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Spectators: 7678 (Terracing: 5759, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Sebastian Ongile made the kick off which started today's match. Pieter-Jan Staarman's late challenge caught a LEBRON's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pieter-Jan Staarman helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to De Kasteelheren getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Pieter-Jan Staarman hit a great ball. In the 3rd minute, Teun Otten hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 12th minute, Teun Otten hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Hub Groten fell near the penalty area in the 19th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored De Kasteelheren's protests and gave Hub Groten a yellow card for diving instead. In the 19th match minute, De Kasteelheren was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hub Groten to maneuver through the defense. Alfred Oevermans took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Evelio Acevedo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Evelio Acevedo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When Teun Otten in the 36th play minute got the chance to kick a hard shot on goal from short distance neither the defense or Agustin Marchesan kept up with the ball and suddenly the score was 1-0 when the ball slipped into goal inside the left pole. The audience was convinced that Sebastian Ongile's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alfred Oevermans was relentless in the 47th minute of the game. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Teun Otten made the kick off in the second half. Alfred Oevermans made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastian Ongile in the 53rd minute of play. Paulo Maore fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alfred Oevermans having to interfere. After a rather tough play, De Kasteelheren's Kevin Rolink got a free kick in the 62nd minute. De Kasteelheren's Alfred Oevermans played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sebastian Ongile in the 63rd minute of play. After 68 minutes of play, De Kasteelheren's Teun Otten made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Agustin Marchesan was left in no man's land by his defense there! De Kasteelheren's Alfred Oevermans proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save De Kasteelheren from getting a goal against them. In the 81stth minute of the game Evelio Acevedo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but De Kasteelheren's Alfred Oevermans was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 82 minutes into the match, De Kasteelheren's goalkeeper Alfred Oevermans had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sebastian Ongile. Alfred Oevermans showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Evelio Acevedo, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. In the 88th minute Evelio Acevedo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfred Oevermans saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nathan Wermans hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. In the 92nd minute, Kevin Rolink hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 95 minutes into the game, Teun Otten was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. De Kasteelheren's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave LEBRON the free kick. Teun Otten hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Evelio Acevedo in the 97th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alfred Oevermans saved De Kasteelheren from getting behind. The De Kasteelheren players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.