Challenge

S⚽ma S⚽tes C⚽llesium
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. In the 2nd minute, Yves Dervaux hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Wang Rong Jing kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Casper Claes. That made the score 1-0 in the 6 minute of play. After 9 minutes of play, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Thomas Ravelli was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcu Ianculescu in the 12th minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 15th minute of play forced S⚽ma S⚽tes Sp⚽r's goalkeeper Thomas Ravelli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcu Ianculescu in the 16th minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Edward Vanderstraeten had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Thomas Ravelli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 25th minute of play. Onur Ali Batıhan kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. Casper Claes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Wang Rong Jing in the 34th minute. A sloppy throw-in by Onur Ali Batıhan in the 35th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Belgium's Sander Dermaut. Belgium's Casper Claes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 36th minute of the match, managed to save Belgium from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Belgium's Casper Claes got control of the ball when Wang Rong Jing tried to sneak it across the goal line. Casper Claes made a fantastic save in the 48th minute, when Wang Rong Jing sent off a good shot on target. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Wang Rong Jing was the one to do the kick off. In the 55th 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. S⚽ma S⚽tes Sp⚽r's Thomas Ravelli proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save S⚽ma S⚽tes Sp⚽r from getting a goal against them. Casper Claes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Wang Rong Jing went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. In the 67th minute Wang Rong Jing 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. S⚽ma S⚽tes Sp⚽r's Thomas Ravelli proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save S⚽ma S⚽tes Sp⚽r from getting a goal against them. Siebe Michiels fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thomas Ravelli having to interfere. Casper Claes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eduardo Camavinga in the 79th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Thomas Ravelli. That made the score 2-2 after 80 minutes of play. Edward Vanderstraeten succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-3 in the 83rd playminute. Casper Claes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wang Rong Jing, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Yves Dervaux managed to get in a good position for a shot. Belgium's supporters rose to their feet, but Yves Dervaux was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Thomas Ravelli breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Yves Dervaux might have been able to make a better finish in the 92nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Thomas Ravelli. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Yves Dervaux ran back to his position shaking his head. Casper Claes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eduardo Camavinga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Yves Dervaux could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 94th minute of the match, but Thomas Ravelli made a huge save. The Belgium players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.