Challenge

Belgium Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Edward Vanderstraeten took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes into the match, Surahammar's goalkeeper Carl Engström had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Edward Vanderstraeten. The supporters of Belgium booed when Surahammar was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Casemiro Joinvilense didn't get a good kick on the ball. Casper Claes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Victor Santxol went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. 17 minutes into the game, Edward Vanderstraeten cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Carl Engström was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Victor Santxol's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Casper Claes read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 22nd minute of play. In the 22nd minute, Victor Santxol made a precise shot to the right of Casper Claes. Belgium's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Carl Engström 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 26th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Santxol in the 28th minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 30th minute the ball was on its way in behind Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 31 minutes into the match, Victor Santxol notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Belgium's Casper Claes. Casper Claes was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Surahammar's Victor Santxol got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Edward Vanderstraeten received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Carl Engström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 44th minute, Edward Vanderstraeten hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Casemiro Joinvilense hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Victor Santxol made a kick off. Floris Claeys made in the 54th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Surahammar's Casemiro Joinvilense. Carl Engström 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 57th minute. Victor Santxol fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Casper Claes having to interfere. Surahammar made a substitution. André Pettersson replaced Victor Santxol. 65 minutes into the match, Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by André Pettersson. 73 minutes into the game, Edward Vanderstraeten cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Carl Engström was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. André Pettersson's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Casper Claes read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 77th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 81 minutes, André Pettersson took a quick shot and it went in 2-4 without a chance for Casper Claes to make any attempt to save it. After 84 minutes of play, Surahammar's André Pettersson made it 2-5 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! When André Pettersson came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Surahammar 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 André Pettersson couldn't finish the play. 93 minutes into the game, André Pettersson lined in a short shot 2-6 behind a frustrated Casper Claes. Surahammar's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.