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Spectators: 8019 (Terracing: 6016, Seating: 1844, VIP seats: 159) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Douglas Sneijers made the kick off which started today's match. After 3 minutes, Kobe Tilens mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC The Smokers and the Vroegeinde players grew even worse after the yellow card. Carlos Van Bouschot received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Benny Devos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 8th minute, Tom Keuppens hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Carlos Van Bouschot in the 10th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Benny Devos prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Joachim Gobbelijns showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kobe Tilens, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Carlos Van Bouschot received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Benny Devos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Joachim Gobbelijns showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kobe Tilens in the 16th minute of the match. After 17 minutes, Jacq Calewaerts mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC The Smokers and the Vroegeinde players grew even worse after the yellow card. Jacq Calewaerts hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. In the 23rd minute Kobe Tilens shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joachim Gobbelijns saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 25 minutes into the match, Vroegeinde's goalkeeper Joachim Gobbelijns had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gerrit Philippaerts. The audience was convinced that Douglas Sneijers's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benny Devos was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. Carlos Van Bouschot sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vroegeinde's Andries Ingelborgh suffered a sprained foot after 32 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Tom Keuppens got his second yellow card in the match during the 32nd minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Vroegeinde made a substitution. Jens Latomme replaced Andries Ingelborgh. Tom Keuppens hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. Benny Devos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Douglas Sneijers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 44 minutes into the match, Douglas Sneijers had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Benny Devos. FC The Smokers's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Douglas Sneijers was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gerrit Philippaerts to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Vroegeinde's Carlos Van Bouschot ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Benny Devos. Benny Devos yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-3. 55 minutes into the match, Vroegeinde's goal looked a bit too open when Gerrit Philippaerts came free, but Joachim Gobbelijns reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Vroegeinde defense, Gerrit Philippaerts kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Joachim Gobbelijns. The Vroegeinde fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Joachim Gobbelijns should have stopped the shot. Hendrik Vischkens kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. In the 75th minute Gerrit Philippaerts shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joachim Gobbelijns saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Carlos Van Bouschot had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Joachim Gobbelijns made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerrit Philippaerts in the 81st minute of play. 83 minutes into the game, FC The Smokers's Gerrit Philippaerts nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Joachim Gobbelijns made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-3. 86 minutes into the game, Vroegeinde's Douglas Sneijers nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Benny Devos made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-4. Joachim Gobbelijns showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dominic Portmans in the 94th minute of the match. Benny Devos was out of position in the 96 minute of play, and Douglas Sneijers capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Douglas Sneijers really showed his touch with that goal: 2-5. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Vroegeinde had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.