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STADIO DELLA ROMA
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Biagio Scoca made the kick off and thus started the match. Dino Di Luca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Vanderstraeten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 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 10th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Sander Dermaut heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Dino Di Luca 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 12th minute. Casper Claes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Niccolo Zaniolo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Belgium's Casper Claes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save Belgium from getting a goal against them. 22 minutes into the match, Foot Ball Club di Roma's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Vanderstraeten came free, but Dino Di Luca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 24th minute, Edward Vanderstraeten left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Belgium fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Belgium's Casper Claes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Niccolo Zaniolo in the 29th minute of play. In the 32nd minute, Niccolo Zaniolo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Foot Ball Club di Roma fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. 36 minutes into the match, Foot Ball Club di Roma's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Vanderstraeten came free, but Dino Di Luca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 39th minute, Niccolo Zaniolo got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Dino Di Luca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Siebe Michiels in the 43rd minute of play. With a little luck, Belgium's Casper Claes got control of the ball when Biagio Scoca tried to sneak it across the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Edward Vanderstraeten to strike the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes in the game, Edward Vanderstraeten fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Dino Di Luca having to interfere. Dino Di Luca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 57th minute of play. 59 minutes into the game, Belgium's Yves Dervaux nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dino Di Luca made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. The throw-in from Guillaume Bonte in the 71st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Foot Ball Club di Roma's Aurelio Vinciguerra. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 77th minute of play forced Foot Ball Club di Roma's goalkeeper Dino Di Luca 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 Dino Di Luca read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 80th minute of play. Edward Vanderstraeten blasted a shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dino Di Luca having to make a save. Edward Vanderstraeten came free with the goalkeeper in the 82nd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Dino Di Luca could save by the left post. 83 minutes into the match, Niccolo Zaniolo notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of Belgium's Casper Claes. Casper Claes was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 88th minute, one of Belgium:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Belgium. Yağız Ergünay placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! If Biagio Scoca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Casper Claes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Biagio Scoca, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Edward Vanderstraeten received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Dino Di Luca tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 95th minute of play forced Foot Ball Club di Roma's goalkeeper Dino Di Luca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 95th minute of play forced Foot Ball Club di Roma's goalkeeper Dino Di Luca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Foot Ball Club di Roma had won after a very even match.