Saturday, Aug. 3, Oudenaarde. The second practice match of the weekend ended in a scoreless draw. Club NXT U23 played a good game, but unfortunately did not score.
Coach Veldman started with a totally new line-up compared to the practice game against AS Monaco. Some players were missing due to illness or injury (Vandeperre, Granados, Vroman and De Roeve). Oudenaarde was missing the injured Thimo Spileers, brother of Jorne Spileers.
The first chance was for the home team. Van Meenen served D'Hondt with a clever cross, but he just couldn't reach it. After just over fifteen minutes Verlinden had to leave the field injured, Yakymenko was his replacement.
Goalkeeper Vanden Driessche could easily grab a free kick from Van Meenen. For his part, Bisiwu was unable to finish for Club NXT. Faraas conjured a solo out of his hat and kicked towards goal. Goalkeeper Verbrugge pushed in a corner kick with a glide.
Oudenaarde answered in turn with a header from De Waele, without success. Shortly before halftime, Willems blocked a shot by De Buysscher. We went to rest with 0 - 0.
Oudenaarde came out of the locker room the sharpest. First Heirwegh hit our goalie, Mestdagh kicked the rebound wide. Bisiwu in turn found goalkeeper Verbrugge on his way. The game went back and forth nicely. Goalkeeper Vanden Driessche proved unyielding and stopped another attempt by Van Meenen.
On the hour, Yakymenko rushed down his flank and passed the ball in front of goal. Perez cleverly passed the ball but Da Silva unfortunately kicked the leather several meters over goal. When Verkerken choked on the ball, Faraas was able to pick it up and poke at goal. Goalkeeper Verbrugge, who played a strong game, was just able to prevent the 0-1.
Perez had the chance to make it 0-1 shortly after. From close range he kicked the ball straight at the goalkeeper. Mestdagh had the opportunity to score for Oudenaarde just before the whistle. The ball went over the crossbar.
So it remained 0-0 in a pleasant practice match. Next Saturday (August 10) at 1:30 p.m. follows the last match against West Ham. Meet at The NEST in Roeselare.
Club NXT: Argus Vanden Driessche, Wout Verlinden (17' Oleksandr Yakymenko), Jano Willems, Maik-Nelson Poeketie, Renzo Tytens, Liam De Smet (56' Laurens Goemaere), Jessi Da Silva, Shandre Campbell (56' Maxime Wameso), Daniel Perez, Benjamin Faraas (82' Lynnt Audoor), Jesse Bisiwu. Bench: Zyan Desoete, Kaye Furo, Siebe Wylin. Coach: Robin Veldman.
KSV Oudenaarde: Gillian Verbrugge, Robbe De Waele, Brice Verkerken (63' Robbe Vandenheede), Victor Van Meenen (80' Ryan Mazouz), Lorenzo Heirwegh (63' Glenn Tangala), Matisse D'Hondt (63' Rune Vandenborre), Gilles Van Herreweghe (77' Deven Oghuma), Casper De Buysscher (63' Robin Van Wambeke), Jéröme Lyssens (63' Guillaume Cnudde), Laurens Goossens, Niels Mestdagh. Bank: Nicolas Meerschaert, Colin Dhondt. Coach: Stefan Leleu.