Challenge

Ibarsusi Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Charro Revuelta started the match with the kick off. Justin Abril took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Vanderstraeten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 8th minute the ball was on its way in behind Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The corner led Spartak de Txurdi's Kucandana Fastergaard to fire away a dangerous shot which Casper Claes despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Edward Vanderstraeten sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Justin Abril took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Vanderstraeten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Amund Villarreal came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the Spartak de Txurdi 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 Amund Villarreal couldn't finish the play. With a little luck, Belgium's Casper Claes got control of the ball when Amund Villarreal tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Edward Vanderstraeten had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 26 minutes into the game, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Justin Abril made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 31st minute of the match Belgium got a corner. Spartak de Txurdi's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Edward Vanderstraeten ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Edward Vanderstraeten almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Spartak de Txurdi's Justin Abril did a great save. In the 34th minute Spartak de Txurdi were awarded a corner. Kucandana Fastergaard went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Kucandana Fastergaard got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Casper Claes quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 37th minute Edward Vanderstraeten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Justin Abril saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Floris Claeys hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Edward Vanderstraeten to make the kick off. Spartak de Txurdi's Justin Abril proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 51st minute of the match, managed to save Spartak de Txurdi from getting a goal against them. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Amund Villarreal in the 53rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Casper Claes saved Belgium from getting behind. Casper Claes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amund Villarreal, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Amund Villarreal took the ball and in the 64 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 1-1. After 70 played minutes Spartak de Txurdi got a freekick which was hit by Hipolito Mannie. In the 72nd match minute, Belgium was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Floris Claeys to maneuver through the defense. Sander Dermaut hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Spartak de Txurdi made a substitution. Teofilo Elia replaced Kucandana Fastergaard. In the 79th minute, Sander Dermaut hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 80th minute of the match Lucas Vazquez sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Casper Claes skillfully saved the ball. Spartak de Txurdi's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Lucas Vazquez in the 81st minute. Spartak de Txurdi's Olo Hajs was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Casper Claes in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 84 minutes into the match, Amund Villarreal had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Casper Claes. Belgium's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Amund Villarreal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Belgium's Casper Claes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amund Villarreal in the 91st minute of play. Spartak de Txurdi's Amund Villarreal got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Belgium's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Spartak de Txurdi had won, even though Belgium had held more of the ball.