Challenge

Drinking Skull Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Adama Traore made the kick off and thus started the match. With a little luck, Belgium's Casper Claes got control of the ball when Adama Traore tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 6th minute Wilson Severino 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. Xie Rong Hao could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Casper Claes made a huge save. In the 11th minute, Léo de Souza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sergio Rochet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yves Dervaux in the 18th minute of the match. In the 19th minute of the match, Lochlainn Holt tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Casper Claes saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Edward Vanderstraeten scored 0-2 in the 21st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sergio Rochet, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Yves Dervaux had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sergio Rochet made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 30th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yves Dervaux in the 34th minute of play forced Uí Fergusa's goalkeeper Sergio Rochet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Casper Claes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adama Traore in the 35th minute of play. Uí Fergusa were awarded a corner in the 36th minute after Belgium's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. José Maria Pitta took the corner. It was a well-played corner which Xie Rong Hao managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Edward Vanderstraeten might have been able to make a better finish in the 40th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Sergio Rochet. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edward Vanderstraeten ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 40th minute of play forced Uí Fergusa's goalkeeper Sergio Rochet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edward Vanderstraeten's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sergio Rochet read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 42nd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Adama Traore got free with Casper Claes in the 45th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Edward Vanderstraeten stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Sergio Rochet made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 55th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edward Vanderstraeten got free with Sergio Rochet in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Uí Fergusa getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Walery Pazura hit a great ball. In the 62nd minute, Xie Rong Hao ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Casper Claes was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. The throw-in from Lochlainn Holt in the 65th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Belgium's Sander Dermaut. The audience was convinced that Xie Rong Hao's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Casper Claes was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. 73 minutes into the match, Edward Vanderstraeten notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Uí Fergusa's Sergio Rochet. Sergio Rochet was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Edward Vanderstraeten sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Casper Claes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Xie Rong Hao's shot from short distance in the 81st minute. Sergio Rochet made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 83rd minute of play. In the 84th minute the ball was on its way in behind Uí Fergusa's goalkeeper Sergio Rochet, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 85th minute Belgium were awarded a corner. Edward Vanderstraeten went to the cornerflag to take it. 89 minutes into the match, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sergio Rochet narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 94 minutes, Adama Traore mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Uí Fergusa and the Belgium players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 94th match minute, Uí Fergusa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adama Traore to maneuver through the defense. The Belgium supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Belgium would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.