Challenge

Belgium Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Edward Vanderstraeten made the kick off which started today's match. Casper Claes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Severiano Calisto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Leidenschaft's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Emilio Gualtieri in the 4th minute. The corner led Leidenschaft's Emilio Gualtieri to fire away a dangerous shot which Casper Claes despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Leidenschaft's Yonko Stoichkov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save Leidenschaft from getting a goal against them. Leidenschaft's attentive Emilio Gualtieri managed to snatch the ball when Floris Claeys made a throw-in in the 8th minute of the game. Vélaugur Óskarsson hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Casper Claes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of George Suminskis's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. 16 minutes into the game, George Suminskis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Casper Claes was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Yonko Stoichkov 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 21st minute. Belgium's Casper Claes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by George Suminskis in the 28th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Daniel Deutsch during the 32nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Yonko Stoichkov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 34th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by George Suminskis in the 36th minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lenny Clocheret kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by George Suminskis in the 40th minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Leidenschaft's Yonko Stoichkov got control of the ball when Yves Dervaux tried to sneak it across the goal line. Yves Dervaux could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 43rd minute of the match, but Yonko Stoichkov made a huge save. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The wind increased when Hannes Rehbach made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yves Dervaux in the 52nd minute of play forced Leidenschaft's goalkeeper Yonko Stoichkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leidenschaft's Yonko Stoichkov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 53rd minute of play. In the 54th minute the ball was on its way in behind Leidenschaft's goalkeeper Yonko Stoichkov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. George Suminskiss short, quick shot in the 56thth minute got Casper Claes to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 60th match minute, Leidenschaft was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Manuel Rüeck to maneuver through the defense. Edward Vanderstraeten fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yonko Stoichkov having to interfere. With an all-out effort, Leidenschaft's Casper Claes threw himself towards the right post 67 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Hannes Rehbach, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Yonko Stoichkov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Vanderstraeten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Belgium's defense didn't have a chance, in the 74th minute, when Hannes Rehbach scored to the left of an out of position Casper Claes, making the score, 0-2. After 79 played minutes Leidenschaft got a freekick which was hit by Daniel Deutsch. In the 80th minute of the match Edward Vanderstraeten sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Yonko Stoichkov skillfully saved the ball. Yonko Stoichkov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 87th minute of play. A throw-in in the 92nd minute of the game was made by Gunther Rothstein with Severiano Calisto as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After a rather tough play, Leidenschaft's George Suminskis got a free kick in the 93rd minute.