Official Cup

XMAS park
Spectators: 169 (Terracing: 127, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Matthew Gijselinx took the kick off in the first half of the match. Andre Poortmans's late challenge caught a XMAS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Andre Poortmans helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Beek City's Andre Poortmans got a free kick in the 10th minute. Dyllan Van Aerschot made an important save on a dangerous shot by Achille Zara in the 11th minute. Richy Demeulemeester blasted a shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Filippo Barbato having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Richy Demeulemeester in the 18th minute of play forced XMAS's goalkeeper Filippo Barbato to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Richy Demeulemeester sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Richy Demeulemeester might have been able to make a better finish in the 21st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Filippo Barbato. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Richy Demeulemeester ran back to his position shaking his head. 21 minutes into the match, XMAS's goal looked a bit too open when Richy Demeulemeester came free, but Filippo Barbato reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 22 minutes into the game, Gwen Wegers was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Beek City's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave XMAS the free kick. After 24 minutes, Dave Maestri mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the XMAS and the Beek City players grew even worse after the yellow card. The audience was convinced that Concetto Marinucci's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dyllan Van Aerschot was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Beek City's Matthew Gijselinx got a free kick in the 28th minute. 30 minutes into the game, Fabrice Bracke was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Beek City's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave XMAS the free kick. In the 30th match minute, Beek City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabrice Bracke to maneuver through the defense. Dave Barillari shot a long shot in the 31st minute and a light blocked Dyllan Van Aerschot hadn't a chance when the ball went into goal on his right side. It was 1-0. Richy Demeulemeester scored 1-1 in the 35th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Filippo Barbato, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 39 minutes in the game Dario Abbagnale did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Fabio Simonetti. Richy Demeulemeester scored 1-2 in the 42nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Filippo Barbato, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Beek City's Richy Demeulemeester got a free kick in the 45th minute. In the 47th minute, Richy Demeulemeester made a precise shot to the right of Filippo Barbato. XMAS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3.

The wind increased when Concetto Marinucci made the kick off in the second half. Filippo Barbato stood somewhat misplaced when Richy Demeulemeester came free in front of goal and shot 1-4 to the left of him in the 54 minute. In the 58th minute, Richy Demeulemeester left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Beek City fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-5. 66 minutes into the match, XMAS's Achille Zara sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dyllan Van Aerschot narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The supporters of Beek City booed when XMAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ennio De Nardis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Richy Demeulemeester had several of the XMAS's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 75 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-7 score and a disappointed Filippo Barbato as he didn't even see the shot coming. After 79 minutes of play Beek City's Matthew Gijselinx was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Matthew Gijselinx hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. 83 minutes into the match, XMAS's goalkeeper Filippo Barbato had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Richy Demeulemeester. Dave Maestri got his second yellow card in the match during the 91st minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Richy Demeulemeester received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Filippo Barbato tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Beek City's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.