League

The Dribbel Arena
Spectators: 8457 (Terracing: 6344, Seating: 1944, VIP seats: 169) If Kent Harlén had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 7 minutes into the game, Goran Gardakov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Jorge Caetano was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience was convinced that Goran Gardakov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jorge Caetano was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. MeldertFC's Eddie Simonsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filiberto Bernebe in the 20th minute of play. After 20 minutes, Franky Vuerinckx mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the MeldertFC and the Zero Gravity players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of MeldertFC booed when Zero Gravity was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Filip Tzenov didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Zero Gravity getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Filip Tzenov hit a great ball. In the 33rd minute Zero Gravity were awarded a corner. Matías Roganov went to the cornerflag to take it. Wes Van der Hoeven struck a weak shot in the 35th minute. Jorge Caetano didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for MeldertFC. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mikolaj Ratulowski got free with Eddie Simonsson in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as Mikolaj Ratulowski kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Eddie Simonsson. That made the score 1-2 in the 46 minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The wind increased when Robbin De Ruyter made the kick off in the second half. In the 50th match minute, Zero Gravity was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mikolaj Ratulowski to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikolaj Ratulowski in the 52nd minute of play forced MeldertFC's goalkeeper Eddie Simonsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Zero Gravity's Gabrijel Sandalj got a free kick in the 53rd minute. If Phillipe Gelens had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Zero Gravity getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Joonatan Dejardin hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikolaj Ratulowski in the 64th minute of play forced MeldertFC's goalkeeper Eddie Simonsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gabrijel Sandalj kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Matías Roganov hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. After 77 minutes MeldertFC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Matías Roganov who took care of the corner kick. In the 80th minute Filiberto Bernebe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eddie Simonsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eddie Simonsson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Robbin De Ruyter went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Eddie Simonsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabrijel Sandalj in the 93rd minute of play. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.