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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Alfons De Keijser started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ron Keldermans in the 3rd minute of play forced FC Rising Stars's goalkeeper Arnold Schaerlaekens to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 8th match minute, real dixmuda was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bram Elsen to maneuver through the defense. 20 minutes into the match, FC Rising Stars's goal looked a bit too open when Bram Elsen came free, but Arnold Schaerlaekens reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arnold Schaerlaekens showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jordy Van Den Bosche in the 28th minute of the match. Arnold Schaerlaekens didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bram Elsen went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Claude Pelsmaeker sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Bram Elsen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arnold Schaerlaekens was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. Arnold Schaerlaekens showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ron Keldermans, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Bram Elsen made the kick off in the second half. Lex Pelsers's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Arnold Schaerlaekens firmly grabbed it by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfons De Keijser in the 55th minute of play forced real dixmuda's goalkeeper Andre Iwens to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 58 minutes, Bram Elsen put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Arnold Schaerlaekens. Ron Keldermans scored 0-5 in the 63rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arnold Schaerlaekens, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Bram Elsen in the 67thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Arnold Schaerlaekens, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. With his leg Arnold Schaerlaekens managed to avoid a goal in the 69thth minute, when real dixmuda's Lex Pelsers fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. real dixmuda's Lex Pelsers was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 71st play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. The audience was convinced that Bram Elsen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arnold Schaerlaekens was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bram Elsen in the 75th minute of play forced FC Rising Stars's goalkeeper Arnold Schaerlaekens to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 78 minutes into the match, FC Rising Stars's goalkeeper Arnold Schaerlaekens had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bram Elsen. When the match had gone on for 80 minutes, Bram Elsen took a quick shot and it went in 0-7 without a chance for Arnold Schaerlaekens to make any attempt to save it. When the match had gone on for 87 minutes, Bram Elsen put it in 0-8 from a short distance just to the right of Arnold Schaerlaekens. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Lex Pelsers managed to get in a good position for a shot. real dixmuda's supporters rose to their feet, but Lex Pelsers was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Arnold Schaerlaekens breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 91st minute Bram Elsen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arnold Schaerlaekens saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bram Elsen who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 92ndth minute tested the skills of Arnold Schaerlaekens when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 93rd minute, Qian Xi 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. When the match had gone on for 94 minutes, Ron Keldermans took a quick shot and it went in 0-9 without a chance for Arnold Schaerlaekens to make any attempt to save it. real dixmuda played a much better game than FC Rising Stars and deserved their victory. The FC Rising Stars players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.