Challenge

埼玉2002体育场
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Sander Dermaut hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. In the 3rd minute, Gumaro Leturia fired a really elegant long shot, but Casper Claes threw himself and managed to get hold of the ball just in front of the right post. Gumaro Leturia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Casper Claes made a huge save. 12 minutes into the match, Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gumaro Leturia. 邱文青 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Casper Claes made a huge save. After 17 minutes Belgium's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gumaro Leturia who took care of the corner kick. If Edward Vanderstraeten had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 19 minutes into the match, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Boubacar Caragea narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Belgium's Casper Claes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 石景昆 in the 29th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten got a free kick in the 30th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Belgium's zone, Domingo Manni stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Casper Claes came out of the goal and Domingo Manni tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. ≮王者归来≯日本浦和红宝石's Boubacar Caragea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 32nd minute of play. 34 minutes into the match, ≮王者归来≯日本浦和红宝石's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Vanderstraeten came free, but Boubacar Caragea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yves Dervaux in the 37th minute of play forced ≮王者归来≯日本浦和红宝石's goalkeeper Boubacar Caragea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 38th 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: 0-1. Boubacar Caragea 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 45th minute. In the 47th minute Edward Vanderstraeten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Boubacar Caragea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Edward Vanderstraeten stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Edward Vanderstraeten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Boubacar Caragea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 54th minute, Edward Vanderstraeten made a precise shot to the right of Boubacar Caragea. ≮王者归来≯日本浦和红宝石's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. In the 56th minute, Gumaro Leturia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, ≮王者归来≯日本浦和红宝石's Boubacar Caragea got control of the ball when Edward Vanderstraeten tried to sneak it across the goal line. 62 minutes had been played when some careless play by ≮王者归来≯日本浦和红宝石's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Edward Vanderstraeten was slow to take the kick. During this time Belgium's players had a chance to rest. Casper Claes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 邱文青, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 66 minutes into the match, Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Gumaro Leturia came free, but Casper Claes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Casper Claes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 石景昆, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Edward Vanderstraeten could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Boubacar Caragea made a huge save. In the 72nd play minute Edward Vanderstraeten came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Boubacar Caragea. 0-4. Gumaro Leturia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Casper Claes having to interfere. Edward Vanderstraeten recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 78th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 81 minutes into the match, ≮王者归来≯日本浦和红宝石's goalkeeper Boubacar Caragea had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Edward Vanderstraeten. Boubacar Caragea made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 84th minute. In the 86th match minute, Belgium was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edward Vanderstraeten to maneuver through the defense. Boubacar Caragea made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 88th minute. Edward Vanderstraeten's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Boubacar Caragea read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 90th minute of play. Edward Vanderstraeten received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Boubacar Caragea tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Casper Claes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 邓延云 in the 95th minute of play. The Belgium supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Belgium would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.