Challenge

Belgium Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Melandru de Cenero's Xurdin Pena 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. Melandru de Cenero's Andrea Perez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 3rd minute of play. 7 minutes into the match, Melandru de Cenero's goalkeeper Andrea Perez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Edward Vanderstraeten. Edward Vanderstraeten scored 2-0 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Andrea Perez, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Belgium's Yves Dervaux got a good chance for a goal in the 21st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Everett Gerber recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Andrea Perez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 27th minute. If Everett Gerber had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Casper Claes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Everett Gerber in the 35th minute of play. In the 38th minute Yves Dervaux shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andrea Perez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 44 minutes, Xurdin Pena managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Melandru de Cenero's supporters crossed their fingers, but Xurdin Pena was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

53 minutes into the match, Edward Vanderstraeten notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Melandru de Cenero's Andrea Perez. Andrea Perez was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 55th match minute, Belgium was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guillaume Bonte to maneuver through the defense. Andrea Perez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 64th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Everett Gerber's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Casper Claes was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. Andrea Perez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yves Dervaux, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 70 minutes of play, Belgium's Yves Dervaux made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Andrea Perez was left in no man's land by his defense there! Melandru de Cenero's Laurgain Jurado was substituted for Paulino Romero. With a little luck, Belgium's Casper Claes got control of the ball when Xurdin Pena tried to sneak it across the goal line. Andrea Perez didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edward Vanderstraeten went, in the 81st minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. In the 86thth minute of the game Edward Vanderstraeten who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Melandru de Cenero's Andrea Perez was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 88 played minutes Melandru de Cenero got a freekick which was hit by Alain Palencia. A collision led to Melandru de Cenero getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Laurgain Jurado hit a great ball.