League

San Zebro
Spectators: 8002 (Terracing: 6003, Seating: 1840, VIP seats: 159) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tijs Van Gorpt made the kick off which started today's match. Herman Kortens showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miguel Van Mechelen, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Stanny Van Wontergem took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alex Rueda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 12thth minute of the game Tijs Van Gorpt who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but YR Mechelen's Stanny Van Wontergem was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 14th minute, Tijs Van Gorpt ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Stanny Van Wontergem was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miguel Van Mechelen in the 17th minute of play forced De Huppelende Zebras's goalkeeper Herman Kortens to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miguel Van Mechelen in the 18th minute of play forced De Huppelende Zebras's goalkeeper Herman Kortens to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute, Andries Mangelschot ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Herman Kortens was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Herman Kortens showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miguel Van Mechelen in the 24th minute of the match. A hard shot 28 in the game by Conny Sjöberg from a close distance when the talented Stanny Van Wontergem managed to make a qualified save. YR Mechelen's players were relieved. 29 minutes into the game, Miguel Van Mechelen cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Herman Kortens was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 33rd minute, Leo Van Mechelen left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The YR Mechelen fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. Herman Kortens showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andries Mangelschot, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. 42 minutes into the game, Leo Van Mechelen cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Herman Kortens was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 46th minute the ball was on its way in behind YR Mechelen's goalkeeper Stanny Van Wontergem, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After the first half YR Mechelen were leading 1-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Miguel Van Mechelen stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, De Huppelende Zebras's Herman Kortens got control of the ball when Leo Van Mechelen tried to sneak it across the goal line. Herman Kortens took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miguel Van Mechelen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miguel Van Mechelen in the 67th minute of play forced De Huppelende Zebras's goalkeeper Herman Kortens to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 70 minutes into the match, De Huppelende Zebras's goalkeeper Herman Kortens had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Andries Mangelschot. Herman Kortens made a fantastic save in the 71st minute, when Leo Van Mechelen sent off a good shot on target. Stanny Van Wontergem showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Conny Sjöberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Herman Kortens made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when Andries Mangelschot sent off a good shot on target. In the 83rd minute, Miguel Van Mechelen made a precise shot to the right of Herman Kortens. De Huppelende Zebras's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-6. The crowd rose to their feet as YR Mechelen's Andries Mangelschot slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Herman Kortens. That made the score 1-7 after 88 minutes of play. YR Mechelen's Miguel Van Mechelen got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 95th minute Miguel Van Mechelen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Herman Kortens saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.