League

Sinsin Stadion
Spectators: 8496 (Terracing: 6373, Seating: 1954, VIP seats: 169) Thibau Robin started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 4 minutes into the match, Royal Antwerp FC's goal looked a bit too open when Emanuel Vanooteghem came free, but Bart-Jan Van De Beeck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bart-Jan Van De Beeck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emanuel Vanooteghem in the 5th minute of the match. Bart-Jan Van De Beeck made an important save on a dangerous shot by Emanuel Vanooteghem in the 7th minute. Bart-Jan Van De Beeck was a little too slow when Emanuel Vanooteghem got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 9th minute. The score was now 1-0. Bart-Jan Van De Beeck took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emanuel Vanooteghem, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bernard Pacolet got free with Bart-Jan Van De Beeck in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Bavo Van Eeckhout took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thibau Robin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Emanuel Vanooteghem had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Emanuel Vanooteghem could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Bart-Jan Van De Beeck made a huge save. Bavo Van Eeckhout didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Royal Antwerp FC's Thibau Robin shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-1 in the ordered_time% minute. 23 minutes into the match, Sinsin's goal looked a bit too open when Constantijn Ruelens came free, but Bavo Van Eeckhout reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sinsin's Bavo Van Eeckhout played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thibau Robin in the 24th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Constantijn Ruelens in the 26th minute of play forced Sinsin's goalkeeper Bavo Van Eeckhout to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thibau Robin hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Daniel Dalkvist kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. Emanuel Vanooteghem scored 2-1 in the 33rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bart-Jan Van De Beeck, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 38th minute of the game Bertan Musseeuw made a throw-in which Jacob de Pelsmaeker played forward. A collision led to Royal Antwerp FC getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Constantijn Ruelens hit a great ball. In the 42nd minute, Emanuel Vanooteghem reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Bart-Jan Van De Beeck. The goal made the score 3-1. 47 minutes into the match, Sinsin's goal looked a bit too open when Jacob de Pelsmaeker came free, but Bavo Van Eeckhout reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Royal Antwerp FC's Guillaume Niewens was substituted for Willem-Jan Verhaert. The wind increased when Emanuel Vanooteghem made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Guillaume Niewens hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 55 minutes into the match, Royal Antwerp FC's goal looked a bit too open when Emanuel Vanooteghem came free, but Bart-Jan Van De Beeck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bart-Jan Van De Beeck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emanuel Vanooteghem in the 57th minute of play. If Emanuel Vanooteghem had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Bart-Jan Van De Beeck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emanuel Vanooteghem in the 58th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Emanuel Vanooteghem in the 60th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bart-Jan Van De Beeck saved Royal Antwerp FC from getting behind. Bavo Van Eeckhout made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Constantijn Ruelens in the 61st minute of play. After 62 played minutes Royal Antwerp FC got a freekick which was hit by Julius Damman. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Emanuel Vanooteghem in the 67th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Bart-Jan Van De Beeck prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Bavo Van Eeckhout made a fantastic save in the 71st minute, when Thibau Robin sent off a good shot on target. An unexpected shot in the 72nd minute by Thibau Robin got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Sinsin's Bavo Van Eeckhout proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save Sinsin from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emanuel Vanooteghem in the 81st minute of play forced Royal Antwerp FC's goalkeeper Bart-Jan Van De Beeck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emanuel Vanooteghem might have been able to make a better finish in the 83rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bart-Jan Van De Beeck. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Emanuel Vanooteghem ran back to his position shaking his head. Bart-Jan Van De Beeck took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emanuel Vanooteghem, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 87 played minutes Royal Antwerp FC got a freekick which was hit by Christiaan Tkint. In the 88th minute Emanuel Vanooteghem shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bart-Jan Van De Beeck saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 90 minutes, Emanuel Vanooteghem made it 4-1 with a short kick to the right side. Royal Antwerp FC's Bart-Jan Van De Beeck tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Constantijn Ruelens during the 95th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 96 minutes, Ralph Barker mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sinsin and the Royal Antwerp FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Royal Antwerp FC booed when Sinsin was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ralph Barker didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 97th match minute, Royal Antwerp FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thibau Robin to maneuver through the defense. Sinsin's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.