League

Cruybeke Stadion
Spectators: 7530 (Terracing: 5649, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Jochen Castermans started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Squadra Mercator Press's Tjorven van Haghten got a good chance for a goal in the 6th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Kristiaan Naets took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tjorven van Haghten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Andries Roels hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. In the 14th minute, Jochen Castermans left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Squadra Mercator Press fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Brecht Van Hooveldt kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Achilles Valckenaers sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Kristiaan Naets showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tjorven van Haghten, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. After having played for 26 minutes, Jochen Castermans managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Squadra Mercator Press's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jochen Castermans was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tjorven van Haghten in the 32nd minute of play forced jawadde.be's goalkeeper Kristiaan Naets to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Jochen Castermans had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 43 minutes of play, Squadra Mercator Press's Tjorven van Haghten made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kristiaan Naets was left in no man's land by his defense there! Squadra Mercator Press's Tjorven van Haghten got a good chance for a goal in the 49th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Harold Vorster to make the kick off. In the 56th minute Jochen Castermans shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kristiaan Naets saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jannick Salms during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to jawadde.be getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Jannick Salms hit a great ball. jawadde.be's Kristiaan Naets proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save jawadde.be from getting a goal against them. jawadde.be's Kristiaan Naets played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jochen Castermans in the 61st minute of play. Harold Vorster sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Achilles Valckenaers sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 64 minutes into the match, Harold Vorster had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kenny Tuerlinckx. Squadra Mercator Press's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Harold Vorster was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. The audience was convinced that Jochen Castermans's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kristiaan Naets was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. Tjorven van Haghten blasted a shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Kristiaan Naets having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jochen Castermans in the 85th minute of play forced jawadde.be's goalkeeper Kristiaan Naets to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tjorven van Haghten sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kenny Tuerlinckx showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Harold Vorster, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Harold Vorster charged in rather forcefully in the 92nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Harold Vorster the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 92nd match minute, jawadde.be was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Harold Vorster to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Jochen Castermans kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Kristiaan Naets. That made the score 1-3 in the 93 minute of play. After 96 played minutes jawadde.be got a freekick which was hit by Jannick Salms. Jochen Castermans spun around in front of the goal 97 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of jawadde.be's goal. The supporters of jawadde.be booed when Squadra Mercator Press was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 99 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wim Montens didn't get a good kick on the ball. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Squadra Mercator Press walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.