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Dome of The Hawks
Spectators: 8423 (Terracing: 6318, Seating: 1937, VIP seats: 168) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Philippe-Arnaud Heremans kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, KFC Raffelberg's Noel Schockaert got a free kick in the 3rd minute. In the 6th minute, Andreas Pirlo got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Jaques Ablij showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kris Van Eersel in the 7th minute of the match. Jaques Ablij was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Andreas Pirlo showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 10 minute of play. After 13 minutes, Albert Bernaers mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the KFC Raffelberg and the The Everett Hawks players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of The Everett Hawks booed when KFC Raffelberg was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Albert Bernaers didn't get a good kick on the ball. Kris Van Eersel took the ball and in the 17 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jaques Ablij. Jaques Ablij dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. In the 21st match minute, The Everett Hawks was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tanek Fronczak to maneuver through the defense. In the 21st minute, Albert Bernaers got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Willem-Jan Grootjans could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Jaques Ablij made a huge save. With a little luck, KFC Raffelberg's Jaques Ablij got control of the ball when Andreas Pirlo tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 29th minute The Everett Hawks were awarded a corner. Kris Van Eersel went to the cornerflag to take it. Jaques Ablij showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Philippe-Arnaud Heremans, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. With an all-out effort, The Everett Hawks's Jaques Ablij threw himself towards the right post 33 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Philippe-Arnaud Heremans, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The supporters of KFC Raffelberg booed when The Everett Hawks was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kris Van Eersel didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jaques Ablij made an important save on a dangerous shot by Andreas Pirlo in the 39th minute. In the 40th minute Fre van Eijnde shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jaques Ablij saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Andreas Pirlo succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-0 in the 42nd playminute. Willem-Jan Grootjans fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jaques Ablij having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Philippe-Arnaud Heremans in the 47th minute of play forced KFC Raffelberg's goalkeeper Jaques Ablij to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jerry Stessel to strike the kick off in the second half. Jaques Ablij stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Philippe-Arnaud Heremans's shot from short distance in the 51st minute. 52 minutes into the match, KFC Raffelberg's goal looked a bit too open when Philippe-Arnaud Heremans came free, but Jaques Ablij reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The The Everett Hawks fans' excitement grew in the 54th match minute when The Everett Hawks's Philippe-Arnaud Heremans 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 4-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Jaques Ablij made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Philippe-Arnaud Heremans in the 58th minute of play. Philippe-Arnaud Heremans sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Philippe-Arnaud Heremans's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jaques Ablij was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. 65 minutes into the match, KFC Raffelberg's goal looked a bit too open when Andreas Pirlo came free, but Jaques Ablij reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to KFC Raffelberg getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Jerry Stessel hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Philippe-Arnaud Heremans in the 69th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jaques Ablij prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 74 minutes into the match, KFC Raffelberg's goal looked a bit too open when Philippe-Arnaud Heremans came free, but Jaques Ablij reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kris Van Eersel might have been able to make a better finish in the 75th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jaques Ablij. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kris Van Eersel ran back to his position shaking his head. After some careless play in the KFC Raffelberg defense, Philippe-Arnaud Heremans kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jaques Ablij. The KFC Raffelberg fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jaques Ablij should have stopped the shot. The Everett Hawks's Luke Van Bostraeten was substituted for Willem-Jan Grootjans. Andreas Pirlo took the ball and in the 80 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jaques Ablij. Jaques Ablij dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-0. The Everett Hawks's Henry Van Herendael played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gwen Engelberchs in the 86th minute of play. Jaques Ablij made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jorge Nastasio in the 90th minute of play. In the 91st minute Andreas Pirlo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jaques Ablij saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tanek Fronczak kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. 94 minutes into the match, KFC Raffelberg's goal looked a bit too open when Andreas Pirlo came free, but Jaques Ablij reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 96th minute, Jorge Nastasio ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jaques Ablij was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0.