Belgium

Limburg Provincial 1

Sunday 26th January 2020

Kick Off 14.30. On Time!

Bregel Sport 2 K. Achel V.V. 1, attendance 88

66’ 1-0

68’ 1-1

79’ 2-1

@ Terboekt

Meistraat 29

Sledderlo

3600 Genk

€10 Admission (included one free drink)

Team Sheet, free.

I had visited Bregel Sport on 12th September 2010, when they beat S.C. Zichen-Zussen-Bolder 2-0 in a Limburg Provincial 1 match. That game was played at their ‘Richter’ ground, but in 2013 (unknown to us until last season) they had moved to their new complex in Meistraat .

Today’s match was a mid table battle, as ninth hosted seventh. The first half was goalless, with neither team looking like making a breakthrough. The second half continued in the same vein, but it burst in to life when Bregel opened the scoring, when a free kick from just outside the box left the ‘keeper rooted to the spot as the ball flew into the top corner of the net. Achel levelled within two minutes, with a shot from 20 yards, that beat the ‘keeper into the bottom corner with the aid of a deflection.

Bregel got the winner through their No.9, who had come on as a second half substitute, when a cross from the left was headed in from 6 yards with eleven minutes left. They ended up playing the last eight minutes, plus almost four minutes of stoppage time, with 10 men, having had a defender red carded for dragging down an Achel striker as he tried to break clear. Achel pushed hard for an equaliser, but the Bregel defence stood firm.

We had been keeping an eye on the clock, hoping that the game wouldn’t finish too far past 16.15, as we had noticed that there was a 17.30 kick off in the north east of Brussels, and it was only a few miles off our route home. With a bit of luck we would make it, as according to SatNav it would take us just under an hour to drive the 58 miles. By 16.22 we were on our way……