Official Cup

De frituur
Spectators: 171 (Terracing: 129, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) Esquirla FC's Simon Wery 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 6th minute, Staf Van Essche made a precise shot to the right of Dimitri Huijbreghts. Esquirla FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. In the 11th minute, Simon Wery hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dimitri Huijbreghts took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Brian Lenoir, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 35 minutes into the match, Brian Lenoir dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Dimitri Huijbreghts, 2-0. Brian Lenoir sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dieter Haelemans to make the kick off. Staf Van Essche struck a weak shot in the 54th minute. Dimitri Huijbreghts didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for De krokante kroketjes. After a rather tough play, De krokante kroketjes's Hans De Beer got a free kick in the 55th minute. Dimitri Huijbreghts showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Staf Van Essche, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. After a rather tough play, Esquirla FC's Laurens Van Aken got a free kick in the 60th minute. Staf Van Essche blasted a shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dimitri Huijbreghts having to make a save. Sam Stuijckens made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Laurens Van Aken in the 72nd minute of play. When the match had gone on for 73 minutes, Basiel Van de Weijer took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Sam Stuijckens to make any attempt to save it. Staf Van Essche struck a weak shot in the 86th minute. Dimitri Huijbreghts didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for De krokante kroketjes. After 89 minutes, Dedé van Beek mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Esquirla FC and the De krokante kroketjes players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 88th minute of the game. One of Esquirla FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of De krokante kroketjes:s goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dieter Haelemans in the 93rd minute of play forced Esquirla FC's goalkeeper Dimitri Huijbreghts to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Esquirla FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.