Before the last game of the season on the field of champion KRC Genk, coach Rik De Mil's entire team wanted to make one more statement: show that they deserve their place in 1B next season. Due to injury, strongman Lynnt Audoor was absent. Abakar Sylla and Romeo Vermant also did not start due to suspension. All of Club NXT's players formed a guard of honor upon entering the field for the home team who became undefeated champions.
That the match would not be a walk in the park became apparent after only two minutes. The first attack of the eager home team fortunately ended with a ball over goalkeeper Lammens' goal. In the first real attack by our youngsters, Nusa went down in the penalty area, but the referee did not intervene. Club NXT struggled for quite a while after that. Genk grabbed our yougsters by the throat. Our goalkeeper Senne Lammens had promised to keep the score zero before the match and had to do his utmost to keep the nets clean. First he grabbed a central shot from very close range. El Khannouss then popped the ball across goal. Barely a minute later, our young talented goalkeeper narrowly pushed Abid's effort out of the corner. In the symbolic 23rd minute, Van Genechten luckily sent the ball over the goal. Coach De Mil intervened and replaced Mondele with Cuevas.
Club NXT restored the balance in the match and could actually take the lead. Via a good pass over the Genk defense, the free standing Engels was able to net the 0-1. Unfortunately, his attempt went narrowly wide. Shortly before halftime, Hautekiet headed Club NXT ei so after to take the lead. In the rebound, goalkeeper Penders stopped Pérez's attempt. 0-0 at halftime.
