Belgium

Namur Provincial 2

Tours Final Promotion Play Off

Wednesday 8th May 2019

Kick Off 19.00 Actual 18.59

F.C. Olympic Namur 1 Renaissance Sportive Fernelmont-Hemptinne 3, attendance 153

8’ 1-0

15’ 1-1

45’ 1-2 (pen)

88’ 1-3

@ Rue Tir De Ronet

5020 Flawinne

€5 Admission

Team Sheet, free.

The journey east from Lille took around 1 hour 35 minutes, which saw us arrive half an hour before kick off. It was dry for most of the way, but we hit some heavy rain as we got to within fifteen miles of our destination. Thankfully, the rain stopped a couple of minutes before the start of the match and it brightened up for the rest of the evening.

As far as final league positions go in Provincial 2A, this was 5th versus 4th, with the winners of tonight’s match going through to face either R. Sporting Club Neffe or R. Cercle Sportif Schaltin in the next round.

Namur went ahead early on, but were soon pegged back by the visitors. Fernelmont looked far the better side, even though they only finished a point ahead of Namur during the league season, and they were well in control. When they scored from the penalty spot in the dying seconds of the first half to make it 1-2, it looked like it would be hard for Namur to get back into it. The game should have been sewn up long before Fernelmont finally made it 1-3 with a couple of minutes left.

This mornings outbound crossing on The Tunnel left a couple of minutes late, but we had got an earlier train, despite being booked on the 10.50, so it was not a problem. Apart from long sections of speed restrictions in roadworks, we had an easy journey back to The Tunnel after the match. We were actually booked on the 01.22 return, but having made check in by 23.22, we were offered the earlier 23.50 instead and we certainly weren’t going to turn down the chance to get home an hour and a half earlier than originally expecting. It even left a minute early.