Challenge

Sowliny Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Antonello Marcon kicked off to start the match. Sowliny ☆☆☆ A.D.2007's Osa Ossa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 3rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Sowliny ☆☆☆ A.D.2007's Wladyslaw Debowy got a free kick in the 10th minute. 14 minutes into the match, Yves Dervaux had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Osa Ossa. Sowliny ☆☆☆ A.D.2007's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Yves Dervaux was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After 18 minutes of play, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Osa Ossa was left in no man's land by his defense there! Osa Ossa 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 26th minute. 26 minutes into the match, Edward Vanderstraeten had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Osa Ossa. Sowliny ☆☆☆ A.D.2007's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Edward Vanderstraeten was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. A sloppy throw-in by Łukasz Piszczek in the 30th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Belgium's Simon Sabbe. Osa Ossa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yves Dervaux, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Belgium's Casper Claes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antonello Marcon in the 32nd minute of play. Osa Ossa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 35th minute of play. Casper Claes was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Antonello Marcon showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-3 in the 39 minute of play. Osa Ossa 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 47th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

The wind increased when Edward Vanderstraeten made the kick off in the second half. After 58 played minutes Sowliny ☆☆☆ A.D.2007 got a freekick which was hit by Antonello Marcon. Edward Vanderstraeten sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Sander Dermaut had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Casper Claes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Antonello Marcon went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. Through an outstanding action, after 69 minutes, Osa Ossa successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. When Edward Vanderstraeten came up free with the goalie in the 70th minute, the Belgium fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Edward Vanderstraeten couldn't finish the play. Osa Ossa came out of the goal in the 76th minute to try and stop a shot by Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten. But to his dismay, Edward Vanderstraeten quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-4. In the 80th match minute, Sowliny ☆☆☆ A.D.2007 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by John Metgod to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Sowliny ☆☆☆ A.D.2007's zone, Yves Dervaux stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Osa Ossa came out of the goal and Yves Dervaux tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the match clock showed 89 minutes, the score became 3-4 when Dante Llope sped through Belgium's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Casper Claes. Nigel Devos kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. After 97 played minutes, Sowliny ☆☆☆ A.D.2007's Wladyslaw Debowy shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Casper Claes came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Sowliny ☆☆☆ A.D.2007 reached it. When the match was over Belgium could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Sowliny ☆☆☆ A.D.2007 throughout the match.