Club NXT U23 made the difference against RSCA Futures in a crazy 15 minutes after the break and won by a big 3-0 score. The first half proceeded with difficulty resulting in few chances. At the end of that first period, coach Veldman unfortunately saw striker Kaye Furo out injured. Just after the break the youngsters of Blauw Zwart made the difference through goals by Wylin, Audoor and Lenn De Smet. A few more chances followed by both sides, but the score did not change.
The first half
Our coach started with Campbell in the starting line-up for the game against his former team. The first attempt came through the South African striker. However, the ball went wide of Schlieck's goal. Both teams kept each other in balance for a long time without any real threat.
After a quarter of an hour a low shot by Ure went wide of De Corte's goal. On the other side, Lenn De Smet went down in the penalty area, but referee Willems allowed play to continue. Our goalie showed his class afterwards. On a counter-punch by the Futures he made a beautiful save and pushed the ball over the crossbar. The game went up and down nicely.
Goalkeeper Schlieck saved a close-range effort by Lenn De Smet. Then again, our keeper was almost surprised when a header from Vroninks fell on the roof of the goal. Club NXT gradually gained the upper hand. First a kick from Lenn De Smet was blocked again. Afterwards, a clever cross from Sem Audoor disappeared past the Futures goal. Unfortunately no one could reach it to tap in. Liam De Smet also had two more opportunities to open the score. First, he just couldn't kick in a cross and on the stroke of halftime his shot was not framed.
Meanwhile, Club NXT Furo was lost with an injury. Perez fell in shortly before halftime. Half time with a glasses score on the scoreboard, it already could have been something more for Club NXT.
