Challenge

Fighters Stadion
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Dinu Bocu took the kick off in the first half of the match. Pavlos Konstantakakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 7th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 11 minutes, Dinu Bocu put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Casper Claes. In the 14th minute, Lenny Clocheret hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A hard shot 16 in the game by Dinu Bocu from a close distance when the talented Casper Claes managed to make a qualified save. Belgium's players were relieved. Pavlos Konstantakakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yves Dervaux, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 27th match minute, Hamburg Fighters was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wieslaw Obuchowicz to maneuver through the defense. Hamburg Fighters's Pavlos Konstantakakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 28th minute of play. An unexpected shot in the 29th minute by Brandon Rick got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. After 30 played minutes Hamburg Fighters got a freekick which was hit by Enrico Piccirilli. Casper Claes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Brandon Rick went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Edward Vanderstraeten might have been able to make a better finish in the 37th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pavlos Konstantakakis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edward Vanderstraeten ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 37th minute Edward Vanderstraeten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pavlos Konstantakakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Hamburg Fighters's Gianluca Balla slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Casper Claes. That made the score 4-0 after 38 minutes of play. In the 46th minute, Nigel Devos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Edward Vanderstraeten made the kick off in the second half. Edward Vanderstraeten's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pavlos Konstantakakis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 52nd minute of play. If Brandon Rick had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Edward Vanderstraeten came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the Belgium fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Edward Vanderstraeten couldn't finish the play. Hamburg Fighters's Pavlos Konstantakakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 57th minute of play. Casper Claes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gianluca Balla, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. When Edward Vanderstraeten came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the Belgium fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Edward Vanderstraeten couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gianluca Balla in the 63rd minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 64 minutes of play, Hamburg Fighters's Dinu Bocu made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Casper Claes was left in no man's land by his defense there! Casper Claes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dinu Bocu in the 67th minute of the match. In the 68th minute, Laurens Vandamme hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Belgium were awarded a corner in the 71th minute after Hamburg Fighters's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Edward Vanderstraeten took the corner. After taking down the ball on Belgium's corner Lenny Clocheret fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Pavlos Konstantakakis quite easily take care of the ball. In the 76th minute, Edward Vanderstraeten ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pavlos Konstantakakis was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-1. In the 79th minute Dinu Bocu 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. In the 79th minute Dinu Bocu 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. Yves Dervaux sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Casper Claes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gianluca Balla in the 85th minute of the match. Casper Claes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dinu Bocu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 91 played minutes Belgium got a freekick which was hit by Yves Dervaux. Hamburg Fighters were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Belgium for a fine match.