U23 League

Rams Park
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Mathieu-Maxim Claessens started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a rather tough play, Lions United's Samuel Van Acker got a free kick in the 2nd minute. In the 4th minute Mathieu-Maxim Claessens shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but János Szepes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. János Szepes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Carl Vinckx in the 15th minute. After a rather tough play, Lions United's Mathieu-Maxim Claessens got a free kick in the 17th minute. The audience was convinced that Emil Halász's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gillis Heirremans was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. In the 24th minute, Emil Halász hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mathieu-Maxim Claessens received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. János Szepes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. János Szepes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Carl Vinckx in the 28th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leon Valkeneers in the 31st minute of play forced Green Zombies's goalkeeper János Szepes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 1-2 became the score in the 33rd minute when Elek Gáspár elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 39th minute, Mathieu-Maxim Claessens made a precise shot to the right of János Szepes. Green Zombies's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Emil Halász made the kick off in the second half. Elek Gáspár scored 2-3 in the 52nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gillis Heirremans, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. János Szepes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mathieu-Maxim Claessens, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 59 minutes, Elek Gáspár managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Green Zombies's supporters crossed their fingers, but Elek Gáspár was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Emil Halász took the ball and in the 60 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gillis Heirremans. Gillis Heirremans dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-4. József Sugár could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 69th minute of the match, but Gillis Heirremans made a huge save. Gillis Heirremans made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emil Halász in the 73rd minute of play. Gillis Heirremans made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Ádám Horváth sent off a good shot on target. János Szepes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leon Valkeneers in the 79th minute of the match. Gillis Heirremans was out of position in the 83 minute of play, and Marcell Csongrádi capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Marcell Csongrádi really showed his touch with that goal: 2-6. József Sugár kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. After 91 played minutes Green Zombies got a freekick which was hit by Marcell Csongrádi. The supporters of Green Zombies booed when Lions United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rudi Boegaert didn't get a good kick on the ball. Green Zombies's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.