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Zachtheide Stadion
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Octave Coomans started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. If Octave Coomans had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Regis Van Beersel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jannick Vercalsteren received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Reinard Van Beetz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 18 minutes into the game, Philipp Van Gheel was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Zachtheide's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SK Sint-Niklaas the free kick. In the 19th minute, Philipp Van Gheel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Harold Van Leemput received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Reinard Van Beetz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Regis Van Beersel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Jacques Paaps tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Artur Pieters lost his temper 28 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in SK Sint-Niklaas fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 27th minute. Penalty! The referee gave Zachtheide a penalty, 30 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Christof Vercalsteren, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of SK Sint-Niklaas's Jacques Paaps. 1-0. The supporters of SK Sint-Niklaas booed when Zachtheide was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Octave Coomans didn't get a good kick on the ball. Octave Coomans recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 44th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Zachtheide's Regis Van Beersel got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 53rd minute Regis Van Beersel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacques Paaps saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Regis Van Beersel in the 55th minute of play forced SK Sint-Niklaas's goalkeeper Jacques Paaps to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jacques Paaps took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Octave Coomans, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jacques Paaps took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Octave Coomans, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Zachtheide's Regis Van Beersel in the 63rd minute got a chance for a shot 63rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SK Sint-Niklaas's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Octave Coomans in the 64th minute of play forced SK Sint-Niklaas's goalkeeper Jacques Paaps to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to SK Sint-Niklaas getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Harold Van Leemput hit a great ball. After having played for 66 minutes, Christof Vercalsteren managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Zachtheide's supporters crossed their fingers, but Christof Vercalsteren was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a defensive mix-up in SK Sint-Niklaas's zone, Regis Van Beersel stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jacques Paaps came out of the goal and Regis Van Beersel tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 70thth minute of the game Octave Coomans who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SK Sint-Niklaas's Jacques Paaps was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Octave Coomans in the 78th minute of play forced SK Sint-Niklaas's goalkeeper Jacques Paaps to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Regis Van Beersel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Jacques Paaps tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 86 minutes in the game, Jannick Vercalsteren fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Reinard Van Beetz having to interfere. 89 minutes into the match, Regis Van Beersel had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jacques Paaps. SK Sint-Niklaas's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Regis Van Beersel was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Octave Coomans sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Regis Van Beersel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 99th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Zachtheide fully deserved thier win.