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Spectators: 8495 (Terracing: 6372,
Seating: 1954, VIP seats: 169) Hernán Crespo started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Justo Enmanuel during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to forza minderhout getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Justo Enmanuel hit a great ball. Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Topan Simbolon, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. In the 13th minute, Corneliu Bosânceanu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Maasmechelen Esox Lucius's Steven Goemyne got a free kick in the 14th minute. After 19 minutes of play, Maasmechelen Esox Lucius's Will Koninckx made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Erik-Jan Kerkhofs was left in no man's land by his defense there! Erik-Jan Kerkhofs showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Will Koninckx, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. In the 26th minute Topan Simbolon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 31 minutes into the match, Topan Simbolon notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Maasmechelen Esox Lucius's Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck. Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Conny Hägglund, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 39 minutes into the match, Maasmechelen Esox Lucius's Luke Geldhof broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Will Koninckx could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 43rd minute of the match, but Erik-Jan Kerkhofs made a huge save. Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hernán Crespo in the 45th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Hernán Crespo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. After some careless play in the Maasmechelen Esox Lucius defense, Hernán Crespo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck. The Maasmechelen Esox Lucius fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck should have stopped the shot. After the first half forza minderhout were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.
With a little luck, Maasmechelen Esox Lucius's Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck got control of the ball when Hernán Crespo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Hernán Crespo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck made a huge save. After 53 played minutes Maasmechelen Esox Lucius got a freekick which was hit by Silvain Dhondt. Hernán Crespo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck made a huge save. In the 56th minute of the match forza minderhout got a corner. Maasmechelen Esox Lucius's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Petr Lykov ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on forza minderhout's corner Petr Lykov fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck quite easily take care of the ball. When Will Koninckx fell near the penalty area in the 56th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Maasmechelen Esox Lucius's protests and gave Will Koninckx a yellow card for diving instead. After 57 played minutes, forza minderhout's Francesco Ciraci shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in forza minderhout reached it. In the 62nd minute, Hernán Crespo reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck. The goal made the score 1-3. 66 minutes into the match, Maasmechelen Esox Lucius's goalkeeper Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hernán Crespo. Maasmechelen Esox Lucius's Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save Maasmechelen Esox Lucius from getting a goal against them. In the 67th minute Conny Hägglund shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 72 minutes into the match, Maasmechelen Esox Lucius's goalkeeper Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hernán Crespo. In the 75th minute Hernán Crespo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hernán Crespo came free with the goalkeeper in the 78th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck could save by the left post. Maasmechelen Esox Lucius's Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Maasmechelen Esox Lucius from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hernán Crespo in the 84th minute of play forced Maasmechelen Esox Lucius's goalkeeper Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Topan Simbolon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 87 minutes Maasmechelen Esox Lucius's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Petr Lykov who took care of the corner kick. The corner led to forza minderhout's Bertrand Van Hautvin getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hernán Crespo in the 91st minute. Justo Enmanuel could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Henri-Xavier De Maerschalck made a huge save. When the final whistle sounded forza minderhout left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Maasmechelen Esox Lucius.
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