Official Cup

Rallye Stadium
Spectators: 165 (Terracing: 124, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Firman Morientes kicked off to start the match. Bart Vandenabeele showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Firman Morientes, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. In the 5th minute En Avant Nikko were awarded a corner. Albert Harbuz went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 6th minute of the match En Avant Nikko got a corner. Rallye Team's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Albert Harbuz ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Albert Harbuz got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Bart Vandenabeele quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 8 minutes into the match, Firman Morientes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bart Vandenabeele. Rallye Team's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Firman Morientes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. When En Avant Nikko's Firman Morientes in the 12th minute got a chance for a shot 12th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Rallye Team's goalie prevented a goal. 20 minutes into the match, Rallye Team's goal looked a bit too open when Firman Morientes came free, but Bart Vandenabeele reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rallye Team's Bart Vandenabeele played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Manuel Souris in the 21st minute of play. Bart Vandenabeele took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Firman Morientes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 23rd minute Rodrigo Boulant shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silvestre Derwin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 25th minute, Mourad Durieu made a precise shot to the right of Bart Vandenabeele. Rallye Team's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Bart Vandenabeele showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mourad Durieu, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. After some careless play in the Rallye Team defense, Gilbert Reix kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bart Vandenabeele. The Rallye Team fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bart Vandenabeele should have stopped the shot. In the 37th minute En Avant Nikko were awarded a corner. Albert Harbuz went to the cornerflag to take it. After 39th play minutes Firman Morientes shot 0-5, a short shot which went by Bart Vandenabeele and just under the crossbar into goal. Mourad Durieu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bart Vandenabeele having to interfere. Gilbert Reix took the ball and in the 44 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bart Vandenabeele. Bart Vandenabeele dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mourad Durieu in the 47th minute of play forced Rallye Team's goalkeeper Bart Vandenabeele to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bob Peiffer to make the kick off. Mourad Durieu succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-7 in the 52nd playminute. A collision led to En Avant Nikko getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Gilbert Reix hit a great ball. Bart Vandenabeele made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Manuel Souris sent off a good shot on target. Bart Vandenabeele made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gilbert Reix in the 62nd minute of play. Bart Vandenabeele made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Firman Morientes in the 67th minute of play. Bart Vandenabeele didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gilbert Reix went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-9 was the resulting score. After some careless play in the Rallye Team defense, Gilbert Reix kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bart Vandenabeele. The Rallye Team fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bart Vandenabeele should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Firman Morientes in the 78th minute of play forced Rallye Team's goalkeeper Bart Vandenabeele to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 81st minute, Gilbert Reix ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bart Vandenabeele was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-12. After 85 minutes of play, En Avant Nikko's Firman Morientes made it 0-13 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bart Vandenabeele was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 88th minute Gilbert Reix shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bart Vandenabeele saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bart Vandenabeele made an important save on a dangerous shot by Manuel Souris in the 95th minute. En Avant Nikko played a much better game than Rallye Team and deserved their victory. The Rallye Team players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.