Challenge

Belgium Arena
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Edward Vanderstraeten made the kick off which started today's match. In the 9th minute, Edward Vanderstraeten left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Belgium fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Casper Claes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gianluca Lapadula, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 18 minutes, Tabb Panizo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. AC Papicho's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tabb Panizo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 24th 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. AC Papicho's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Fryderyk Kisiel in the 25th minute. After taking down the ball on AC Papicho's corner Fryderyk Kisiel fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Casper Claes quite easily take care of the ball. After 28 minutes of play, AC Papicho's Gianluca Lapadula made it 1-1 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! 31 minutes into the match, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alexander Shaw narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Edward Vanderstraeten could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Alexander Shaw made a huge save. Alexander Shaw made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Edward Vanderstraeten sent off a good shot on target. AC Papicho's Xavier Comillas quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Floris Claeys, made in the 42nd minute of the game. In the 44th minute Gianluca Lapadula 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. 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gianluca Lapadula made a kick off. In the 54th minute, Gianluca Lapadula left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AC Papicho fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. The throw-in from Floris Claeys in the 57th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by AC Papicho's Xavier Comillas. 63 minutes into the match, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alexander Shaw narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Gianluca Lapadula might have been able to make a better finish in the 65th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Casper Claes. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gianluca Lapadula ran back to his position shaking his head. Gianluca Lapadula's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Casper Claes firmly grabbed it by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gianluca Lapadula got free with Casper Claes in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ciro Sedeni hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. After 74 played minutes AC Papicho got a freekick which was hit by Ciro Sedeni. Alexander Shaw didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edward Vanderstraeten went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. When the match had gone on for 88 minutes, Frasquito Abrego took a quick shot and it went in 2-3 without a chance for Casper Claes to make any attempt to save it. In the 91st minute Edward Vanderstraeten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alexander Shaw saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Although Belgium had been in control for most of the match, AC Papicho still came away with the win.