Belgium
Brabant Provincial 3C V.F.V.
Wednesday 20th February 2019
Kick Off 20.00 Actual 20.03
F.C. Sint- Jozef Londerzeel 1 K. Crossing V.V. Elewijt 3, attendance 127
5’ 0-1
31’ 1-1
58’ 1-2
90’ + 5, 1-3
@ Complex Stuikberg
Stuikbergstraat 49
Sint-Jozef
1840 Londerzeel
€5 Admission
No Programme.
Once again it was another Wednesday when the only grounds I hadn’t visited in England were in the B.U.C.S. student leagues, so once again it was a midweek trip over to Belgium. It looked like our party would be travelling at half capacity, as two of the passengers were held up en route by an accident on the M25, but a quick change of our outbound train, done on-line, from the original 13.20 to the later 13.50, meant we would still make it, providing there were no other problems. In the end we were actually boarded on to our original train anyway, as the Tunnel was very quiet and it even departed a couple of minutes early.
The match tonight was sixth versus second in the league table and was played at a really high tempo, especially in the first half. A miss kick by the home ‘keeper saw his clearance put straight into the empty net to give the visitors an early lead. A thirty yarder, helped by a slight deflection, saw it levelled up at 1-1 just after the half hour mark. Elewijt then had a man red carded for a trip off the ball, but held out until halftime. The second half saw the ten men gain the upper hand and they were back in front when a quick break down the right was finished with a shot across the ‘keeper into the far corner of the net. Sint-Jozef were also reduced to 10 men, when their ‘keeper received a second yellow card, having handled the ball outside the area, as we headed in to the last five minutes of the match. Five minutes into stoppage time, Elewijt again broke down the right and the cross was side footed in from 3 yards to round off a deserved 1-3 win. This strengthens their second place in the league, having cut the deficit behind leaders Eendracht Mazenzele Opwijk to 4 points and they still have one more game in hand to play.
It was a comfortable two and a quarter hour drive back to The Tunnel for our scheduled 01.22 return. It only left a minute late, but we lost another 15 minutes time on a lengthy diversion, when the M20 was closed at Junction 9.
