Belgium

Hainaut Provincial 3A

Tuesday 3rd March 2020

Kick Off 20.30. On Time !

R.F.C. Luingnois 2 F.C. Bleharies 1, attendance 121

14’ 0-1

20’ 1-1

90’+5, 2-1

@ Futurosport, Pitch 1 Synthetic

Rue de la Barrière Leclercq 13

Mal-Cense

7711 Dottignies

No Admission or Programme.

This match was switched from R.F.C. Luingnois normal home ground in Luingne, to here at the youth complex of Belgian top division club R. Excelsior Mouscron, as it was certain to go ahead on the 3G surface. I had actually been here to watch a game when I lived in Belgium, as it was supposed to be where Mouscron were playing their Reserve match, but on arrival, it became apparent that the information concerning the venue on the Belgian F.A. website was incorrect. It was the only time that I failed to get a match, when having travelled, in my time living there!

Luingnois came into this match in third place in the league table, knowing that a win would see them go top on goal difference. Ninth placed Bleharies took an early lead, but Luingnois soon levelled, with a shot that went in having struck the inside of both posts and evading the ‘keepers best attempt to claw the ball away before it crossed the line. The second half was one way traffic. The Bleharies keeper made a number of good saves, as well as seeing the goal frame come to his rescue a couple of times, but deep into stoppage time, he could do nothing to stop a shot from the edge of the box finding the bottom corner of the net via a slight deflection and nick the three points Luingnois needed to take over at the top of the league table.

Our outbound Tunnel crossing left a minute ahead of schedule and although our 01.22 return left on time, it lost 10 minutes during the crossing. The M20 was closed, yet again, from Junction 6 to Junction 4 for our drive home.