Challenge

Belgium Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Lasse Delvig got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Delfim Araújo in the 5th minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ALMA GUERREIRA's Cauan Carvalho proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save ALMA GUERREIRA from getting a goal against them. In the 11th minute of the match, Edward Vanderstraeten got a very nice opportunity to score, but Cauan Carvalho was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Belgium's Casper Claes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lasse Delvig in the 13th minute of play. Cauan Carvalho didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edward Vanderstraeten went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. In the 18th minute the ball was on its way in behind ALMA GUERREIRA's goalkeeper Cauan Carvalho, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Nigel Devos kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 21st minute of play forced ALMA GUERREIRA's goalkeeper Cauan Carvalho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ALMA GUERREIRA's Cauan Carvalho proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save ALMA GUERREIRA from getting a goal against them. If Edward Vanderstraeten had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Edward Vanderstraeten could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Cauan Carvalho made a huge save. After having played for 30 minutes, Delfim Araújo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ALMA GUERREIRA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Delfim Araújo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Cauan Carvalho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 33rd minute of the match. ALMA GUERREIRA's Cauan Carvalho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 35th minute of play. Cauan Carvalho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Vanderstraeten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edward Vanderstraeten got free with Cauan Carvalho in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 40 minutes into the match, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cauan Carvalho narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Edward Vanderstraeten received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Cauan Carvalho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Edward Vanderstraeten fell near the penalty area in the 42nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Belgium's protests and gave Edward Vanderstraeten a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of ALMA GUERREIRA booed when Belgium was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edward Vanderstraeten didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edward Vanderstraeten got free with Cauan Carvalho in the 45th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Casper Claes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Delfim Araújo in the 47th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Edward Vanderstraeten made the kick off in the second half. Cauan Carvalho came out of the goal in the 52nd minute to try and stop a shot by Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten. But to his dismay, Edward Vanderstraeten quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Cauan Carvalho 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 55th minute. In the 56th match minute, ALMA GUERREIRA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by José San Martín to maneuver through the defense. Cauan Carvalho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 59th minute of play. When Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten in the 64th minute got a chance for a shot 64th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ALMA GUERREIRA's goalie prevented a goal. Nigel Devos kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. If Wilson da Rocha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Casper Claes made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Delfim Araújo sent off a good shot on target. Casper Claes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José San Martín in the 69th minute of the match. Laurens Vandamme hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Cauan Carvalho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Vanderstraeten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 84th minute, Lasse Delvig reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Casper Claes. The goal made the score 2-2. Cauan Carvalho 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 87th minute. Cauan Carvalho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 97th minute of play. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.