Challenge

Castro Del Corfu
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Kerkyra FC's Alisson Becker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 4th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 9th minute of play forced Kerkyra FC's goalkeeper Alisson Becker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 11 minutes into the game, Floris Claeys threw the ball into play from the sideline. Kerkyra FC's Anastasios Kazatzidis quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 13thth minute of the game 夏天 Naab who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Belgium's Casper Claes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Zlatan Messi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Belgium's Casper Claes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Belgium from getting a goal against them. 18 minutes into the match, Zlatan Messi dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Casper Claes, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zlatan Messi in the 27th minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 31 minutes into the match, Kerkyra FC's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Vanderstraeten came free, but Alisson Becker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 32 minutes Kerkyra FC'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. Siebe Michiels made a great header on Belgium's corner, it was just that Kerkyra FC's Alisson Becker managed to reach the ball for a save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edward Vanderstraeten in the 34th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alisson Becker saved Kerkyra FC from getting behind. 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 41st minute. Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Alisson Becker in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The throw-in from Anastasios Kazatzidis in the 42nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Belgium's Lenny Clocheret. After a rather tough play, Kerkyra FC's Sotos Kabitakis got a free kick in the 43rd minute. After having played for 44 minutes, Edward Vanderstraeten managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Belgium's supporters crossed their fingers, but Edward Vanderstraeten was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zlatan Messi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd match minute, Kerkyra FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Giannis Verikios to maneuver through the defense. In the 54th minute the ball was on its way in behind Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Belgium's Casper Claes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zlatan Messi in the 56th minute of play. Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten got a good chance for a goal in the 57th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Kerkyra FC's Alisson Becker proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save Kerkyra FC from getting a goal against them. Kerkyra FC made a substitution. Paraskevas Labrakoglou replaced Giannis Verikios. Casper Claes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zlatan Messi went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. When Kerkyra FC's Zlatan Messi in the 74th minute got a chance for a shot 74th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Belgium's goalie prevented a goal. In the 75th minute of the match Kerkyra FC got a corner. Belgium's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Argyris Kanetis ran over to the corner to take the kick. At last the ball reached Zlatan Messi at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Belgium. 4-0. Casper Claes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 夏天 Naab in the 80th minute of the match. 83 minutes into the match, Edward Vanderstraeten had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alisson Becker. Kerkyra FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Edward Vanderstraeten was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. Alisson Becker made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yves Dervaux in the 86th minute. 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 87th minute. In the 91st minute the ball was on its way in behind Kerkyra FC's goalkeeper Alisson Becker, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Zlatan Messi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Casper Claes having to make a save. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Kerkyra FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Belgium had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.