Challenge

Heppenbach
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Karl-Michael Almqvist started the match with the kick off. In the 2nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Forza Heppenbach's goalkeeper Hans-Joachim Amerhauser, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten in the 5th minute got a chance for a shot 5th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Forza Heppenbach's goalie prevented a goal. Karl-Michael Almqvist blasted a shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Casper Claes having to make a save. Hans-Joachim Amerhauser 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 9th minute. Yves Dervaux took the ball and in the 12 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Hans-Joachim Amerhauser. Hans-Joachim Amerhauser dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. It seemed to be an obvious goal in the 16th minute, but Casper Claes got his fingers on the ball or the save, leaving Belgium hanging dry this time. Casper Claes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christian Kellbom, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Edward Vanderstraeten managed to get in a good position for a shot. Belgium's supporters rose to their feet, but Edward Vanderstraeten was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hans-Joachim Amerhauser breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 24th minute, Yanick Celis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edward Vanderstraeten sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 30th minute of play forced Forza Heppenbach's goalkeeper Hans-Joachim Amerhauser to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hans-Joachim Amerhauser took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Vanderstraeten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 37th minute Siebe Michiels shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hans-Joachim Amerhauser saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Edward Vanderstraeten might have been able to make a better finish in the 42nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hans-Joachim Amerhauser. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edward Vanderstraeten ran back to his position shaking his head. Hans-Joachim Amerhauser made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 42nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sander Tielemans in the 44th minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Edward Vanderstraeten made a kick off. If Siebe Michiels had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 54th minute the ball was on its way in behind Forza Heppenbach's goalkeeper Hans-Joachim Amerhauser, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Belgium's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 55th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karl-Michael Almqvist in the 58th minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Casper Claes came out of the goal in the 58th minute to try and stop a shot by Forza Heppenbach's Karl-Michael Almqvist. But to his dismay, Karl-Michael Almqvist quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Casper Claes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christian Kellbom in the 64th minute of play. With his leg Hans-Joachim Amerhauser managed to avoid a goal in the 66thth minute, when Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 70th minute, Edward Vanderstraeten reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Hans-Joachim Amerhauser. The goal made the score 1-3. Casper Claes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jozef Dauwen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Edward Vanderstraeten, 76 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Casper Claes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christian Kellbom, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Casper Claes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christian Kellbom, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. 82 minutes into the match, Edward Vanderstraeten had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hans-Joachim Amerhauser. Forza Heppenbach's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Edward Vanderstraeten was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. The throw-in from Brent Desmet in the 84th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Belgium's Nigel Devos. Edward Vanderstraeten's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Hans-Joachim Amerhauser firmly grabbed it by the left post. Karl-Michael Almqvist received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Casper Claes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Forza Heppenbach's Hans-Joachim Amerhauser proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to save Forza Heppenbach from getting a goal against them. When the match had gone on for 93 minutes, Edward Vanderstraeten took a quick shot and it went in 1-5 without a chance for Hans-Joachim Amerhauser to make any attempt to save it. The Forza Heppenbach supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Belgium's performance. The match ended with a win for Belgium.