Official Cup

Theatre of Dreams
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Lions United's Gunter Van Bets started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Tran Vranken showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tuur Van Castel, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Gunter Van Bets scored 0-2 in the 8th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tran Vranken, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match had gone on for 14 minutes, Dobromir Brodzki took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Nic Hollandts to make any attempt to save it. After some careless play in the FC Bredene defense, Gunter Van Bets kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tran Vranken. The FC Bredene fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tran Vranken should have stopped the shot. Tran Vranken showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gunter Van Bets in the 19th minute of the match. After 20 played minutes FC Bredene got a freekick which was hit by Anton Kerselaers. Tran Vranken came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by Lions United's Rudi Boegaert. But to his dismay, Rudi Boegaert quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. Tran Vranken came out of the goal in the 24th minute to try and stop a shot by Lions United's Dany-Adams Gijselinckx. But to his dismay, Dany-Adams Gijselinckx quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-5. 27 minutes into the match, Tuur Van Castel had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tran Vranken. FC Bredene's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tuur Van Castel was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-6. FC Bredene's Tran Vranken played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gunter Van Bets in the 29th minute of play. 31 minutes into the game, Rudi Boegaert cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-7. Tran Vranken was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Tran Vranken showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tuur Van Castel in the 35th minute of the match. Tran Vranken stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tuur Van Castel's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. Tran Vranken took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gunter Van Bets, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 40th minute, Tuur Van Castel made a precise shot to the right of Tran Vranken. FC Bredene's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-8. 46 minutes into the match, FC Bredene's goal looked a bit too open when Rudi Boegaert came free, but Tran Vranken reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-9 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dobromir Brodzki stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Johny Huygens's late challenge caught a Lions United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Johny Huygens helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Lions United booed when FC Bredene was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Johny Huygens didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 55th minute, Lions United's Rudi Boegaert dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-10. Tran Vranken stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gunter Van Bets's shot from short distance in the 60th minute. FC Bredene's Tran Vranken proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save FC Bredene from getting a goal against them. Robben Vrijdags's late challenge caught a Lions United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Robben Vrijdags helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, FC Bredene's Robben Vrijdags got a free kick in the 62nd minute. In the 64th minute Dany-Adams Gijselinckx shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tran Vranken saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nic Hollandts didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when FC Bredene's Dobromir Brodzki shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-10 in the ordered_time% minute. Tran Vranken made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gunter Van Bets in the 72nd minute. 73 minutes into the match, Gunter Van Bets notched a goal, 2-11, to the right of FC Bredene's Tran Vranken. Tran Vranken was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 77 minutes into the match, FC Bredene's goal looked a bit too open when Gunter Van Bets came free, but Tran Vranken reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Rudi Boegaert kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Tran Vranken. That made the score 2-12 in the 78 minute of play. Tran Vranken stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gunter Van Bets's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. With a little luck, FC Bredene's Tran Vranken got control of the ball when Tuur Van Castel tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rudi Boegaert in the 85th minute of play forced FC Bredene's goalkeeper Tran Vranken to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tran Vranken came out of the goal in the 86th minute to try and stop a shot by Lions United's Matias Calstermans. But to his dismay, Matias Calstermans quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-13. Tuur Van Castel scored 2-14 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tran Vranken, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Tran Vranken came out of the goal in the 92nd minute to try and stop a shot by Lions United's Gunter Van Bets. But to his dismay, Gunter Van Bets quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-15. FC Bredene's Tran Vranken played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tuur Van Castel in the 95th minute of play. Lions United'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.