Challenge

Olympia
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Edward Vanderstraeten took the kick off in the first half of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Norrlands Athen's Måns Sandberg slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Casper Claes. That made the score 1-0 after 13 minutes of play. Manfred Fribäck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 18th minute of play. Yves Dervaux received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Manfred Fribäck tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Belgium's Casper Claes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Belgium from getting a goal against them. Lenny Clocheret fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manfred Fribäck having to interfere. Manfred Fribäck took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yves Dervaux, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 29 minutes Belgium's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Filcho Slivkov who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Norrlands Athen's corner Filcho Slivkov fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Casper Claes quite easily take care of the ball. Måns Sandberg might have been able to make a better finish in the 32nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Casper Claes. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Måns Sandberg ran back to his position shaking his head. With an all-out effort, Norrlands Athen's Casper Claes threw himself towards the right post 32 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Måns Sandberg, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Casper Claes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Måns Sandberg's shot from short distance in the 36th minute. Casper Claes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Måns Sandberg's shot from short distance in the 39th minute. Casper Claes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Andrew Tate in the 42nd minute. Casper Claes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Måns Sandberg in the 45th minute. After a rather tough play, Norrlands Athen's Frank Berglund got a free kick in the 47th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Casper Claes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andrew Tate, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. The supporters of Belgium booed when Norrlands Athen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zhou Xun Ting didn't get a good kick on the ball. Edward Vanderstraeten could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Manfred Fribäck made a huge save. Edward Vanderstraeten's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Manfred Fribäck firmly grabbed it by the left post. Edward Vanderstraeten blasted a shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Manfred Fribäck having to make a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edward Vanderstraeten got free with Manfred Fribäck in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Edward Vanderstraeten could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Manfred Fribäck made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Belgium's Yves Dervaux got a free kick in the 79th minute. Norrlands Athen's Mathias Alrot was substituted for Larry Tatum. Norrlands Athen made a substitution. Arvin Låsberg replaced Tord Lundin. The supporters of Norrlands Athen booed when Belgium was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yves Dervaux didn't get a good kick on the ball. 88 minutes into the match, Gilbert Hermansson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Casper Claes. Belgium's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gilbert Hermansson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. 93 minutes into the match, Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Gilbert Hermansson came free, but Casper Claes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Norrlands Athen were victorious despite being under pressure from Belgium for much of the match.