Belgium

Division 1 Amateur

Promotion Play Off

Wednesday 22nd May 2019

Kick Off 20.00 Actual 20.02

K.V.V. Thes Sport Tessenderlo 4 K. Maatschappij Sportkring Deinze 1, attendance 449

3’ 1-0

27’ 2-0

60’ 3-0

74’ 4-0

85’ 4-1

@ Sportlaan 4

3980 Tessenderlo

€12 Admission

Team Sheet, free.

This was a Promotion Play Off match in level 3 of the Belgian League and was match number 5 out of 6 for both clubs in the four team group. Tessenderlo had finished the regular season top of the table, with Deinze being in second place, some 3 points further back. Unfortunately, they have both struggled in the Play Offs, being bottom versus second bottom in the group. Deinze had to win this match to have any hope of catching the group leaders Excelsior Virton, whilst Tessenderlo had only taken 1 point from their first four games, so would need a miracle to turn it round.

Deinze were backed by close on 100 vocal supporters, which by Belgian standards is pretty good. However, their enthusiasm was quickly dampened when Tessenderlo opened the scoring after three minutes. The goal was met with complete silence as even the home fans didn’t seem to care, perhaps having already given up on their very faint hopes of gaining promotion. It was 2-0 by halftime, in what was a very slow paced match. The second half improved and the hosts added two more goals to make it 4-0, before Deinze got a consolation goal with five minutes left, but shortly afterwards they were reduced to 10 men, when one of their players punched a Tessenderlo player in full view of the Referee.

It is nice to see that Eurotunnel have managed to get their act together on our recent trips, with our outbound 12.20 train running on time. We were back at The Tunnel for check in at 00.32 for our 01.22 return, which departed three minutes early.