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Karelbogestadion
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Harald Cantillon made the kick off and thus started the match. Filiph Klemensson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Harald Cantillon in the 3rd minute. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by VC Merchtem's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Natan Engels was slow to take the kick. During this time Kon.Bresvlim's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Kon.Bresvlim's corner Natan Engels fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Filiph Klemensson quite easily take care of the ball. Kon.Bresvlim's Gilian Van Eijken played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Silvio Estebe in the 9th minute of play. The attack was good, but when Silvio Estebe in the 9th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Kon.Bresvlim's Gilian Van Eijken played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Isaac Vito in the 12th minute of play. After having played for 13 minutes, Rajmond Van den Brul managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. VC Merchtem's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rajmond Van den Brul was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the match clock showed 15 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Rajmond Van den Brul sped through Kon.Bresvlim's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Gilian Van Eijken. In the 21st minute Isaac Vito shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gilian Van Eijken saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 22 minutes, Herald Deconynck mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kon.Bresvlim and the VC Merchtem players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of VC Merchtem booed when Kon.Bresvlim was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Herald Deconynck didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Joachim Rosseels during the 32nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 32nd minute, Joachim Rosseels hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 36th match minute, Kon.Bresvlim was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Charly Cuelens to maneuver through the defense. After 43 played minutes Kon.Bresvlim got a freekick which was hit by Natan Engels. The supporters of VC Merchtem booed when Kon.Bresvlim was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Natan Engels didn't get a good kick on the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Isaac Vito stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Isaac Vito fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Gilian Van Eijken, passed just outside the right post. Rajmond Van den Brul charged in rather forcefully in the 55th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rajmond Van den Brul the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Rajmond Van den Brul hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Natan Engels's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Filiph Klemensson was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. After having played for 62 minutes, Rajmond Van den Brul managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. VC Merchtem's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rajmond Van den Brul was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 63 minutes into the game, Natan Engels was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Kon.Bresvlim's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave VC Merchtem the free kick. After a rather tough play, Kon.Bresvlim's Natan Engels got a free kick in the 63rd minute. Kon.Bresvlim's Gilian Van Eijken proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save Kon.Bresvlim from getting a goal against them. Joachim Rosseels kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Rajmond Van den Brul might have been able to make a better finish in the 73rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gilian Van Eijken. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rajmond Van den Brul ran back to his position shaking his head. Gilian Van Eijken took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isaac Vito, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Isaac Vito fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gilian Van Eijken having to interfere. In the 85th minute, Joachim Rosseels hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 87 minutes into the match, Rajmond Van den Brul dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Gilian Van Eijken, 0-2. Charly Cuelens kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. When the match was over VC Merchtem could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Kon.Bresvlim throughout the match.