Official Cup

Achter de kazerne
Spectators: 157 (Terracing: 118, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) In the 12th minute, Lieven Raedemaeckers reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jorden Colebrandts. The goal made the score 1-0. In the 15th minute, Pierre Van Leemputte made a precise shot to the right of Glenn Imbereghs. YR Mechelen's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Jorden Colebrandts took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jannick Melkval, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ernst Jansens scored 1-2 in the 21st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Glenn Imbereghs, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jorden Colebrandts made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lieven Raedemaeckers in the 35th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ernst Jansens in the 37th minute of play forced YR Mechelen's goalkeeper Glenn Imbereghs to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Glenn Imbereghs showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marc Van Kestbeek in the 37th minute of the match. Glenn Imbereghs showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pierre Van Leemputte, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Jozef Van Acker's late challenge caught a Portus Ganda's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jozef Van Acker helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, YR Mechelen's Jozef Van Acker got a free kick in the 39th minute. A collision led to Portus Ganda getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Lennert Dirickx hit a great ball. In the 45th match minute, YR Mechelen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lieven Raedemaeckers to maneuver through the defense. YR Mechelen's Glenn Imbereghs played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pierre Van Leemputte in the 47th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Pierre Van Leemputte to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 56th match minute, YR Mechelen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lieven Raedemaeckers to maneuver through the defense. 60 minutes into the game, Jannick Melkval cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Jorden Colebrandts was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Lieven Raedemaeckers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jorden Colebrandts having to interfere. Lieven Raedemaeckers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jorden Colebrandts having to interfere. A collision led to Portus Ganda getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Timmy Van Bouschot hit a great ball. 73 minutes into the match, Portus Ganda's goal looked a bit too open when Lieven Raedemaeckers came free, but Jorden Colebrandts reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. YR Mechelen's Joel Vlimmens got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 83rd match minute, YR Mechelen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jozef Van Acker to maneuver through the defense. Lieven Raedemaeckers might have been able to make a better finish in the 90th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jorden Colebrandts. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lieven Raedemaeckers ran back to his position shaking his head. After 97 minutes Portus Ganda's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Evert-Jan De Roeck who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Evert-Jan De Roeck got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jorden Colebrandts quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.