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Spectators: 8303 (Terracing: 6200, Seating: 1935, VIP seats: 168) racing mechelen's Delmiro Quinteros 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. In the 3rd minute, racing mechelen's Delmiro Quinteros dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. After 8 minutes racing mechelen's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tugay Kerimoglu who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Tugay Kerimoglu got away a dangerous shot. Despite this 石渊松 quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Brent-Jan Van de cauter fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 石渊松 having to interfere. A collision led to racing mechelen getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Dre Van Hove hit a great ball. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind racing mechelen's goalkeeper 石渊松, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 18 minutes into the match, racing mechelen's goal looked a bit too open when Brent-Jan Van de cauter came free, but 石渊松 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 石渊松 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Brent-Jan Van de cauter in the 20th minute of play. Hudson Costa made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Flórián Lantos sent off a good shot on target. When the match clock showed 24 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Ferdinand Mergea sped through racing mechelen's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of 石渊松. Flórián Lantos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Hudson Costa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 石渊松 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ferdinand Mergea, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. 31 minutes into the match, Ferdinand Mergea had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 石渊松. racing mechelen's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ferdinand Mergea was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Ferdinand Mergea sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. GentFC's Hudson Costa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Delmiro Quinteros in the 37th minute of play. 石渊松 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Brent-Jan Van de cauter in the 39th minute of the match. 石渊松 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ferdinand Mergea in the 44th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Brent-Jan Van de cauter made a kick off. In the 50th minute, Flórián Lantos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 53rd minute Ferdinand Mergea shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 石渊松 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hudson Costa came out of the goal in the 54th minute to try and stop a shot by racing mechelen's Delmiro Quinteros. But to his dismay, Delmiro Quinteros quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. After a defensive mix-up in racing mechelen's zone, Brent-Jan Van de cauter stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 石渊松 came out of the goal and Brent-Jan Van de cauter tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tugay Kerimoglu struck a weak shot in the 58th minute. 石渊松 didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for GentFC. Thanks to some nice moves Brent-Jan Van de cauter could shoot a difficult shot in the 60th minute, which 石渊松 however easily saved by the left post. racing mechelen were awarded a corner in the 63th minute after GentFC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Berten De Potter took the corner. Brent-Jan Van de cauter could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but 石渊松 made a huge save. racing mechelen's 石渊松 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ferdinand Mergea in the 69th minute of play. In the 72nd minute, Brent-Jan Van de cauter 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. GentFC made a substitution. Jarne Vrancken replaced Sebastian Zyskowski. Ferdinand Mergea received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. 石渊松 came out and tried to block the shot, but Ferdinand Mergea slotted it home off the left post making it 2-3 in the 76th minute. If Delmiro Quinteros had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, Delmiro Quinteros managed to get in a good position for a shot. racing mechelen's supporters rose to their feet, but Delmiro Quinteros was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hudson Costa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After having played for 83 minutes, Brent-Jan Van de cauter managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. GentFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Brent-Jan Van de cauter was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. GentFC were awarded a corner in the 90th minute after racing mechelen's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tugay Kerimoglu took the corner. Tugay Kerimoglu made a great header on GentFC's corner, it was just that racing mechelen's 石渊松 managed to reach the ball for a save. Brent-Jan Van de cauter struck a weak shot in the 92nd minute. 石渊松 didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for GentFC. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferdinand Mergea in the 93rd minute of play forced racing mechelen's goalkeeper 石渊松 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ferdinand Mergea fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 石渊松 having to interfere. When the final whistle sounded GentFC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than racing mechelen.