Challenge

Belgium Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Edward Vanderstraeten started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, Belgium's Lenny Clocheret got a free kick in the 2nd minute. It was beautiful to see Sαηgrε Azuɭ's Jonas Ordono in action when he in the 4th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! 5 minutes into the match, Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Lionel-Andrés Messias came free, but Casper Claes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 7 minutes into the match, Edward Vanderstraeten dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Luciano Ferran, 1-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edward Vanderstraeten got free with Luciano Ferran in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edward Vanderstraeten got free with Luciano Ferran in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Sαηgrε Azuɭ getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Răzvan Unciuleanu hit a great ball. Luciano Ferran made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 27th minute. The supporters of Belgium booed when Sαηgrε Azuɭ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Răzvan Unciuleanu didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Lionel-Andrés Messias had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Casper Claes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lionel-Andrés Messias in the 46th minute of play. Laurens Vandamme's late challenge caught a Sαηgrε Azuɭ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Laurens Vandamme helped the player get up and apologised. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Lionel-Andrés Messias managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sαηgrε Azuɭ's supporters rose to their feet, but Lionel-Andrés Messias was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Casper Claes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Lionel-Andrés Messias was the one to do the kick off. Belgium's Casper Claes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Belgium from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Adrian Orzaize got free with Casper Claes in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 56th minute Sαηgrε Azuɭ were awarded a corner. Jonas Ordono went to the cornerflag to take it. Răzvan Unciuleanu kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. After having played for 62 minutes, Edward Vanderstraeten managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Belgium's supporters crossed their fingers, but Edward Vanderstraeten was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 63rd minute, Adrian Orzaize 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. Casper Claes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Adrian Orzaize in the 65th minute. Casper Claes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lionel-Andrés Messias's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Luciano Ferran in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After some fancy dribbling in the 72nd minute, Lionel-Andrés Messias managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sαηgrε Azuɭ's supporters rose to their feet, but Lionel-Andrés Messias was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Casper Claes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Through an outstanding action, after 76 minutes, Casper Claes successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 79 minutes into the match, Sαηgrε Azuɭ's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Vanderstraeten came free, but Luciano Ferran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ur Cabral fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Casper Claes having to interfere. Lionel-Andrés Messias's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 83rdth minute, Casper Claes skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 85th minute of play forced Sαηgrε Azuɭ's goalkeeper Luciano Ferran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 85th 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: 2-0. Edward Vanderstraeten's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Luciano Ferran read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 88th minute of play. 91 minutes into the match, Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Lionel-Andrés Messias came free, but Casper Claes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sαηgrε Azuɭ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jonas Ordono in the 93rd minute. A nice corner shot did that Jonas Ordono got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Casper Claes quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Edward Vanderstraeten took the ball and in the 94 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Luciano Ferran. Luciano Ferran 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. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Belgium fans cheered their team off the field, for while Sαηgrε Azuɭ had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.