Challenge

Saliceto Panaro
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Edward Vanderstraeten kicked off to start the match. In the 6thth minute of the game Edward Vanderstraeten who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but LEBEG Team's Thiago Leiva was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Simon Sabbe in the 9th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by LEBEG Team's Serginho Ramos. After 10 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for LEBEG Team! Bolli Boll made in the 13th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Belgium's Lenny Clocheret. Thiago Leiva showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edward Vanderstraeten, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Thiago Leiva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yves Dervaux in the 21st minute of play. Bolli Boll fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Casper Claes having to interfere. After 27 minutes of play, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Thiago Leiva was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Edward Vanderstraeten in the 34th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Thiago Leiva prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 34 minutes, Edward Vanderstraeten made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. LEBEG Team's Thiago Leiva tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Thiago Leiva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 37th minute of the match. If Edward Vanderstraeten had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Through an outstanding action, after 43 minutes, Casper Claes successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The LEBEG Team players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Belgium were winning 0-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Arturo Zapolski to strike the kick off in the second half. Casper Claes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arturo Zapolski in the 53rd minute of play. Casper Claes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bolli Boll went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Arturo Zapolski took the ball and in the 67 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 2-2. LEBEG Team's Enrico Palmisano was substituted for Bernardo Benarrivo. Bolli Boll received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Casper Claes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The throw-in from Floris Claeys in the 74th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by LEBEG Team's Yaman Çağman. In the 79th minute of the match Belgium got a corner. LEBEG Team's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Edward Vanderstraeten ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Edward Vanderstraeten got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Thiago Leiva quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 81 minutes into the match, LEBEG Team's goalkeeper Thiago Leiva had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Edward Vanderstraeten. In the 83rd minute of the match Belgium got a corner. LEBEG Team's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Edward Vanderstraeten ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Belgium's Siebe Michiels to a score. 2-3 in the 83rd minute. The supporters of Belgium booed when LEBEG Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fabio Di Meo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Edward Vanderstraeten recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 91st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Floris Claeys's late challenge caught a LEBEG Team's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Floris Claeys helped the player get up and apologised. In the 93rd match minute, Belgium was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Floris Claeys to maneuver through the defense. LEBEG Team's attentive Tadas Eigirdas managed to snatch the ball when Floris Claeys made a throw-in in the 95th minute of the game.