Official Cup

Sinsin Stadion
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Yens Landewijck started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 3 minutes, Bas Van Halbeeck mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sinsin and the Youth City players grew even worse after the yellow card. Bas Van Halbeeck hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. If Christian Tonk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 13th minute, Jeremy Matthijs hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 16th minute Steven Bühler shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sylven De Beck saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sylven De Beck took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manuel Bandell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sylven De Beck showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christian Tonk, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bill Persoens during the 26th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Bill Persoens kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gaston Meierhofer in the 37th minute of play forced Sinsin's goalkeeper Sylven De Beck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sylven De Beck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Tonk in the 38th minute of the match. Alexander Eris showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yens Landewijck in the 39th minute of the match. Youth City's Alexander Eris proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 48th minute of the match, managed to save Youth City from getting a goal against them. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lutz Eusebius to make the kick off. Lutz Eusebius sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jeremy Matthijs during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Sinsin getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Jeremy Matthijs hit a great ball. In the 57th minute Manuel Bandell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sylven De Beck saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sylven De Beck showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manuel Bandell, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manuel Bandell in the 69th minute of play forced Sinsin's goalkeeper Sylven De Beck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 79th minute, one of Sinsin:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Sinsin. Sylven De Beck had in the 81stth minute some difficulties stopping Wolf Gür's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 84 minutes into the match, Youth City's goal looked a bit too open when Miguel Schol came free, but Alexander Eris reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 85 minutes into the game, Srdan Pino was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Youth City's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Sinsin the free kick. In the 85th match minute, Youth City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Srdan Pino to maneuver through the defense. In the 87th minute, Manuel Bandell had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. After 87 minutes of play Sinsin's Bas Van Halbeeck 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. The supporters of Youth City booed when Sinsin was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bas Van Halbeeck didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, Sinsin's Sylven De Beck got control of the ball when Wolf Gür tried to sneak it across the goal line. 91 minutes into the match, Sinsin's goal looked a bit too open when Gaston Meierhofer came free, but Sylven De Beck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Lutz Eusebius had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Youth City's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.