Official Cup

The Dribbel Arena
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jabbar De Roeulx started the match with the kick off. In the last second Matthias De Werdt throw himself and got hold of the ball when Qin Fei Chao in the 3rdth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. In the 7th minute, Qin Fei Chao made a precise shot to the right of Matthias De Werdt. LeRoeulx's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Matthias De Werdt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Qin Fei Chao in the 11th minute of play. After 17 minutes of play, Zero Gravity's Robbin De Ruyter made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Matthias De Werdt was left in no man's land by his defense there! 21 minutes into the match, Zero Gravity's goal looked a bit too open when Pascal Van der Willeghem came free, but Jorge Caetano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Charles-Antoine Thielemans's late challenge caught a Zero Gravity's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Charles-Antoine Thielemans helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, LeRoeulx's Charles-Antoine Thielemans got a free kick in the 24th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mikolaj Ratulowski got free with Matthias De Werdt in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a defensive mix-up in Zero Gravity's zone, Pascal Van der Willeghem stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jorge Caetano came out of the goal and Pascal Van der Willeghem tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mikolaj Ratulowski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Matthias De Werdt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Matthias De Werdt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robbin De Ruyter, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Robbin De Ruyter who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 37thth minute tested the skills of Matthias De Werdt when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Matthias De Werdt didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 39th minute, which inside left pole to 4-0. Matthias De Werdt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Laurent Elzen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 45 minutes into the match, Mikolaj Ratulowski notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of LeRoeulx's Matthias De Werdt. Matthias De Werdt was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of Zero Gravity booed when LeRoeulx was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 48 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stein Govaerts didn't get a good kick on the ball. LeRoeulx's Matthias De Werdt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robbin De Ruyter in the 49th minute of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

After some careless play in the LeRoeulx defense, Qin Fei Chao kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Matthias De Werdt. The LeRoeulx fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Matthias De Werdt should have stopped the shot. 58 minutes into the match, Filiberto Bernebe notched a goal, 7-0, to the right of LeRoeulx's Matthias De Werdt. Matthias De Werdt was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikolaj Ratulowski in the 63rd minute of play forced LeRoeulx's goalkeeper Matthias De Werdt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Matthias De Werdt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robbin De Ruyter, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 66 played minutes Zero Gravity got a freekick which was hit by Vito Teles. 68 minutes into the game, Robbin De Ruyter cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 8-0. Matthias De Werdt was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. LeRoeulx's Matthias De Werdt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Qin Fei Chao in the 73rd minute of play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 74th minute of the game. One of Zero Gravity:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of LeRoeulx:s goal. Matthias De Werdt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Laurent Elzen in the 78th minute of the match. 80 minutes into the match, Qin Fei Chao notched a goal, 9-0, to the right of LeRoeulx's Matthias De Werdt. Matthias De Werdt was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 82 played minutes LeRoeulx got a freekick which was hit by Pascal Van der Willeghem. Matthias De Werdt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filiberto Bernebe in the 83rd minute of the match. The supporters of Zero Gravity booed when LeRoeulx was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Charles-Antoine Thielemans didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Stein Govaerts was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 85 minutes had been played. When Matías Roganov came up free with the goalie in the 87th minute, the Zero Gravity fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Matías Roganov couldn't finish the play. 10-0 became the score in the 88th minute when Mikolaj Ratulowski elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Qin Fei Chao blasted a shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Matthias De Werdt having to make a save. In the 93rd match minute, LeRoeulx was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xander Wenderix to maneuver through the defense. In the 94th minute Qin Fei Chao shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matthias De Werdt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 96th minute, Filiberto Bernebe ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Matthias De Werdt was frozen by the shot and now it was 11-0. 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. Zero Gravity fully deserved thier win.