Challenge

Zinho de Oliveira
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Sitthachat Jampeehom showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 6th minute of the match. When Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten in the 11th minute got a chance for a shot 11th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Gavião Kyikatejê's goalie prevented a goal. Casper Claes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodney Lindov in the 12th minute of play. After 13 minutes Belgium's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Davie McWhirter who took care of the corner kick. A very nice done corner allowed Miroslaw Dobilas to score against Casper Claes in Belgium's goal. 1-0 after 14 minutes. Sitthachat Jampeehom made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 17th minute of play. In the 18thth minute of the game Edward Vanderstraeten who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gavião Kyikatejê's Sitthachat Jampeehom was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 20th minute the ball was on its way in behind Gavião Kyikatejê's goalkeeper Sitthachat Jampeehom, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 21st minute, Yves Dervaux ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sitthachat Jampeehom was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. In the 24th match minute, Gavião Kyikatejê was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Davie McWhirter to maneuver through the defense. Casper Claes made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when João Vítor Bittencourt sent off a good shot on target. 28 minutes had been played when some careless play by Belgium's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Davie McWhirter was slow to take the kick. During this time Gavião Kyikatejê's players had a chance to rest. Sitthachat Jampeehom 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 38th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 40th minute of play forced Gavião Kyikatejê's goalkeeper Sitthachat Jampeehom to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. João Vítor Bittencourt's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 41stth minute, Casper Claes skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 47th minute, Yves Dervaux ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sitthachat Jampeehom was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. The Gavião Kyikatejê players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Belgium were winning 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell João Vítor Bittencourt to make the kick off. 54 minutes into the game, Gavião Kyikatejê's Rodney Lindov 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, 2-2. With his leg Sitthachat Jampeehom managed to avoid a goal in the 58thth minute, when Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Belgium were awarded a corner in the 59th minute after Gavião Kyikatejê's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Edward Vanderstraeten took the corner. 62 minutes into the match, Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Miroslaw Dobilas came free, but Casper Claes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Edward Vanderstraeten had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 65 played minutes Belgium got a freekick which was hit by Nigel Devos. Sitthachat Jampeehom made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 68th minute of play. Casper Claes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodney Lindov, 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 Rodney Lindov, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. 72 minutes into the match, Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Rodney Lindov came free, but Casper Claes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Edward Vanderstraeten's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Sitthachat Jampeehom firmly grabbed it by the left post. 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 76th minute. After taking down the ball on Belgium's corner Edward Vanderstraeten fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Sitthachat Jampeehom quite easily take care of the ball. After 79 minutes of play, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sitthachat Jampeehom was left in no man's land by his defense there! Edward Vanderstraeten might have been able to make a better finish in the 82nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Sitthachat Jampeehom. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edward Vanderstraeten ran back to his position shaking his head. 82 minutes into the match, Gavião Kyikatejê's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Vanderstraeten came free, but Sitthachat Jampeehom reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Belgium's Sander Dermaut managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Gogo Oriol in the 83 minute of the game. Rodney Lindov scored 4-3 in the 90th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Casper Claes, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Gavião Kyikatejê had won after a very even match.