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Cuvelier was the first to stand out, receiving a ladle in the circle visited. His backhand shot was cleared by Vandenbroucke. Rebelote in the 4th with this time Arthur Verdussen in the role of shooter and always the last word for the Wat goalkeeper. Opposite, Dumont looked for a deviation. In the 7th, Cuvelier alerted Degroote to a sharp pass. Nivellois’ shot went a good three meters wide of the goal. With intense pressing, Leo recovered a lot of balls in the midfield. Muschs also tried his luck towards Vandenbroucke in the 13th, a shot that was too soft. Muschs received a yellow card at the end of the first quarter after a foul on Ghislain.
The Wat tried to take advantage of its numerical superiority with a blocked backhand shot from Rogeau. Van Marck caused the first pc of the match after a nice run down the left flank. He gave pc back. Charlet pulled it and on the rebound, Rogeau opened the scoring. Leo reacts directly. De Trez broke through, his shot hitting the post. Leo obtained a pc straight away. Boon equalized with a shot deflected by a Wat striker. At the end of the half, Sidler had the ball for 2-1 at the end of the stick but crossed his rebound too much.
Returning from the locker room, the local players showed their collective play: Wilbers spread out on the right flank towards Ghislain who overflowed and crossed towards Rogeau who missed his recovery. Arthur Verdussen responded with a too lively backhand shot. The Wat grew bolder, taking advantage of the spaces on the flanks. They also inherited a new PC. Who gave nothing. Boon also got a penalty in the 45th minute. He regained his pc after a phase with Forgues. Who gave pc again. Which was dismissed in a long corner. Arthur Verdussen scored a goal which was later canceled by the referees. Instead, it was a PC for Leo. He gave pc again then was stopped by Vandenbroucke and A. Verdussen cannoned next to the goal. The end of the shift was for Leo who got a new PC. Who gave pc back. Boon catapulted it into Vandenbroucke’s net.
The visitors obtained a new PC, which, due to redundancy, gave PC back. On the 10th pc of Léo, Boon found the linestop on his way. Rebelote 9 minutes from time, Boon shooting, Vandenbroucke stopping. Arthur Verdussen definitively reassured Léo with a nice deviation in the 64th minute. Depelsenaire was close to reigniting the suspense. Leo maintained his lead and won against Wat.
Technical sheet
Watducks : Vandenbroucke ; Charlet, Willems, Van Marcke, Dumont ; Sidler, Van Oost, Curty ; Ghislain, Wilbers, Rogeau ; puis van de Kerckhof, Depelsenaire, Petit, Langendries, Dykmans
Leopold: Henet; Eaton, J. Verdussen, Van Strydonck, Muschs ; Poncelet, Boccard, Cuvelier; Englebert, Boon, A. Verdussen ; then Forgues, Baumgarten, De Backer, De Trez, Degroote
Judges: MM. T. Hennes and M. Pontus
Carte verte: 62e Curty
Yellow cards: 17th Muschs, 69th Willems
Goals: 24th Rogeau on pc (1-0), 27th Boon on pc (1-1), 53rd Boon on pc (1-2), 64th A. Verdussen (1-3)
Penalty corner : Watducks 1/3 Leopold 2/11
