Challenge

Agia Sofia
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) In the 7th 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. After a rather tough play, AEK S.C's Vaggelis Mitsiou got a free kick in the 11th minute. In the 17th minute, Belgium's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Vaggelis Mitsiou fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. A collision led to AEK S.C getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Aníbal Lima hit a great ball. 28 minutes into the match, Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Donzel Goyeneta. Thanasis Koltsidas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edward Vanderstraeten went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Belgium's Casper Claes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save Belgium from getting a goal against them. Nigel Devos's late challenge caught a AEK S.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nigel Devos helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of AEK S.C booed when Belgium was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nigel Devos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Edward Vanderstraeten to make the kick off. Casper Claes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vaggelis Mitsiou, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Thanasis Koltsidas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 56th minute. In the 59th minute, Edward Vanderstraeten reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Thanasis Koltsidas. The goal made the score 0-3. Yves Dervaux fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thanasis Koltsidas having to interfere. 64 minutes into the match, AEK S.C's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Vanderstraeten came free, but Thanasis Koltsidas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the AEK S.C defense, Edward Vanderstraeten kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Thanasis Koltsidas. The AEK S.C fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Thanasis Koltsidas should have stopped the shot. AEK S.C made a substitution. Kevin Carreira replaced Sakis Tavlaridis. AEK S.C's Thomas Papatrechas was substituted for Donzel Goyeneta. AEK S.C's Thalis Krommidas was substituted for Vaggelis Mitsiou. In the 76th minute Edward Vanderstraeten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thanasis Koltsidas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Thanasis Koltsidas managed to avoid a goal in the 76thth minute, when Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Bruno Almeida made in the 79th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Belgium's Lenny Clocheret. After a rather tough play, AEK S.C's Bruno Almeida got a free kick in the 80th minute. Belgium's Casper Claes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thalis Krommidas in the 84th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Belgium's Floris Claeys got a free kick in the 88th minute. After a rather tough play, AEK S.C's Bruno Almeida got a free kick in the 89th minute. Thalis Krommidas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Belgium eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.