Challenge

NEM CT Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Edward Vanderstraeten made the kick off which started today's match. Lenny Clocheret received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Jeremy Nicholas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. New England Minas's Jörgen Frohm quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Floris Claeys, made in the 5th minute of the game. After having played for 9 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 throw-in from Floris Claeys in the 10th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by New England Minas's Jörgen Frohm. Jeremy Nicholas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 12th minute of the match. In the 14th minute, Edward Vanderstraeten 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 16th minute of play forced New England Minas's goalkeeper Jeremy Nicholas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 17 minutes into the match, Belgium's Yves Dervaux sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jeremy Nicholas narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Casper Claes made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Tony Pacheco sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edgardo Silva in the 21st minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jeremy Nicholas 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 24th minute. In the 25th 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. After 28 played minutes Belgium got a freekick which was hit by Lenny Clocheret. In the 30th minute, Edgardo Silva 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. Belgium's Casper Claes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save Belgium from getting a goal against them. Jeremy Nicholas came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Belgium's Yves Dervaux. But to his dismay, Yves Dervaux quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. When the match clock showed 38 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Edward Vanderstraeten sped through New England Minas's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jeremy Nicholas. Jeremy Nicholas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Siebe Michiels in the 41st minute of play. In the 42nd minute Belgium were awarded a corner. Edward Vanderstraeten went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten to fire away a dangerous shot which Jeremy Nicholas despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The throw-in from Floris Claeys in the 44th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by New England Minas's Jörgen Frohm. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 46th minute of play forced New England Minas's goalkeeper Jeremy Nicholas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Edgardo Silva made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tony Pacheco in the 58th minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 60th minute of play forced New England Minas's goalkeeper Jeremy Nicholas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With an all-out effort, Belgium's Jeremy Nicholas threw himself towards the right post 63 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Edward Vanderstraeten, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Jeremy Nicholas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 63rd minute of the match. Jeremy Nicholas made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Edward Vanderstraeten sent off a good shot on target. Edward Vanderstraeten hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. 71 minutes into the game, New England Minas's Tio Lio nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Casper Claes made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Tony Pacheco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Casper Claes having to interfere. 80 minutes into the match, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jeremy Nicholas narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Casper Claes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tony Pacheco, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Casper Claes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tio Lio in the 83rd minute of the match. New England Minas were awarded a corner in the 85th minute after Belgium's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Lalo Rosas took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Lalo Rosas got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Casper Claes quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. New England Minas's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Lalo Rosas in the 97th minute. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.