Challenge

Belgium Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Casper Claes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mikael Hammarbäck's shot from short distance in the 4th minute. In the 7th minute of the match Belgium got a corner. El Branca del Vieja'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. 7 minutes into the game Edward Vanderstraeten kicked a great long shot which passed Genaro Ponciano straight ahead into the goal, Result 1-0. One couldn't see Edward Vanderstraeten behind all of his teammates who surrounded to congratulate him. Casper Claes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mikael Hammarbäck in the 10th minute of play. After 11 minutes Belgium's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was 김 망절 who took care of the corner kick. Edward Vanderstraeten succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-0 in the 16th playminute. When El Branca del Vieja's Mikael Hammarbäck in the 18th minute got a chance for a shot 18th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Belgium's goalie prevented a goal. Casper Claes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ramiro James in the 26th minute of play. Belgium's Casper Claes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ramiro James in the 26th minute of play. Casper Claes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mikael Hammarbäck, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Genaro Ponciano made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yves Dervaux in the 30th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sebastião Carvalhais in the 31st minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 38th minute Belgium were awarded a corner. Edward Vanderstraeten went to the cornerflag to take it. Lenny Clocheret was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. When El Branca del Vieja's Ramiro James in the 46th minute got a chance for a shot 46th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Belgium's goalie prevented a goal.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mikael Hammarbäck stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 50 played minutes El Branca del Vieja got a freekick which was hit by Shi Xu. In the 52nd minute, Sebastião Carvalhais hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 54th minute the ball was on its way in behind El Branca del Vieja's goalkeeper Genaro Ponciano, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. El Branca del Vieja's Genaro Ponciano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yves Dervaux in the 56th minute of play. In the 57th minute Lenny Clocheret shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Genaro Ponciano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Edward Vanderstraeten's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Genaro Ponciano read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 60th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 66th minute of play forced El Branca del Vieja's goalkeeper Genaro Ponciano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. El Branca del Vieja's Filiberto Benitez was substituted for Mikael Hammarbäck. In the 77thth minute of the game Mauro Milano who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Belgium's Casper Claes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Floris Claeys in the 80th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by El Branca del Vieja's Sebastião Carvalhais. In the 83rdth minute of the game Edward Vanderstraeten who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but El Branca del Vieja's Genaro Ponciano was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Edward Vanderstraeten in the 83rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Genaro Ponciano prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 85th minute, Mauro Milano 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 87 minutes of play, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Genaro Ponciano was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gualterio Peli hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. After 90 played minutes, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Genaro Ponciano came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Belgium reached it. Genaro Ponciano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 92nd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Edward Vanderstraeten's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Genaro Ponciano was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Belgium had won after a very even match.