First soldier Jorn Simons (‘s Herenelderen) with sergeant Kobe Doomen (Munsterbilzen). — © Bart Borgerhoff
They have been on a military mission together in Romania for the past four months, but on Sunday Sergeant Kobe Doomen (25) and First Soldier Jorn Simons (26) faced each other in… a football match in the second provincial A. “It was only in Romania that we discovered that we play the same series,” says Jorn Simons, who narrowly defeated colleague Doomen’s Munsterbilzen with ‘s Herenelderen (1-2).