Challenge

Universe Arena
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Edward Vanderstraeten kicked off to start the match. Gruyo Popiliev 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 4th minute. Casper Claes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ventzislav Glavev in the 7th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nigel Devos during the 8th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Belgium's Nigel Devos got a free kick in the 8th minute. Casper Claes made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when 庄骏翀 sent off a good shot on target. 11 minutes into the game, Edward Vanderstraeten cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Gruyo Popiliev was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Gruyo Popiliev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 19th minute of play. In the 22nd minute Edward Vanderstraeten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gruyo Popiliev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 25th minute, Yves Dervaux ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gruyo Popiliev was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. In the 31st minute Ventzislav Glavev 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 some fancy dribbling in the 32nd minute, Edward Vanderstraeten managed to get in a good position for a shot. Belgium's supporters rose to their feet, but Edward Vanderstraeten was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gruyo Popiliev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Casper Claes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vladko Antov in the 34th minute of play. Casper Claes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ventzislav Glavev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 38th minute of play forced Belasitsa P's goalkeeper Gruyo Popiliev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 41st minute, 庄骏翀 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. After 45 played minutes Belasitsa P got a freekick which was hit by Onuralp Gümüş. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Simon Sabbe managed to get in a good position for a shot. Belgium's supporters rose to their feet, but Simon Sabbe was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gruyo Popiliev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After the first half Belgium were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 庄骏翀 stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by 庄骏翀 in the 53rd minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Casper Claes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ventzislav Glavev's shot from short distance in the 55th minute. If Ventzislav Glavev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 64th minute Edward Vanderstraeten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gruyo Popiliev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 69th minute, Edward Vanderstraeten made a precise shot to the right of Gruyo Popiliev. Belasitsa P's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. Edward Vanderstraeten in the 73rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Gruyo Popiliev, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 76 minutes into the match, Edward Vanderstraeten had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gruyo Popiliev. Belasitsa P's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Edward Vanderstraeten was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. The audience was convinced that Ventzislav Glavev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Casper Claes was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. 83 minutes into the game, Edward Vanderstraeten recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Gruyo Popiliev. Edward Vanderstraeten showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-5. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Belgium had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.