League

Waasdonk Stadion
Spectators: 7553 (Terracing: 5666, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) Mattijs De Mijer started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Waud Sterckmans kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. In the 4th minute, Mattijs De Mijer fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Steffe Carpenter's late challenge caught a Biali Arianie's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Steffe Carpenter helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to ADO Den Haag getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Steffe Carpenter hit a great ball. In the 16th minute, Francois Uyttebroeck fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Maurice Machiels, passed just outside the right post. Michael Lanckneus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Waud Sterckmans in the 19th minute of the match. In the 24th minute, Biali Arianie's Mario Cheepers seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Mario Cheepers the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Biali Arianie protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Mario Cheepers had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee gave ADO Den Haag a penalty, 26 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Waud Sterckmans, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Biali Arianie's Michael Lanckneus. 0-1. In the 29th match minute, ADO Den Haag was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ivan Van Deuren to maneuver through the defense. Bram Beets recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 34th minute, Bram Beets ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Michael Lanckneus was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. ADO Den Haag's Maurice Machiels played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mattijs De Mijer in the 38th minute of play. Rob Liebrechts hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. In the 45th minute Maurice Verheije shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Michael Lanckneus saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Maurice Machiels showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mattijs De Mijer in the 48th minute of the match.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bram Beets made a kick off. 0-3 became the score in the 55th minute when Bram Beets elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 66th minute, Ivan Van Deuren reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Michael Lanckneus. The goal made the score 0-4. 70 minutes into the game, Mattijs De Mijer cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Maurice Machiels was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When Rob Liebrechts came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the Biali Arianie fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Rob Liebrechts couldn't finish the play. In the 77th minute, Rob Liebrechts got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 78 minutes into the match, Biali Arianie's goal looked a bit too open when Bram Beets came free, but Michael Lanckneus reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice moves Maurice Verheije could shoot a difficult shot in the 80th minute, which Michael Lanckneus however easily saved by the left post. Michael Lanckneus acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 85th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Jannic Valcke. Michael Lanckneus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bram Beets in the 89th minute of the match. Biali Arianie's Michael Lanckneus played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bram Beets in the 96th minute of play. The ADO Den Haag supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing ADO Den Haag would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.