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Spectators: 8014 (Terracing: 6012, Seating: 1843, VIP seats: 159) Rens Van Damme stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Orville Darling's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. After a defensive mix-up in Chelsea's zone, Zelipe Sauca stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rens Van Damme came out of the goal and Zelipe Sauca tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Rens Van Damme stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Orville Darling's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. 11 minutes had been played when some careless play by Chelsea's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alphonse Roockeloos was slow to take the kick. During this time Nieuwpoort Club's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Binjamin Van Landschoot almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Chelsea's Rens Van Damme did a great save. Orville Darling received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Rens Van Damme tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Binjamin Van Landschoot in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rens Van Damme saved Chelsea from getting behind. Rens Van Damme showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sebastian Smets, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. The Nieuwpoort Club fans' excitement grew in the 25th match minute when Nieuwpoort Club's Orville Darling 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 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Rens Van Damme stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Orville Darling's shot from short distance in the 28th minute. Rens Van Damme showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zelipe Sauca, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Rens Van Damme made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zelipe Sauca in the 44th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Orville Darling stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zelipe Sauca got free with Rens Van Damme in the 51st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Orville Darling who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 52ndth minute tested the skills of Rens Van Damme when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Robrecht Everts hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Rens Van Damme acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 53rd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Kristof Van Dongel. When the match had gone on for 58 minutes, Zelipe Sauca put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Rens Van Damme. If Zelipe Sauca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 70 minutes into the match, Chelsea's goalkeeper Rens Van Damme had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Orville Darling. Orville Darling who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 72ndth minute tested the skills of Rens Van Damme when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 77th minute, Zelipe Sauca ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rens Van Damme was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-6. The audience was convinced that Orville Darling's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rens Van Damme was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. In the 82nd minute, Generoso Urbina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Chelsea's Ief Verhaghen got a free kick in the 89th minute. 91 minutes in the game, Binjamin Van Landschoot fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Rens Van Damme having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Chelsea's Boudewijn Dewinter got a free kick in the 94th minute. Nieuwpoort Club played a much better game than Chelsea and deserved their victory. The Chelsea players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.