Challenge

Belgium Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when 哥伦布 Tiger kicked off to start the match. After 2 played minutes Belgium got a freekick which was hit by Sander Dermaut. With a little luck, AFC Nirosxn 08's Mugurel Slătineanu got control of the ball when Edward Vanderstraeten tried to sneak it across the goal line. Edward Vanderstraeten fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mugurel Slătineanu having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sander Dermaut got free with Mugurel Slătineanu in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. AFC Nirosxn 08's 哥伦布 Tiger got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Casper Claes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 哥伦布 Tiger, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that 哥伦布 Tiger's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Casper Claes was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. Mugurel Slătineanu 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 38th minute. 39 minutes into the match, 哥伦布 Tiger had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Casper Claes. Belgium's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 哥伦布 Tiger was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. In the 42nd minute, Edward Vanderstraeten reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Mugurel Slătineanu. The goal made the score 2-1. AFC Nirosxn 08 made a substitution. Ionică Savu replaced Gregorio Martxot. AFC Nirosxn 08's David Jönsätt was substituted for 哥伦布 Tiger. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Edward Vanderstraeten stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mugurel Slătineanu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yves Dervaux in the 58th minute of the match. 59 minutes into the match, Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ionică Savu. Casper Claes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ionică Savu's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. Mugurel Slătineanu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Vanderstraeten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 65 minutes, Ionică Savu made it 2-2 with a short kick to the right side. Belgium's Casper Claes tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match had gone on for 69 minutes, Edward Vanderstraeten put it in 3-2 from a short distance just to the right of Mugurel Slătineanu. A sloppy throw-in by Eugen Zâncă in the 72nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Belgium's Sander Dermaut. An unexpectedly hard shot by Siebe Michiels in the 76th minute of play forced AFC Nirosxn 08's goalkeeper Mugurel Slătineanu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 79 minutes into the match, Edward Vanderstraeten had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mugurel Slătineanu. AFC Nirosxn 08's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Edward Vanderstraeten was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-2. 82 minutes into the match, AFC Nirosxn 08's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Vanderstraeten came free, but Mugurel Slătineanu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mugurel Slătineanu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Siebe Michiels in the 84th minute of play. In the 86th minute, Edward Vanderstraeten hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 88th minute Emil Atanasiu 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. 89 minutes had been played when some careless play by Belgium's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Doru Şelaru was slow to take the kick. During this time AFC Nirosxn 08's players had a chance to rest. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 92nd minute of play forced AFC Nirosxn 08's goalkeeper Mugurel Slătineanu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 95th minute the ball was on its way in behind AFC Nirosxn 08's goalkeeper Mugurel Slătineanu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Belgium's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.