Challenge

Merengues Aires Puro
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, 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. Edward Vanderstraeten took the ball and in the 3 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ramiro Méndez. Ramiro Méndez dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 10th 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: 0-3. Siebe Michiels made in the 15th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by LA LUZ F.C.'s Aldo Furtado. When Benito Txeru fell near the penalty area in the 17th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored LA LUZ F.C.'s protests and gave Benito Txeru a yellow card for diving instead. In the 18th minute of the match Edward Vanderstraeten sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ramiro Méndez skillfully saved the ball. Edward Vanderstraeten might have been able to make a better finish in the 20th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ramiro Méndez. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edward Vanderstraeten ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 20th minute of play forced LA LUZ F.C.'s goalkeeper Ramiro Méndez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Belgium's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 22nd minute. The corner ended in Edward Vanderstraeten almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but LA LUZ F.C.'s Ramiro Méndez did a great save. The audience was convinced that Simon Sabbe's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ramiro Méndez was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. Belgium's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 23rd minute. The corner ended in Edward Vanderstraeten almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but LA LUZ F.C.'s Ramiro Méndez did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 30th minute of play forced LA LUZ F.C.'s goalkeeper Ramiro Méndez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Edward Vanderstraeten had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edward Vanderstraeten in the 33rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ramiro Méndez saved LA LUZ F.C. from getting behind. Ramiro Méndez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 40th minute of the match. 41 minutes into the match, Edward Vanderstraeten notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of LA LUZ F.C.'s Ramiro Méndez. Ramiro Méndez was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 46th 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: 0-6. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-6.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cosme Fonda to make the kick off. 56 minutes into the match, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ramiro Méndez narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ramiro Méndez was a little too slow when Edward Vanderstraeten got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 58th minute. The score was now 0-8. 63 minutes into the match, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ramiro Méndez narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 65 minutes into the match, Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Gualterio Quilo came free, but Casper Claes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 68th minute the ball was on its way in behind LA LUZ F.C.'s goalkeeper Ramiro Méndez, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Edward Vanderstraeten blasted a shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ramiro Méndez having to make a save. Edward Vanderstraeten scored 0-9 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ramiro Méndez, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Casper Claes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cosme Fonda's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. Ramiro Méndez didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edward Vanderstraeten went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-10 was the resulting score. Ramiro Méndez didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edward Vanderstraeten went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-11 was the resulting score. 85 minutes into the match, LA LUZ F.C.'s goalkeeper Ramiro Méndez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Edward Vanderstraeten. Ramiro Méndez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Vanderstraeten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 90 minutes into the game, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ramiro Méndez made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-12. LA LUZ F.C.'s Ramiro Méndez proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 93rd minute of the match, managed to save LA LUZ F.C. from getting a goal against them. The supporters of LA LUZ F.C. booed when Belgium was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lenny Clocheret didn't get a good kick on the ball. Edward Vanderstraeten blasted a shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ramiro Méndez having to make a save. 96 minutes into the match, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ramiro Méndez narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The LA LUZ F.C. fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Belgium were clearly better and deserved to take the win.