Challenge

Stade des Indignés
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Edward Vanderstraeten took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes into the match, LA RABIA DEL PUEBLO's Noureddine Sanchis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Casper Claes narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 3 minutes into the game, Noureddine Sanchis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Casper Claes was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Cosimo Mascia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 7th minute of the match. With a little luck, Belgium's Casper Claes got control of the ball when Noureddine Sanchis tried to sneak it across the goal line. With his leg Casper Claes managed to avoid a goal in the 14thth minute, when LA RABIA DEL PUEBLO's Noureddine Sanchis fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Casper Claes made a fantastic save in the 17th minute, when Noureddine Sanchis sent off a good shot on target. In the 21st minute Noureddine Sanchis 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. If Noureddine Sanchis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After a defensive mix-up in Belgium's zone, Noureddine Sanchis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Casper Claes came out of the goal and Noureddine Sanchis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 29th minute, Yves Dervaux ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cosimo Mascia was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Noureddine Sanchis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 34th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 35 minutes into the match, LA RABIA DEL PUEBLO's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Vanderstraeten came free, but Cosimo Mascia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cosimo Mascia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 38th minute of play. Cosimo Mascia didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edward Vanderstraeten went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Guntademaro Pena hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 54th minute of the game. One of Belgium:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of LA RABIA DEL PUEBLO:s goal. The referee gave LA RABIA DEL PUEBLO a penalty, 56 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Clovis Hénot, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Belgium's Casper Claes. 2-2. Edward Vanderstraeten sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 61st minute, Noureddine Sanchis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Casper Claes was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. In the 64th minute Noureddine Sanchis 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. LA RABIA DEL PUEBLO's Cosimo Mascia proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save LA RABIA DEL PUEBLO from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edward Vanderstraeten got free with Cosimo Mascia in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 82nd minute of the match LA RABIA DEL PUEBLO got a corner. Belgium's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Hüseyin Eroğlu ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Hüseyin Eroğlu almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Belgium's Casper Claes did a great save. Laurens Vandamme hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. With a little luck, LA RABIA DEL PUEBLO's Cosimo Mascia got control of the ball when Edward Vanderstraeten tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 85th minute, Edward Vanderstraeten reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Cosimo Mascia. The goal made the score 3-4. LA RABIA DEL PUEBLO made a substitution. Karl Souvignet replaced Níels Skakkebæk. Edward Vanderstraeten's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Cosimo Mascia read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 94th minute of play. 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.