League

Waterhoek Stadion
Spectators: 8007 (Terracing: 6007, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) KAA Hautrage's Dominic Smet started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Waterhoek's Dylan Van den Broeck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kieth Haelemans in the 3rd minute of play. After 8 played minutes Waterhoek got a freekick which was hit by Remie Van Halbeeck. Waterhoek's Dylan Van den Broeck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dominic Smet in the 14th minute of play. In the 15th minute, Benoit Dujardin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Waterhoek's Cesar Robin got a free kick in the 17th minute. Fransesco Poels made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Elsens in the 24th minute of play. KAA Hautrage's defense didn't have a chance, in the 26th minute, when Levi Weijnants scored to the left of an out of position Fransesco Poels, making the score, 1-1. Vic Sevenans fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fransesco Poels having to interfere. KAA Hautrage's Fransesco Poels played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Elsens in the 34th minute of play. After 37 minutes KAA Hautrage's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Elsens who took care of the corner kick. Daniel Elsens made a great header on Waterhoek's corner, it was just that KAA Hautrage's Fransesco Poels managed to reach the ball for a save. With 39 minutes on the clock, Remie Van Halbeeck commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 40th minute, Remie Van Halbeeck hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniel Elsens to make the kick off. The supporters of KAA Hautrage booed when Waterhoek was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Levi Weijnants didn't get a good kick on the ball. 56 minutes into the game, Daniel Elsens cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Fransesco Poels was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Leo Langendonckx managed to get in a good position for a shot. KAA Hautrage's supporters rose to their feet, but Leo Langendonckx was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dylan Van den Broeck breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Noel Van der Vloedt got a throw-in 65 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Dominic Smet. Dylan Van den Broeck showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dominic Smet, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. KAA Hautrage's Fransesco Poels played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Elsens in the 70th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 73 minutes, Kieth Haelemans took a quick shot and it went in 2-2 without a chance for Dylan Van den Broeck to make any attempt to save it. Dylan Van den Broeck showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kieth Haelemans, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Benoit Dujardin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Dylan Van den Broeck made a huge save. Waterhoek's Dylan Van den Broeck proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Waterhoek from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Waterhoek's Dylan Van den Broeck got control of the ball when Benoit Dujardin tried to sneak it across the goal line. Dylan Van den Broeck made an important save on a dangerous shot by Leo Langendonckx in the 89th minute. Dylan Van den Broeck didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dominic Smet went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. The crowd rose to their feet as KAA Hautrage's Dominic Smet slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Dylan Van den Broeck. That made the score 2-4 after 96 minutes of play. KAA Hautrage played a much better game than Waterhoek and deserved their victory. The Waterhoek players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.