Official Cup

The Twelfth Raven
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Harold Dheedene made the kick off and thus started the match. 4 minutes into the match, Twelve Ravens's goal looked a bit too open when Florian Wortelers came free, but Jacques De Ruyter reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 6 minutes, Erwin Lissens mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Twelve Ravens and the KFC Paal-Tervant players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 6th minute, Erwin Lissens hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jacques De Ruyter showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Harold Dheedene in the 10th minute of the match. After 11 minutes of play, KFC Paal-Tervant's Florian Wortelers made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jacques De Ruyter was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jacques De Ruyter came out of the goal in the 14th minute to try and stop a shot by KFC Paal-Tervant's Abel Van Meerbek. But to his dismay, Abel Van Meerbek quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. 19 minutes into the match, Twelve Ravens's goal looked a bit too open when Harold Dheedene came free, but Jacques De Ruyter reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Philip Vandamme hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Harold Dheedene in the 24th minute of play forced Twelve Ravens's goalkeeper Jacques De Ruyter to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Elias De Koster got free with Jorne Verhofstadt in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Christian Mangelschot recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 33rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 33 minutes into the game, Harold Dheedene cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Jacques De Ruyter was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Twelve Ravens's Jacques De Ruyter played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Harold Dheedene in the 39th minute of play. 40 minutes into the game, Luke Van den Inde was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Twelve Ravens's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave KFC Paal-Tervant the free kick. Luke Van den Inde kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. Jacques De Ruyter didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Abel Van Meerbek went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Elias De Koster stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd match minute, KFC Paal-Tervant was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tobias Geeraerts to maneuver through the defense. KFC Paal-Tervant's Jorne Verhofstadt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elias De Koster in the 55th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Manu Gyselinx during the 56th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Twelve Ravens booed when KFC Paal-Tervant was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Manu Gyselinx didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Manu Gyselinx got free with Jacques De Ruyter in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jorne Verhofstadt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elias De Koster in the 62nd minute of play. 62 minutes into the game, Andrew Severyns was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Twelve Ravens's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave KFC Paal-Tervant the free kick. Andrew Severyns hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. 67 minutes into the match, KFC Paal-Tervant's goal looked a bit too open when Elias De Koster came free, but Jorne Verhofstadt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Twelve Ravens's Jacques De Ruyter got control of the ball when Harold Dheedene tried to sneak it across the goal line. Elias De Koster kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Twelve Ravens defense, Harold Dheedene kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jacques De Ruyter. The Twelve Ravens fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jacques De Ruyter should have stopped the shot. Jacques De Ruyter showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manu Gyselinx, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. In the 92nd minute, KFC Paal-Tervant's Philip Vandamme ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jacques De Ruyter. Jacques De Ruyter yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-6. KFC Paal-Tervant's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.