Berschot-Vilrijk and Zulte Waregem shared the spoils in a Club Friendlies encounter on August 1st. The match ended 2:2 after ninety minutes of back-and-forth action. Both sides showed attacking intent from the opening whistle. To be fair, neither team dominated the early exchanges.
The home side struck first at the fifteen-minute mark. Zulte Waregem responded quickly, finding the net twenty-nine minutes in. A yellow card at twenty-five minutes briefly interrupted the rhythm. And here's the thing — those early goals set the tone for an open contest.
The second half continued the pattern of end-to-end football. Berschot-Vilrijk regained the lead forty-nine minutes into the half. Zulte Waregem equalised again at seventy-one minutes. A yellow card at sixty-eight minutes showed the physical nature of the encounter.
The closing stages descended into chaos. A penalty was missed at eighty-five minutes, and both teams received multiple bookings. By then, the result seemed likely to hold. A red card at ninety-five minutes added drama to an already eventful finish.
The statistics tell an even story. Both teams held fifty percent possession. Berschot-Vilrijk registered seventy-nine attacks to Zulte Waregem's sixty-three. The home side won seven corners against four for the visitors.
This draw keeps both sides in preparation mode ahead of the season. Each team had chances to win but couldn't close out the game. The red card might prove costly for Zulte Waregem in future fixtures.