HO Klaken 2-0 E Buggenhout
Play in Game East Flanders 2c
30 April 2014
Kruisenstraat
So what do you do when you have two teams finishing level on points and wins (remember that well known tie breaker?) and a play off system that allows for four teams to be given byes into the second round of the playoffs? Of course, you add both teams to round one and give three teams a bye. Yes, but this is Belgium. So you have a play in game and, as the winner was selected to get a bye, this is a play in game to get to round two (or as the rest of the world would call it, a round one game).
But who am I to complain? Round one is scheduled for Sunday when there are lots of other games to be played, play in games are played on a Wednesday when there are no other games.....happy days.
The home team ran out easy winners of this game. Played in glorious spring sunshine in front of a healthy sized crowd they took the lead in the first half from what looked like an own goal. Their lead was doubled when a free player lashed home from 8 yards after a decent move. The away goalie claimed to have been injured in the move and the away team pushed hard for it to be disallowed. The keeper went off, to be replaced by an outfield player as there was no sub goalie. I remain unconvinced as to the seriousness of the injury.
So onto round two. Lucky for the home side they got a bye hey......
But who am I to complain? Round one is scheduled for Sunday when there are lots of other games to be played, play in games are played on a Wednesday when there are no other games.....happy days.
The home team ran out easy winners of this game. Played in glorious spring sunshine in front of a healthy sized crowd they took the lead in the first half from what looked like an own goal. Their lead was doubled when a free player lashed home from 8 yards after a decent move. The away goalie claimed to have been injured in the move and the away team pushed hard for it to be disallowed. The keeper went off, to be replaced by an outfield player as there was no sub goalie. I remain unconvinced as to the seriousness of the injury.
So onto round two. Lucky for the home side they got a bye hey......