Challenge

Lions Den
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Edward Vanderstraeten got the match started through his kick off. After 5 minutes Leicester Lions's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Edward Vanderstraeten who took care of the corner kick. In the 7th minute Edward Vanderstraeten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grant Blacknell saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Grant Blacknell 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 14th minute. 21 minutes into the match, Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Camron Rhodes. In the 29th minute Edward Vanderstraeten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grant Blacknell saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 30 minutes had been played when some careless play by Leicester Lions's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Edward Vanderstraeten was slow to take the kick. During this time Belgium's players had a chance to rest. The corner led to Belgium's Yves Dervaux getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. If Edward Vanderstraeten had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Bobby Pirés could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Casper Claes made a huge save. 46 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Camron Rhodes stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The throw-in from Will Lemerond in the 55th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Belgium's Sander Dermaut. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yves Dervaux in the 59th minute of play forced Leicester Lions's goalkeeper Grant Blacknell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Casper Claes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benny White, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. In the 76th minute Benny White shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Casper Claes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Denzil Howarth hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. 80 minutes into the game, Belgium's Siebe Michiels nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Grant Blacknell made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Leicester Lions made a substitution. Alexander Cheetham replaced Michal Budzyn. Leicester Lions made a substitution. Connor Branston replaced Lucas Darling. With a little luck, Leicester Lions's Grant Blacknell got control of the ball when Edward Vanderstraeten tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 87th minute of play forced Leicester Lions's goalkeeper Grant Blacknell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Leicester Lions fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Belgium were clearly better and deserved to take the win.