Challenge

Íbero de Sagunto
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Edward Vanderstraeten kicked off to start the match. Jairo Morientes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edward Vanderstraeten went, in the 3rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Edward Vanderstraeten took the ball and in the 5 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jairo Morientes. Jairo Morientes dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gaitano Villar during the 8th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 8 played minutes Hispania got a freekick which was hit by Gaitano Villar. Casper Claes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Quilino Talavera, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. 17 minutes into the game, Edward Vanderstraeten cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Jairo Morientes was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After some careless play in the Hispania defense, Edward Vanderstraeten kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jairo Morientes. The Hispania fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jairo Morientes should have stopped the shot. In the 28th minute, Yves Dervaux 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. Hispania's Jairo Morientes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 35th minute of play. 36 minutes into the match, Edward Vanderstraeten notched a goal, 0-8, to the right of Hispania's Jairo Morientes. Jairo Morientes was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 45th minute Edward Vanderstraeten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jairo Morientes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gaitano Villar got his second yellow card in the match during the 46th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Edward Vanderstraeten received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Jairo Morientes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-9.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cordero Sánchez to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-10. Lenny Clocheret kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. In the 59th minute, Yves Dervaux made a precise shot to the right of Jairo Morientes. Hispania's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-11. 66 minutes into the match, Edward Vanderstraeten notched a goal, 0-13, to the right of Hispania's Jairo Morientes. Jairo Morientes was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match clock showed 70 minutes, the score became 0-14 when Edward Vanderstraeten sped through Hispania's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jairo Morientes. After some fancy dribbling in the 74th minute, Siebe Michiels managed to get in a good position for a shot. Belgium's supporters rose to their feet, but Siebe Michiels was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jairo Morientes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Cordero Sánchez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Yves Dervaux recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 77th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 81st minute, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jairo Morientes. Jairo Morientes yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-15. Jairo Morientes made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Edward Vanderstraeten sent off a good shot on target. 85 minutes into the game, Lenny Clocheret cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-16. Jairo Morientes was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Quilino Talavera's late challenge caught a Belgium's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Quilino Talavera helped the player get up and apologised. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Edward Vanderstraeten in the 95th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jairo Morientes prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Belgium played a much better game than Hispania and deserved their victory. The Hispania players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.