Official Cup

Dome of The Hawks
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Flamenco United's Youri Goolen 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. In the 2nd match minute, Flamenco United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vicente Dechamps to maneuver through the defense. In the 5th minute Youri Goolen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erwin Heijlen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Michael Braeckman's late challenge caught a The Everett Hawks's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Michael Braeckman helped the player get up and apologised. In the 13th minute, Matthieu Leempoels made a precise shot to the right of Erwin Heijlen. The Everett Hawks's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Erwin Heijlen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robbie Van Eijken in the 17th minute of the match. The supporters of Flamenco United booed when The Everett Hawks was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Thijs Switten didn't get a good kick on the ball. 27 minutes into the match, The Everett Hawks's goal looked a bit too open when Robbie Van Eijken came free, but Erwin Heijlen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, The Everett Hawks's Thomas-Jan Kindts got a free kick in the 29th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vicente Dechamps in the 30th minute of play forced The Everett Hawks's goalkeeper Erwin Heijlen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 31st minute Flamenco United were awarded a corner. Hannes De Reijck went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Hannes De Reijck got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Erwin Heijlen quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 32 minutes, Bert Wuets mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the The Everett Hawks and the Flamenco United players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Flamenco United booed when The Everett Hawks was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bert Wuets didn't get a good kick on the ball. 35 minutes into the match, Theo Van Haght had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Erwin Heijlen. The Everett Hawks's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Theo Van Haght was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. In the 39th minute, Thomas-Jan Kindts hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Theo Van Haght hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. After the first half Flamenco United were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Erwin Heijlen made an important save on a dangerous shot by Robbie Van Eijken in the 59th minute. Erwin Heijlen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Theo Van Haght in the 63rd minute of play. Erwin Heijlen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Youri Goolen in the 66th minute of play. In the 67th minute, The Everett Hawks's Stan Schoenmaekers seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Stan Schoenmaekers the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of The Everett Hawks protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Stan Schoenmaekers had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In a very dangerous position, a player in The Everett Hawks fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 67th minute. Penalty! Joseph Vermeulen made in the 74th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Matthieu Leempoels immediately put the ball in play. With a little luck, The Everett Hawks's Erwin Heijlen got control of the ball when Matthieu Leempoels tried to sneak it across the goal line. Edward Wuyts took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Erwin Heijlen. Erwin Heijlen dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. In the 89th minute, Louis Baboeuf hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 91st match minute, The Everett Hawks was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bastian Vranckx to maneuver through the defense. In the 93rd minute Edward Wuyts shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erwin Heijlen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Theo Van Haght kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. When the match was over Flamenco United could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than The Everett Hawks throughout the match.