Challenge

Hellmahnen
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Edward Vanderstraeten made the kick off which started today's match. 3 minutes into the match, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Helmut Kunze narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 7 minutes Belgium's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Boruc Gongolewicz who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on FORZA BIANCOVERDE's corner Boruc Gongolewicz fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Casper Claes quite easily take care of the ball. 11 minutes in the game Luisito Dominic did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to C.J. Braut Haaland. Edward Vanderstraeten took the ball and in the 13 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Helmut Kunze. Helmut Kunze 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. Casper Claes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from C.J. Braut Haaland, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Casper Claes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Witold Czekaj in the 18th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by C.J. Braut Haaland in the 19th minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 24 minutes into the match, FORZA BIANCOVERDE's C.J. Braut Haaland sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Casper Claes narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Helmut Kunze showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yves Dervaux, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. After some careless play in the FORZA BIANCOVERDE defense, Edward Vanderstraeten kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Helmut Kunze. The FORZA BIANCOVERDE fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Helmut Kunze should have stopped the shot. C.J. Braut Haaland took the ball and in the 31 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Casper Claes. Casper Claes dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. The audience was convinced that Edward Vanderstraeten's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Helmut Kunze was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. C.J. Braut Haaland's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Casper Claes read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 41st minute of play. FORZA BIANCOVERDE's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Boruc Gongolewicz in the 42nd minute. Belgium's Casper Claes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by C.J. Braut Haaland in the 44th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell C.J. Braut Haaland to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute, C.J. Braut Haaland hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edward Vanderstraeten might have been able to make a better finish in the 55th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Helmut Kunze. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edward Vanderstraeten ran back to his position shaking his head. Edward Vanderstraeten could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Helmut Kunze made a huge save. Belgium's Guillaume Bonte quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Sylwester Zbydniewski, made in the 61st minute of the game. In the 62nd minute, one of FORZA BIANCOVERDE:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for FORZA BIANCOVERDE. The goalkeeper, Helmut Kunze, was totally fooled by Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten, who 63 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. In the 68th minute Edward Vanderstraeten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Helmut Kunze saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Casper Claes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from C.J. Braut Haaland in the 78th minute of the match. Casper Claes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from C.J. Braut Haaland, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Laurens Vandamme's late challenge caught a FORZA BIANCOVERDE's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Laurens Vandamme helped the player get up and apologised. After 82 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Belgium! Boruc Gongolewicz shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. A collision led to FORZA BIANCOVERDE getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Benedykt Zuraw hit a great ball. Edward Vanderstraeten recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 88th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Casper Claes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Witold Czekaj in the 93rd minute of the match. 94 minutes into the match, FORZA BIANCOVERDE's goalkeeper Helmut Kunze had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Edward Vanderstraeten. In the 97th 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: 1-4. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Belgium had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.