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Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Timothy Dirickx got the match started through his kick off. Harrie Anthonis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timothy Dirickx in the 3rd minute of play. Benedict Landewijck sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ronny Van Impe hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. 7 minutes into the match, cercle brugge's Isaac Lache broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. 8 minutes into the game, Eric Van Beringen was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. KV Lanaken's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave cercle brugge the free kick. Eric Van Beringen kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. Timothy Dirickx fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Harrie Anthonis having to interfere. Miguel Dekeyser's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Quillian Rouvoet read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 16th minute of play. Roland Schrevens received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Harrie Anthonis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Harrie Anthonis acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 25th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Carl Vrijdags. Harrie Anthonis was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Carl Vrijdags. Harrie Anthonis made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Roland Schrevens sent off a good shot on target. KV Lanaken's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Timothy Dirickx 36 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-0. A collision led to KV Lanaken getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Benedict Landewijck hit a great ball. Miguel Dekeyser received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Quillian Rouvoet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Miguel Dekeyser to strike the kick off in the second half. Timothy Dirickx sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 59 minutes into the match, cercle brugge's goal looked a bit too open when Miguel Dekeyser came free, but Quillian Rouvoet reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 70 minutes into the match, KV Lanaken's Miguel Dekeyser sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Quillian Rouvoet narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Benedict Landewijck might have been able to make a better finish in the 76th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Quillian Rouvoet. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Benedict Landewijck ran back to his position shaking his head. 77 minutes into the game, Roland Schrevens cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Harrie Anthonis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 86 minutes, Timothy Dirickx made it 3-1 with a short kick to the right side. KV Lanaken's Harrie Anthonis tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. If Miguel Dekeyser had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Benedict Landewijck took the ball and in the 95 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Quillian Rouvoet. Quillian Rouvoet dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. cercle brugge had won after a very even match.