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Strong Together
Spectators: 7100 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 100) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Robbrecht Van Boeckost got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to FC Zacząć od nowa getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Abraham Correyns hit a great ball. In the 5th minute Jorre Van de Wal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matthew Gijselinckx saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 9 minutes, Matt Tael managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Knokke-Heist's supporters crossed their fingers, but Matt Tael was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Knokke-Heist's Jorre Van de Wal in the 11th minute got a chance for a shot 11th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Zacząć od nowa's goalie prevented a goal. 12 minutes into the match, Jens Van Der Linden notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of FC Zacząć od nowa's Matthew Gijselinckx. Matthew Gijselinckx was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Alonzo Nalo was out of position in the 18 minute of play, and Robbrecht Van Boeckost capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Robbrecht Van Boeckost really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. 25 minutes into the game, Matt Tael cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Matthew Gijselinckx was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 31st minute of the match Dan Lanphan sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Matthew Gijselinckx skillfully saved the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matt Tael in the 35th minute of play forced FC Zacząć od nowa's goalkeeper Matthew Gijselinckx to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 37th minute of the match, Abraham Correyns tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Alonzo Nalo saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 37th play minute Abraham Correyns came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Alonzo Nalo. 2-2. The audience was convinced that Jorre Van de Wal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Matthew Gijselinckx was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. When Knokke-Heist's Jorre Van de Wal in the 43rd minute got a chance for a shot 43rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Zacząć od nowa's goalie prevented a goal. Matthew Gijselinckx showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jorre Van de Wal, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Abraham Correyns kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jorre Van de Wal to strike the kick off in the second half. Jorre Van de Wal could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 59th minute of the match, but Matthew Gijselinckx made a huge save. Thomas Dhondt hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jorre Van de Wal in the 64th minute of play forced FC Zacząć od nowa's goalkeeper Matthew Gijselinckx to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, FC Zacząć od nowa's Matthew Gijselinckx got control of the ball when Jorre Van de Wal tried to sneak it across the goal line. 74 minutes into the match, Knokke-Heist's goal looked a bit too open when Robbrecht Van Boeckost came free, but Alonzo Nalo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Matthew Gijselinckx made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Jorre Van de Wal sent off a good shot on target. FC Zacząć od nowa's Matthew Gijselinckx played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jorre Van de Wal in the 80th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Thomas Dhondt got free with Matthew Gijselinckx in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Tomm Damman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Matthew Gijselinckx tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Matthew Gijselinckx came out of the goal in the 86th minute to try and stop a shot by Knokke-Heist's Thomas Dhondt. But to his dismay, Thomas Dhondt quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-5. 89 minutes into the match, FC Zacząć od nowa's goal looked a bit too open when Matt Tael came free, but Matthew Gijselinckx reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 93rd minute Jorre Van de Wal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matthew Gijselinckx saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match was over Knokke-Heist could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than FC Zacząć od nowa throughout the match.