shot by Coca-Cola & Friends's Floris Severens. But to his dismay, Floris Severens quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Floris Severens to strike the kick off in the second half. When Rui Vieira came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the Coca-Cola & Friends 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 Rui Vieira couldn't finish the play. Rui Vieira could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Nick Van Houtvin made a huge save. Mauricio Mincho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nick Van Houtvin having to interfere. Nick Van Houtvin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rui Vieira in the 57th minute. Robbrecht Coopmans kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Fredrik Svensson has a good long shot, which he once again showed in the 59th minute of the match. Unfortunately the ball hit the outside of the left post. In the 64th minute of the match Diederick Pieters shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Sebastien Langendonck showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 66th play minutes Floris Severens shot 0-5, a short shot which went by Nick Van Houtvin and just under the crossbar into goal. Ruben De Weyngaert hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. After 72 played minutes, Sint-Kruis's Robbrecht Coopmans shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Sebastien Langendonck came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Sint-Kruis reached it. In the 74th match minute, Sint-Kruis was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Binjamin De Vos to maneuver through the defense. Mauricio Mincho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Nick Van Houtvin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nick Van Houtvin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Floris Severens in the 78th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Henri Simons's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nick Van Houtvin was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. If Mauricio Mincho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Sebastien De Mees fell near the penalty area in the 85th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sint-Kruis's protests and gave Sebastien De Mees a yellow card for diving instead. In the 86th play minute Rui Vieira came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Nick Van Houtvin. 0-6. In the 92nd match minute, Sint-Kruis was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sebastien De Mees to maneuver through the defense. Nick Van Houtvin made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when Rui Vieira sent off a good shot on target. After 97 played minutes Sint-Kruis got a freekick which was hit by Sebastien De Mees. Coca-Cola & Friends's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.