Challenge

Stadion Sawino SSA
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Janusz Niedzwiecki's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Casper Claes firmly grabbed it by the left post. Sawino SA's Borys Lanczak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 7th minute of play. In the 7th minute Edward Vanderstraeten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Borys Lanczak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 9 minutes into the match, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Borys Lanczak narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 11 minutes into the game, Edward Vanderstraeten cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Borys Lanczak was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 17 minutes into the match, Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Janusz Niedzwiecki came free, but Casper Claes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 19 minutes Belgium's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ignacy Frodyma who took care of the corner kick. 26 minutes into the match, Edward Vanderstraeten notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Sawino SA's Borys Lanczak. Borys Lanczak was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Edward Vanderstraeten's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Borys Lanczak was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the match had gone on for 34 minutes, Janusz Niedzwiecki put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Casper Claes. With a little luck, Belgium's Casper Claes got control of the ball when Janusz Niedzwiecki tried to sneak it across the goal line. Sawino SA's Borys Lanczak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 41st minute of play. The Sawino SA players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Belgium were winning 1-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Janusz Niedzwiecki made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yves Dervaux in the 52nd minute of play forced Sawino SA's goalkeeper Borys Lanczak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 55th minute Janusz Niedzwiecki 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. After 57 minutes Sawino SA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Edward Vanderstraeten who took care of the corner kick. Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten got a good chance for a goal in the 60th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Edward Vanderstraeten received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Borys Lanczak came out and tried to block the shot, but Edward Vanderstraeten slotted it home off the left post making it 1-4 in the 62nd minute. 66 minutes into the match, Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Janusz Niedzwiecki came free, but Casper Claes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 70th minute of play forced Sawino SA's goalkeeper Borys Lanczak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edward Vanderstraeten received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Borys Lanczak came out and tried to block the shot, but Edward Vanderstraeten slotted it home off the left post making it 1-5 in the 70th minute. In the 73rd minute Nuno Tasso 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. Sawino SA's Borys Lanczak proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save Sawino SA from getting a goal against them. Casper Claes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Waclaw Hludzenski, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Belgium's goalie and right to Nuno Tasso. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Belgium's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 80th minute Janusz Niedzwiecki 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. A hard shot 82 in the game by Edward Vanderstraeten from a close distance when the talented Borys Lanczak managed to make a qualified save. Sawino SA's players were relieved. Edward Vanderstraeten could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Borys Lanczak made a huge save. Edward Vanderstraeten scored 1-6 in the 92nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Borys Lanczak, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The supporters of Sawino SA booed when Belgium was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Laurens Vandamme didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Belgium players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.