League Play-Off

Borlon
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) In the 3rd match minute, KSV Ittre was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexandre Van Menen to maneuver through the defense. After 8 played minutes Merge Panch got a freekick which was hit by Arthur Gilis. Arthur Gilis's late challenge caught a KSV Ittre's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arthur Gilis helped the player get up and apologised. After 10 played minutes Merge Panch got a freekick which was hit by Arthur Gilis. KSV Ittre's Pascal Van Castel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luuk Kloots in the 12th minute of play. Remco Smets showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arnaud Vissenaeckens, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Arnaud Vissenaeckens in the 17th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Remco Smets prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Pascal Van Castel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luuk Kloots in the 19th minute of the match. Pascal Van Castel didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 23rd minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. Lorenz Huijsmans sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 29th minute, Merge Panch's Luuk Kloots dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Alexandre Van Menen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 40 minutes into the match, Arnaud Vissenaeckens had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Remco Smets. Merge Panch's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arnaud Vissenaeckens was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. In the 43rd match minute, KSV Ittre was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Max Sens to maneuver through the defense. If Luuk Kloots had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Luuk Kloots to strike the kick off in the second half. Lorenz Huijsmans might have been able to make a better finish in the 53rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pascal Van Castel. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lorenz Huijsmans ran back to his position shaking his head. Luuk Kloots took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pascal Van Castel. Pascal Van Castel dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. When the match had gone on for 65 minutes, Alexandre Van Menen took a quick shot and it went in 3-2 without a chance for Remco Smets to make any attempt to save it. In the 71stth minute of the game Luuk Kloots who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but KSV Ittre's Pascal Van Castel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Merge Panch's Guilian Humbelets got a free kick in the 73rd minute. After a rather tough play, Merge Panch's Arthur Gilis got a free kick in the 75th minute. Luuk Kloots fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pascal Van Castel having to interfere. In the 84th minute of the match Lukas Dechamps shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Pascal Van Castel showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. If Luuk Kloots had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Arnaud Vissenaeckens received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Remco Smets tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. KSV Ittre's Arnaud Vissenaeckens suffered a sprained foot after 93 minutes and couldn't finish the game. In the 94th match minute, Merge Panch was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lukas Dechamps to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Merge Panch's Remco Smets got control of the ball when Alexandre Van Menen tried to sneak it across the goal line.