Challenge

Belgium Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Edward Vanderstraeten started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Alexandrie CF's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ruslan Tikhonov in the 6th minute. A nice corner shot did that Ruslan Tikhonov got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Casper Claes quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The crowd rose to their feet as Edward Vanderstraeten kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Vítor Baia. That made the score 1-0 in the 10 minute of play. Ruslan Tikhonov took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 14th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Casper Claes. Belgium's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. If Edward Vanderstraeten had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Edward Vanderstraeten managed to get in a good position for a shot. Belgium's supporters rose to their feet, but Edward Vanderstraeten was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vítor Baia breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Edward Vanderstraeten received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Vítor Baia came out and tried to block the shot, but Edward Vanderstraeten slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 22nd minute. Belgium's Casper Claes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eduardo Cossa in the 24th minute of play. Vítor Baia didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Casper Claes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eduardo Cossa in the 32nd minute of the match. When Alexandrie CF's Francisco Conceicão in the 35th minute got a chance for a shot 35th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Belgium's goalie prevented a goal. If Edward Vanderstraeten had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Francisco Conceicão struck a weak shot in the 46th minute. Casper Claes didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Alexandrie CF.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Francisco Conceicão to make the kick off. Vítor Baia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Vanderstraeten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alexandrie CF's Vítor Baia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 52nd minute of play. In the 54th minute the ball was on its way in behind Alexandrie CF's goalkeeper Vítor Baia, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Edward Vanderstraeten scored 4-0 in the 56th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vítor Baia, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Isaac Andrews sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alexandrie CF made a substitution. Şehzade Özgur replaced Silvestre Perrando. Edward Vanderstraeten's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Vítor Baia read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 67th minute of play. 75 minutes into the match, Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Francisco Conceicão. Vítor Baia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 77th minute of the match. Vítor Baia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Vanderstraeten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Belgium's Casper Claes got control of the ball when Isaac Andrews tried to sneak it across the goal line. With an all-out effort, Alexandrie CF's Casper Claes threw himself towards the right post 84 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Francisco Conceicão, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Belgium's Casper Claes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Francisco Conceicão in the 86th minute of play. Edward Vanderstraeten might have been able to make a better finish in the 87th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vítor Baia. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edward Vanderstraeten ran back to his position shaking his head. Casper Claes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mateus Uribe in the 89th minute. The supporters of Alexandrie CF booed when Belgium was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Laurens Vandamme didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Ruslan Tikhonov came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the Alexandrie CF 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 Ruslan Tikhonov couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Alexandrie CF getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Şehzade Özgur hit a great ball. Belgium walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.