Challenge

Belgium Arena
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Walter Giardino started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Edward Vanderstraeten could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but José Sá made a huge save. In the 6th minute, Walter Giardino left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The tHe SOnS of rAGnar fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Walter Giardino managed to get in a good position for a shot. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's supporters rose to their feet, but Walter Giardino was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Casper Claes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to tHe SOnS of rAGnar getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Öztürk Terim hit a great ball. The supporters of tHe SOnS of rAGnar booed when Belgium was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Laurens Vandamme didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 14th minute, Egemen Tavgaç hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Alexis Alexandris had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. José Sá made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 20th minute. Casper Claes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Walter Giardino in the 24th minute of the match. After having played for 25 minutes, Walter Giardino managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's supporters crossed their fingers, but Walter Giardino was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Thanks to some nice moves Edward Vanderstraeten could shoot a difficult shot in the 28th minute, which José Sá however easily saved by the left post. Casper Claes came out of the goal in the 31st minute to try and stop a shot by tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Walter Giardino. But to his dismay, Walter Giardino quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Walter Giardino got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Öztürk Terim during the 35th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 35th minute, Öztürk Terim hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edward Vanderstraeten didn't quite understand what happened when in the 37 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. In the 39th minute Alexis Alexandris 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. With an all-out effort, Belgium's José Sá threw himself towards the right post 42 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Edward Vanderstraeten, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 45th match minute, Belgium was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edward Vanderstraeten to maneuver through the defense. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Casper Claes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Walter Giardino, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Casper Claes was a little too slow when Walter Giardino got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 55th minute. The score was now 0-3. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Kosmas Salaminiotis was substituted for Grigoris Kornaros. Through an outstanding action, after 60 minutes, Casper Claes successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 62 minutes into the match, Walter Giardino notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Belgium's Casper Claes. Casper Claes was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. tHe SOnS of rAGnar made a substitution. Telis Ntasios replaced Benjamin Mikolas. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 67th minute of play forced tHe SOnS of rAGnar's goalkeeper José Sá to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 67 minutes into the match, Edward Vanderstraeten notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of tHe SOnS of rAGnar's José Sá. José Sá was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 70th minute Edward Vanderstraeten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Sá saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Telis Ntasios struck a weak shot in the 73rd minute. Casper Claes didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for tHe SOnS of rAGnar. Walter Giardino could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Casper Claes made a huge save. Casper Claes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Walter Giardino in the 77th minute of the match. Simon Sabbe fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without José Sá having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 86th minute of play forced tHe SOnS of rAGnar's goalkeeper José Sá to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Walter Giardino got free with Casper Claes in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Casper Claes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Walter Giardino in the 90th minute of play. 93 minutes into the match, Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Alexis Alexandris came free, but Casper Claes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.