Official Cup

EL NATIONAL
Spectators: 196 (Terracing: 148, Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Barnaba Pilsudski started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, FC Gullegem's Mats Vanooteghem got a free kick in the 4th minute. With a little luck, FC Gullegem's Axell Verduin got control of the ball when Riemer Ax tried to sneak it across the goal line. Axell Verduin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from William Westelinx in the 8th minute of play. William Westelinx sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With an all-out effort, FC Ouagadougou National's Axell Verduin threw himself towards the right post 10 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from William Westelinx, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. If Gilbert Amsler had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 14 minutes into the match, FC Ouagadougou National's William Westelinx sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Axell Verduin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 16th minute, Waut Du Molin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rene Vereijt was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. William Westelinx blasted a shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Axell Verduin having to make a save. Axell Verduin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from William Westelinx in the 22nd minute of the match. The FC Ouagadougou National fans' excitement grew in the 25th match minute when FC Ouagadougou National's William Westelinx looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 37 minutes into the match, FC Ouagadougou National's goal looked a bit too open when Barnaba Pilsudski came free, but Rene Vereijt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Axell Verduin made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Hamza Yavaş sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when William Westelinx got free with Axell Verduin in the 45th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 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.

An unexpectedly hard shot by William Westelinx in the 55th minute of play forced FC Gullegem's goalkeeper Axell Verduin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 56 played minutes FC Gullegem got a freekick which was hit by Waut Du Molin. FC Gullegem made a substitution. Yanick De Ketelaere replaced Mats Vanooteghem. The supporters of FC Ouagadougou National booed when FC Gullegem was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Waut Du Molin didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 58th minute, Gilbert Amsler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 60 minutes into the match, FC Ouagadougou National's Paolo Evis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Axell Verduin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 63 minutes into the match, FC Ouagadougou National's goalkeeper Rene Vereijt had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gilbert Amsler. In the 68th minute, Pierre-Paul Callaerts hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. William Westelinx blasted a shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Axell Verduin having to make a save. 71 minutes into the game, William Westelinx cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Axell Verduin was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. FC Gullegem's Cederic De Vadder was substituted for Barnaba Pilsudski. Axell Verduin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from William Westelinx, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rene Vereijt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Waut Du Molin, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. In the 83rd play minute Cederic De Vadder came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Rene Vereijt. 3-2. After a rather tough play, FC Ouagadougou National's Paolo Evis got a free kick in the 92nd minute. In the 95th minute, Cederic De Vadder reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Rene Vereijt. The goal made the score 3-3. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.