Challenge

Field Mill
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Edward Vanderstraeten kicked off to start the match. Belgium's Casper Claes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andreas Sandell in the 5th minute of play. If Edward Vanderstraeten had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sander Dermaut's late challenge caught a Mansfield Town FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sander Dermaut helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Belgium's Sander Dermaut got a free kick in the 10th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Andreas Sandell got free with Casper Claes in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Casper Claes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tor Olofsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 16 played minutes Belgium got a freekick which was hit by Nigel Devos. In the 22nd match minute, Belgium was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Floris Claeys to maneuver through the defense. When Andreas Sandell came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Mansfield Town FC 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 Andreas Sandell couldn't finish the play. Casper Claes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maximilian Seger, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Ingvar Häger fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Casper Claes having to interfere. The supporters of Mansfield Town FC booed when Belgium was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nigel Devos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Andreas Sandell could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Casper Claes made a huge save. Edward Vanderstraeten recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Hampus Gallberg didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edward Vanderstraeten went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Belgium's Casper Claes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andreas Sandell in the 43rd minute of play. Casper Claes made a fantastic save in the 45th minute, when Andreas Sandell sent off a good shot on target. Casper Claes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Andreas Sandell in the 46th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tor Olofsson in the 48th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Casper Claes prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Mansfield Town FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Marcus Nilsson in the 49th minute. Marcus Nilsson made a great header on Mansfield Town FC's corner, it was just that Belgium's Casper Claes managed to reach the ball for a save.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Andreas Sandell to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Mansfield Town FC booed when Belgium was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nigel Devos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mansfield Town FC's Marcus Nilsson got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 62nd match minute, Mansfield Town FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Karl Hedvall to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Belgium's Nigel Devos got a free kick in the 66th minute. In the 67th minute Andreas Sandell 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 69th match minute, Mansfield Town FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luigi Elin to maneuver through the defense. Hampus Gallberg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 72nd minute. Casper Claes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andreas Sandell, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. After having played for 81 minutes, Tor Olofsson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mansfield Town FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tor Olofsson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Mansfield Town FC made a substitution. Martin Wennerquist replaced Ingvar Häger. After 86 minutes of play, Mansfield Town FC's Tor Olofsson 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! After 92 played minutes Mansfield Town FC got a freekick which was hit by Karl Hedvall. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.