Challenge

Juan Gilberto Funes
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Edward Vanderstraeten started the match with the kick off. Casper Claes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vitor Tejedor in the 3rd minute of the match. Vitor Tejedor could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Casper Claes made a huge save. Raimundo Feliu 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 7th minute. Casper Claes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Josemir Lujambio in the 10th minute of play. Atlético Argentino's Raimundo Feliu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yves Dervaux in the 11th minute of play. A collision led to Belgium getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Lenny Clocheret hit a great ball. Belgium's Casper Claes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Belgium from getting a goal against them. 17 minutes into the match, Atlético Argentino's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Vanderstraeten came free, but Raimundo Feliu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Edward Vanderstraeten might have been able to make a better finish in the 19th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Raimundo Feliu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edward Vanderstraeten ran back to his position shaking his head. Edward Vanderstraeten received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Raimundo Feliu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 28th 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. 31 minutes into the match, Atlético Argentino's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Vanderstraeten came free, but Raimundo Feliu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Atlético Argentino defense, Edward Vanderstraeten kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Raimundo Feliu. The Atlético Argentino fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Raimundo Feliu should have stopped the shot. Atlético Argentino's Raimundo Feliu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 39th minute of play. 42 minutes into the match, Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Josemir Lujambio came free, but Casper Claes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Raimundo Feliu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Vanderstraeten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Casper Claes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Josemir Lujambio, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Atlético Argentino made a substitution. Luis Vázquez replaced Pastor Nofre. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edward Vanderstraeten got free with Raimundo Feliu in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Raimundo Feliu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 61st minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Edward Vanderstraeten kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Raimundo Feliu. That made the score 1-3 in the 61 minute of play. Atlético Argentino's Raimundo Feliu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save Atlético Argentino from getting a goal against them. Lenny Clocheret hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. In the 66thth minute of the game Vitor Tejedor 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. In the 67th minute Atlético Argentino were awarded a corner. Eufemio Yabbarov went to the cornerflag to take it. Casper Claes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vitor Tejedor, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Vázquez in the 72nd minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 74 minutes into the match, Josemir Lujambio notched a goal, 2-3, 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. Atlético Argentino made a substitution. Pascual Ledesma replaced Aldo Arce. Atlético Argentino's Raimundo Feliu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save Atlético Argentino from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Edward Vanderstraeten kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Raimundo Feliu. That made the score 2-4 in the 79 minute of play. 82 minutes into the match, Atlético Argentino's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Vanderstraeten came free, but Raimundo Feliu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 84 minutes of play, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten made it 2-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Raimundo Feliu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Atlético Argentino's Raimundo Feliu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save Atlético Argentino from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edward Vanderstraeten got free with Raimundo Feliu in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Casper Claes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Josemir Lujambio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 95th match minute, Atlético Argentino was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonard Julin to maneuver through the defense. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Belgium walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.