2012 Belgian Cup final

2012 Belgian Cup final 2011–12 Belgian Cup Lokeren 1 Kortrijk 0 24 March 2012 King Baudouin Stadium Brussels 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. 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.http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1254195 Lokeren wins cup for the first time. dutch 2012-03-24 sporza.be 2012-03-30 https://archive.today/20130115043543/http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1254195 2013-01-15 dead 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.http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1254396 De Ceulaer: "I'll never forgive the referee" dutch 2012-03-24 sporza.be Road to the Final 2011–12 Belgian Cup LokerenRoundKortrijkEupen [D2]H3–0De Ceulaer 21', 64'Harbaoui 83' Round SixAntwerp [D2]H1–1 (AET)p.s.: 6–5Joseph-Monrose 56'Westerlo [D1]H3–1Marić 40' (pen.)Finnbogason 80', 84' Round SevenSint-Truiden [D1]H1–0Nfor 50'Gent [D1]H1–1Mokulu 1' Quarter FinalsFirst LegBeerschot [D1]H2–0Zukanović 81'Messoudi 84'Gent [D1]A3–3Marić 33' (pen.)Patosi 50'Persoons 87' Quarter FinalsSecond LegBeerschot [D1]A1–2Veselinović 67'Lierse [D1]H1–0Taravel 57' Semi-finalsFirst LegMons [D1]A2–1Joseph-Monrose 62'Messoudi 90'Lierse [D1]A3–0De Pauw 38', 83'Persoons 42' Semi-finalsSecond LegMons [D1]H2–2Joseph-Monrose 33'Sapina 37' (OG) Both clubs received a bye to round six. In square brackets is a letter that represents the opposition's division [D1] = Belgian First Division [D2] = Belgian Second Division Match details 24 March 2012 20:30 CET Lokeren 1–0 Kortrijk Harbaoui 77 Jérôme Efong Nzolo King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels _lokeren1112h _lokeren1112h _lokeren1112h FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FBFB00 LokerenFF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 Kortrijk LOKEREN: GK 21 CIV CopaDF 13GRE Georgios GalitsiosDF 23SEN Ibrahima GueyeDF 4 FRA Jérémy TaravelDF 28BEL Laurens De BockMF 7 BEL Killian OvermeireMF 8 BEL Koen Persoons MF 10CRO Ivan Leko 62FW 29BEL Nill De Pauw 90+3FW 9TUN Hamdi Harbaoui 86FW 11BEL Benjamin De Ceulaer 0 19Substitutes:DF 3MAR Hassan El Mouataz 86MF 6COD TikoGK 12SRB Jugoslav LazićFW 14COD Benjamin MokuluMF 17NOR Geir Ludvig Fevang 90+3FW 19SEN Baye Djiby Fall 62MF 24 RSA Ayanda PatosiManager:BEL Peter MaesKORTRIJK: GK 16 RSA Darren KeetMF 21BEL Brecht CaponDF 3FRA Baptiste Martin 25DF 23 BIH Ervin ZukanovićMF 11MAR Mustapha OussalahMF 8 SRB Nebojša PavlovićMF 17 BEL Gertjan De Mets 60 MF 10CMR Ernest Nfor 69MF 20BEL Mohamed MessoudiFW 18ARG Pablo Chavarría 13 81FW 9SRB Dalibor VeselinovićSubstitutes:GK 1BEL Kristof van HoutMF 4SEN Ismaïla N'DiayeDF 5FRA Alassane TambéDF 6BEL David WijnsFW 7FRA Steeven Joseph-Monrose 69DF 14COD Landry MulemoMF 19BEL Brecht Dejaeghere 81Manager:BEL 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 2011–12 Belgian Cup References Category:2011–12 in Belgian football cups Category:Belgian Cup seasons Category:Belgian Cup finals Category:KSC Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen matches Category:May 2012 sports events in Europe Category:2012 in Brussels Category:Football matches in Brussels Category:KV Kortrijk matches