League

Opglabbeek
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Patrick Heirpoel got the match started through his kick off. Kurt Van Impe hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. In the 5th minute, Octave Koppens hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Opglabbeek's Gert-Jan Scheerens got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Waut Van Acker fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patrik Englebert having to interfere. 12 minutes into the match, KV Oosterzele's goal looked a bit too open when Gert-Jan Scheerens came free, but Patrik Englebert reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Patrick Heirpoel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Gunter Vaes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Izak De Vaddere's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gunter Vaes was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jordy Van Goolen during the 17th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 17th match minute, Opglabbeek was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jordy Van Goolen to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 23 minutes, Waut Van Acker managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Opglabbeek's supporters crossed their fingers, but Waut Van Acker was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 24th match minute, KV Oosterzele was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jorre Luytens to maneuver through the defense. Gunter Vaes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Patrick Heirpoel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of KV Oosterzele booed when Opglabbeek was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Octave Koppens didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Izak De Vaddere in the 28th minute of play forced Opglabbeek's goalkeeper Gunter Vaes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gert-Jan Scheerens fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patrik Englebert having to interfere. 39 minutes into the match, KV Oosterzele's Patrick Heirpoel sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gunter Vaes narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Hector Van Houdtvinck charged in rather forcefully in the 39th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hector Van Houdtvinck the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Hector Van Houdtvinck kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. When Wannes Herremans fell near the penalty area in the 43rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Opglabbeek's protests and gave Wannes Herremans a yellow card for diving instead. In the 43rd minute, one of Opglabbeek:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Opglabbeek. Opglabbeek:s Gunter Vaes showed great skill when he stopped Edgar Bartochowski:s penalty. After a long run with the ball, Edgar Bartochowski did a trick in the 45th minute in front of Opglabbeek's goalkeeper, who threw himself to the side. After that it was simple to shoot 0-1. An impressive performance by KV Oosterzele's Edgar Bartochowski! The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gert-Jan Scheerens to make the kick off. Patrik Englebert took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gert-Jan Scheerens, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Octave Koppens during the 53rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 55 minutes of play Opglabbeek's Jordy Van Goolen was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. If Gert-Jan Scheerens had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gunter Vaes was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Izak De Vaddere showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-2 in the 71 minute of play. Patrik Englebert showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Waut Van Acker in the 76th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, KV Oosterzele's Lorenzo Dirickx got a free kick in the 91st minute. In the 93rd minute Waut Van Acker shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patrik Englebert saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. KV Oosterzele had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.