Challenge

Belgium Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) In the 3rd 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: 1-0. Yves Dervaux blasted a shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Elar Quero having to make a save. Edward Vanderstraeten might have been able to make a better finish in the 11th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Elar Quero. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edward Vanderstraeten ran back to his position shaking his head. Elar Quero made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 14th minute. Edward Vanderstraeten took the ball and in the 17 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Elar Quero. Elar Quero dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Natanael Clos in the 22nd minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edward Vanderstraeten succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-0 in the 24th playminute. If Edward Vanderstraeten had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Elar Quero made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 35th minute. In the 36th minute Gabriel Maldonado 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. Elar Quero made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 38th minute. Edward Vanderstraeten sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 39th minute the ball was on its way in behind Mandrake fc's goalkeeper Elar Quero, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Simon Sabbe blasted a shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Elar Quero having to make a save. A collision led to Mandrake fc getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Pepe Macho hit a great ball. Belgium were awarded a corner in the 47th minute after Mandrake fc's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Edward Vanderstraeten took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Edward Vanderstraeten got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Elar Quero quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Edward Vanderstraeten to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 54th minute of play forced Mandrake fc's goalkeeper Elar Quero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Elar Quero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yves Dervaux in the 58th minute of play. After some careless play in the Mandrake fc defense, Edward Vanderstraeten kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Elar Quero. The Mandrake fc fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Elar Quero should have stopped the shot. 70 minutes into the match, Mandrake fc's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Vanderstraeten came free, but Elar Quero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Natanael Clos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Casper Claes made a huge save. After 80 played minutes Mandrake fc got a freekick which was hit by Arias Goyanes. Elar Quero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yves Dervaux, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Edward Vanderstraeten scored 7-0 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Elar Quero, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Siebe Michiels managed to get in a good position for a shot. Belgium's supporters rose to their feet, but Siebe Michiels was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Elar Quero breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 92nd minute, Yves Dervaux 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: 8-0. When the referee ended the match the Belgium players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.