Houtem 3 - 8 tervuren (262807173)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 12000 had shown up at t' viooltje van houtem for the match. Thierry Hoinkis was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Giachen Küttel and Heikki Huotari. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Vlaams Brabant derby and the crowd was divided evenly. Houtem had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: Bourdon - Sonck, Van Holm, Uvijn, Jendoube - Lemberechts, Sadio, Anthonis, Tschank - Purnal, Crol.

tervuren started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players took the field: Beaufort - Dindar, Machado, Vercruysse - aan de Wiel, Brugnaro, Lerolle, Peroni - Jamotte, Kis, Pirson.

With 12 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as I. Crol flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. L. Kis tied the game at 1 - 1 after 21 minutes, when he converted an incredible pass from the right. 1 - 2 was the score with 37 minutes played, after L. Jamotte cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for tervuren. The visitors' M. Brugnaro took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 40 minutes into the match. 1 - 3 for tervuren. At this point, it was obvious that the players of tervuren lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. tervuren's I. aan de Wiel was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - L. Jamotte managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 1 - 4 after 41 minutes. It was 1 - 4 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by tervuren, with 61 percent of the ball.

I. aan de Wiel received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 51 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 1 - 5. The tervuren fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. 57 minutes into the game, Z. Jendoube had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came G. Wautier. In a rapid move 59 minutes into the match, J. Purnal of Houtem lost his man and passed the ball to the unmarked I. Crol who easily hit it home to make it 2 - 5. Luckily the ref didn't see him taunting the opposing fans in celebration - naughty boy! After 74 minutes of game time, L. Jamotte had an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors' lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but B. Bourdon was in the right place and tipped the ball over for a corner. The referee showed tervuren's I. aan de Wiel the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Houtem's B. Bourdon left the field after 76 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was N. Krautsieder. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, P. Sonck took over the role of being the Houtem captain. It took several tries, but Houtem managed to break through on the left after 77 minutes, getting the ball to G. Wautier who easily reduced the lead to make the score 3 - 5. L. Kis of tervuren took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 81 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 3 - 6. Several players were looking tired, especially W. Van Holm who gifted the opposition a goal as he lost the ball to a still energetic L. Kis of tervuren after 85 minutes. 3 - 7 That made three goals for L. Kis and he was marked down for the hat trick. After 86 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave L. Jamotte a chance to increase the lead for tervuren, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 3 - 8. By then L. Jamotte had scored three goals - a hat trick! tervuren had most of the ball, with 63 percent of possession.

Houtem's top performer was clearly T. Tschank. J. Uvijn on the other hand, had a terrible day. tervuren's best player was L. Jamotte. However, S. Beaufort made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 8.