Challenge

Dragons Graveyard
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Edward Vanderstraeten made the kick off which started today's match. Belgium's attentive Guillaume Bonte managed to snatch the ball when Walter Bernaerts made a throw-in in the 9th minute of the game. Jerome Ngake made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 12th minute of play. Edward Vanderstraeten struck a weak shot in the 12th minute. Jerome Ngake didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Belgium. 14 minutes into the match, FC Draconia's goal looked a bit too open when Yves Dervaux came free, but Jerome Ngake reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Casper Claes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benny Hill, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. A collision led to Belgium getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Floris Claeys hit a great ball. Belgium's defense didn't have a chance, in the 20th minute, when Benny Hill scored to the left of an out of position Casper Claes, making the score, 1-0. Jerome Ngake showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 23rd minute of the match. Benny Hill sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 28th minute Edward Vanderstraeten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jerome Ngake saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 33rd minute, Edward Vanderstraeten left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Belgium fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Belgium's Casper Claes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benny Hill in the 37th minute of play. The throw-in from Walter Bernaerts in the 39th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Belgium's Nigel Devos. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Benny Hill to strike the kick off in the second half. Tomislav Mikalauskas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Casper Claes having to interfere. Belgium's Casper Claes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benny Hill in the 54th minute of play. If Benny Hill had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Benny Hill had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Adrian Costandin took the ball and in the 61 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Casper Claes. Casper Claes dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Casper Claes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomislav Mikalauskas in the 63rd minute of play. FC Draconia's Paco Fernandez-Solino was substituted for Denis Serebryanikov. Lenny Clocheret hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Casper Claes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joaquin Lekubegi, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomislav Mikalauskas in the 72nd minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Jerome Ngake managed to avoid a goal in the 74thth minute, when Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 75th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Laurens Vandamme hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joaquin Lekubegi in the 83rd minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Casper Claes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joaquin Lekubegi went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. Guillaume Bonte made in the 93rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Sander Dermaut. The referee felt a red card was in order, 95 minutes into the game, when Gorbea Castejana put in a rough tackle. After 96 played minutes FC Draconia got a freekick which was hit by Gorbea Castejana. 98 minutes into the match, FC Draconia's goal looked a bit too open when Simon Sabbe came free, but Jerome Ngake reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. For all the effort they put into the match, the Belgium players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for FC Draconia.