Football

K. Sporting Club Blankenberge v K.S.V. Moorsele

Belgium

West Vlaanderen Provincial Cup 1/8 Final

Wednesday 30th October 2019

Kick Off 20.00 Actual 20.02

K. Sporting Club Blankenberge 5 K.S.V. Moorsele 1, attendance 64

24’ 1-0

30’ 2-0

35’ 3-0

38’ 3-1

79’ 4-1

83’ 5-1 (pen)

@ Sport Vlaanderen Blankenberge

Koning Boudewijnlaan 15/B

8370 Blankenberge

€7 Admission

Team Sheet, free.

This tie was originally scheduled to be played on Pitch 2, which is a 3G, and was to be played on Friday afternoon (which is a Bank Holiday in Belgium) when I have other options of matches, but thankfully, it was rescheduled to be played tonight, and even better, it was being played on the main stadium.

K.S.C. Blankenberge are ninth in Provincial 1, with K.S.V. Moorsele currently sitting top of the league table in 3C. Moorsele did play some very nice football and it is easy to see why they are top of their division, but the gap of playing two levels lower than Blankenberge was just too much for them to overcome. When Blankenberge went 3-0 up ten minutes before halftime, it looked all over, but Moorsele pulled it back to 3-1 within minutes to keep them in the game. Moorsele were reduced to 10 men late in the second half, when they lost a player to injury, having already used all of their substitutions. Blankenberge took full advantage and added two more goals, rounding off a resounding 5-1 win, scoring the final goal of the evening from the penalty spot. This now completes visits to all the West Vlaanderen Provincial 1 grounds for me.

A trip on The Tunnel just wouldn’t be the same without Eurotunnel showing their total incompetence in running to a timetable. We were booked on the 14.20 outbound train, but this was retimed to 14.30, which then left twelve minutes late at 14.42. Our return was also late, although we were actually ahead of schedule. We were booked on the 01.22 back, as we had to allow for the possibility of extra time and penalties. With the game decided in ninety minutes, it meant we made it back to The Tunnel in time to be offered the earlier 23.50 crossing, which is what we were really hoping would be the case. Despite this being retimed to 00.05 (actually left at 00.10) we still departed France 1 hour 12 minutes earlier than we were booked for. We did lose time on the drive from Folkestone, when the M20 was closed from Junction 6 to Junction 4.