League

Rotselaar
Spectators: 6723 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 0) Karel-Jan Paschiers made the kick off and thus started the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Willem-Jan Leroy in the 5th minute of play forced Ghent Academy's goalkeeper Luukas Van Hallebeeck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Stef Steckens fell near the penalty area in the 6th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ghent Academy's protests and gave Stef Steckens a yellow card for diving instead. Stef Steckens hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. 11 minutes into the game, Brent Eli was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Rotselaar's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ghent Academy the free kick. Brent Eli hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Luukas Van Hallebeeck stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Willem-Jan Leroy's shot from short distance in the 16th minute. 18 minutes into the game, Ghent Academy's Karel-Jan Paschiers nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Yanick Lombaert made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Karel-Jan Paschiers sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Louis Wiggers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yanick Lombaert having to interfere. Louis Wiggers sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Godfried Maeijnaerts could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Luukas Van Hallebeeck made a huge save. Karel-Jan Paschiers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yanick Lombaert having to interfere. In the 36th minute Louis Wiggers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yanick Lombaert saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rotselaar's Godfried Maeijnaerts got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 41st match minute, Rotselaar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joey Oelemans to maneuver through the defense. Louis Wiggers took the ball and in the 42 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Yanick Lombaert. Yanick Lombaert dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Louis Wiggers sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Karel-Jan Paschiers did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-3 to the left of a surprised Yanick Lombaert 52 minutes into the match. In the 71st minute Karel-Jan Paschiers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yanick Lombaert saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Willem-Jan Leroy blasted a shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Luukas Van Hallebeeck having to make a save. Luukas Van Hallebeeck showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Willem-Jan Leroy, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Ghent Academy's Luukas Van Hallebeeck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Willem-Jan Leroy in the 84th minute of play. Luukas Van Hallebeeck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Willem-Jan Leroy in the 88th minute of play. In the 92nd minute Karel-Jan Paschiers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yanick Lombaert 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. Ghent Academy had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.