Official Cup

GALLIA BELGICA
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jurgen De Rudder started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute George Van Impe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roger Hoolemans saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marc Van Kestbeek's late challenge caught a de belletrekkers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marc Van Kestbeek helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of de belletrekkers booed when Portus Ganda was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marc Van Kestbeek didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jurgen De Rudder struck a weak shot in the 11th minute. Roger Hoolemans didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for de belletrekkers. Jurgen De Rudder succeeded in the game's 14th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-1. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind de belletrekkers's goalkeeper Kristiaan Van de Velde, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. George Van Impe scored 0-2 in the 18th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Roger Hoolemans, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Kristiaan Van de Velde showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abel Goethuys in the 26th minute of the match. Roger Hoolemans took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from George Van Impe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Roger Hoolemans showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from George Van Impe in the 33rd minute of the match. 35 minutes into the match, de belletrekkers's George Van Impe sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Roger Hoolemans narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Pierre Van Leemputte struck a weak shot in the 40th minute. Kristiaan Van de Velde didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Portus Ganda. In the 43rd minute Portus Ganda were awarded a corner. Güralp Ergüleç went to the cornerflag to take it. Eliézer de Sousa tried in the 44th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Kristiaan Van de Velde a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 1-4. In the 46th minute, Steff Bastiaens hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. George Van Impe sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Disappointed in the 1-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Andries Verstraeten was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Danny Spoelberchs hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jurgen De Rudder in the 55th minute of play forced Portus Ganda's goalkeeper Roger Hoolemans to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Steff Bastiaens kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. In the 63rd minute, 董宽皓 ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Roger Hoolemans was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-6. Roger Hoolemans didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 69th minute, which inside left pole to 1-7. After 71 played minutes Portus Ganda got a freekick which was hit by Steff Bastiaens. 74 minutes into the match, Portus Ganda's goal looked a bit too open when Jurgen De Rudder came free, but Roger Hoolemans reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Luckas Van der Perren fell near the penalty area in the 80th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Portus Ganda's protests and gave Luckas Van der Perren a yellow card for diving instead. Luckas Van der Perren hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Roger Hoolemans was out of position in the 81 minute of play, and Gino Focquier capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Gino Focquier really showed his touch with that goal: 1-8. 88 minutes into the match, Portus Ganda's goal looked a bit too open when Gino Focquier came free, but Roger Hoolemans reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Roger Hoolemans was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Jurgen De Rudder showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-9 in the 89 minute of play. With a little luck, Portus Ganda's Roger Hoolemans got control of the ball when George Van Impe tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the final whistle sounded de belletrekkers left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Portus Ganda.