Challenge

Belgium Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Airūnas Endrulis got the match started through his kick off. Casper Claes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Artūras Ronaldo in the 3rd minute of the match. In the 11th minute, FC COSA NOSTRA's Onur Ali Neyzen seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Onur Ali Neyzen the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of FC COSA NOSTRA protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Onur Ali Neyzen had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In a very dangerous position, a player in FC COSA NOSTRA fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 10th minute. Penalty! The goalkeeper, Erikas Mikoliūnas, was totally fooled by Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten, who 13 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Airūnas Endrulis in the 17th minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Artūras Ronaldo in the 21st minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arturo Brownell kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. Edward Vanderstraeten's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Erikas Mikoliūnas read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 25th minute of play. In the 27th minute of the match Belgium got a corner. FC COSA NOSTRA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Edward Vanderstraeten ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Belgium's Sander Dermaut to fire away a dangerous shot which Erikas Mikoliūnas despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 28 minutes into the match, FC COSA NOSTRA's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Vanderstraeten came free, but Erikas Mikoliūnas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The throw-in from Jonas Liaudanskas in the 30th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Belgium's Lenny Clocheret. Artūras Ronaldo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Casper Claes having to interfere. Edward Vanderstraeten could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Erikas Mikoliūnas made a huge save. In the 34th minute, Yves Dervaux made a precise shot to the right of Erikas Mikoliūnas. FC COSA NOSTRA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. In the 40th minute, Edward Vanderstraeten 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. Edward Vanderstraeten might have been able to make a better finish in the 43rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Erikas Mikoliūnas. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edward Vanderstraeten ran back to his position shaking his head. Erikas Mikoliūnas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 43rd minute of the match. In the 47thth minute of the game Edward Vanderstraeten who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC COSA NOSTRA's Erikas Mikoliūnas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Edward Vanderstraeten to strike the kick off in the second half. When Edward Vanderstraeten came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the Belgium fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Edward Vanderstraeten couldn't finish the play. Erikas Mikoliūnas 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 53rd minute. Erikas Mikoliūnas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 54th minute of the match. In the 55th minute of the match, Artūras Ronaldo tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Casper Claes saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After 56 played minutes Belgium got a freekick which was hit by Yves Dervaux. Edward Vanderstraeten took the ball and in the 62 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Erikas Mikoliūnas. Erikas Mikoliūnas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Airūnas Endrulis kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 67thth minute. Though ot was a great shot Belgium's keeper Casper Claes was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yves Dervaux in the 72nd minute of play forced FC COSA NOSTRA's goalkeeper Erikas Mikoliūnas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Airūnas Endrulis in the 78th minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 81st minute, Edward Vanderstraeten left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Belgium fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. Casper Claes made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Liudvikas Karitonas sent off a good shot on target. Edward Vanderstraeten's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Erikas Mikoliūnas read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 91st minute of play. In the 92nd minute Edward Vanderstraeten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erikas Mikoliūnas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice moves Liudvikas Karitonas could shoot a difficult shot in the 93rd minute, which Casper Claes however easily saved by the left post. Lenny Clocheret's late challenge caught a FC COSA NOSTRA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lenny Clocheret helped the player get up and apologised. In the 95th minute, Lenny Clocheret hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 95th minute, Clemencín Morales 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. For all the effort they put into the match, the FC COSA NOSTRA players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Belgium.