2012 Belgian Cup final

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2012 Belgian Cup final
Event 2011–12 Belgian Cup
Date24 March 2012
Venue King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Referee Jérôme Efong Nzolo
2011
2013

The 2012 Belgian Cup final, named the Cofidis Cup after the sponsor, was played on 24 March 2012 between Kortrijk and Lokeren. It was the 57th Belgian Cup final and was won by Lokeren.

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The match started intensely, with both teams attacking from the start. Kortrijk already had a scoring chance within the first minute, while Lokeren scored an early goal through Hamdi Harbaoui which was correctly disallowed for offside. The major talking point of the match happened after 19 minutes, when a linesman signalled a foul by Lokeren forward and Belgian international Benjamin De Ceulaer, who was subsequently dismissed by referee Jérôme Efong Nzolo with a red card. Nzolo followed the instructions of his assistant and initially showed the red card to a Kortrijk player, when the linesman made clear it should have been De Ceulaer. Both spectators in the stadium and through radio and television broadcast were left unsure about the exact reason as initial replays showed a struggle between Brecht Capon and De Ceulaer, for which a red card seemed very harsh. Although Lokeren played more defensively after the red card, a moderate Kortrijk was not able to create any major chances for the remainder of the first half.

During the second half, Kortrijk did push for the goal and almost scored, with Nebojša Pavlović just missing the cross from Mohamed Messoudi, Ernest Nfor testing the reflexes of Lokeren goalkeeper Copa and Dalibor Veselinović heading a chance wide. In the attacking department of Lokeren, Hamdi Harbaoui was left to handle it on his own, not managing to create any danger. However, with just over an hour played, Lokeren coach brought in Baye Djiby Fall to strengthen the attack and after 77 minutes a play between Fall, Nill De Pauw and Harbaoui set up the latter to lob the ball over Kortrijk goalie Darren Keet. Lokeren was under moderate pressure during the final minutes, but ultimately held on without giving away any major chances. With that, Lokeren had won its first Belgian Cup. [1]

Right after the match, Benjamin De Ceulaer stated that "I'm very happy for our team and president. But for me... the referee took away the most beautiful moment of my career. I will never forgive him. I hope I never meet him again. I refuse to look him in the eye from now on.", but zoomed in replays of the phase indeed showed that De Ceulaer had kicked the legs of Brecht Capon while the ball was nowhere near. Referee Nzolo also stated that he stood behind his decision and although he was forced to follow the judgement of his linesman anyway, he also believed that the linesman made the right judgement and De Ceulaer had been sent off for valid reasons. [2]

Road to the Final

LokerenRoundKortrijk
Eupen [D2]
H
30
De Ceulaer 21', 64'
Harbaoui 83'
Round Six Antwerp [D2]
H
11 (AET)
p.s.: 65
Joseph-Monrose 56'
Westerlo [D1]
H
31
Marić 40' (pen.)
Finnbogason 80', 84'
Round Seven Sint-Truiden [D1]
H
10
Nfor 50'
Gent [D1]
H
11
Mokulu 1'Quarter Finals
First Leg
Beerschot [D1]
H
20
Zukanović 81'
Messoudi 84'
Gent [D1]
A
33
Marić 33' (pen.)
Patosi 50'
Persoons 87'
Quarter Finals
Second Leg
Beerschot [D1]
A
12
Veselinović 67'
Lierse [D1]
H
10
Taravel 57'Semi-finals
First Leg
Mons [D1]
A
21
Joseph-Monrose 62'
Messoudi 90'
Lierse [D1]
A
30
De Pauw 38', 83'
Persoons 42'
Semi-finals
Second Leg
Mons [D1]
H
22
Joseph-Monrose 33'
Sapina 37' (OG)

Match details

Lokeren 1–0 Kortrijk
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Lokeren
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Kortrijk
LOKEREN:
GK21 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Copa
DF13 Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Galitsios
DF23 Flag of Senegal.svg Ibrahima Gueye
DF4 Flag of France.svg Jérémy Taravel
DF28 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Laurens De Bock
MF7 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Killian Overmeire
MF8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Koen Persoons
MF10 Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Leko Sub off.svg 62'
FW29 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nill De Pauw Sub off.svg 90+3'
FW9 Flag of Tunisia.svg Hamdi Harbaoui Sub off.svg 86'
FW11 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Benjamin De Ceulaer Red card.svg 19'
Substitutes:
DF3 Flag of Morocco.svg Hassan El Mouataz Sub on.svg 86'
MF6 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Tiko
GK12 Flag of Serbia.svg Jugoslav Lazić
FW14 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Benjamin Mokulu
MF17 Flag of Norway.svg Geir Ludvig Fevang Sub on.svg 90+3'
FW19 Flag of Senegal.svg Baye Djiby Fall Sub on.svg 62'
MF24 Flag of South Africa.svg Ayanda Patosi
Manager:
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Peter Maes
KORTRIJK:
GK16 Flag of South Africa.svg Darren Keet
MF21 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brecht Capon
DF3 Flag of France.svg Baptiste Martin Yellow card.svg 25'
DF23 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Ervin Zukanović
MF11 Flag of Morocco.svg Mustapha Oussalah
MF8 Flag of Serbia.svg Nebojša Pavlović
MF17 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Gertjan De Mets Yellow card.svg 60'
MF10 Flag of Cameroon.svg Ernest Nfor Sub off.svg 69'
MF20 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Mohamed Messoudi
FW18 Flag of Argentina.svg Pablo Chavarría Yellow card.svg 13'Sub off.svg 81'
FW9 Flag of Serbia.svg Dalibor Veselinović
Substitutes:
GK1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kristof van Hout
MF4 Flag of Senegal.svg Ismaïla N'Diaye
DF5 Flag of France.svg Alassane També
DF6 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg David Wijns
FW7 Flag of France.svg Steeven Joseph-Monrose Sub on.svg 69'
DF14 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Landry Mulemo
MF19 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brecht Dejaeghere Sub on.svg 81'
Manager:
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Hein Vanhaezebrouck
MATCH RULES
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Maximum 7 named substitutes
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

See also

References

  1. "Lokeren wins cup for the first time" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2012-03-24. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  2. "De Ceulaer: "I'll never forgive the referee"" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2012-03-24.