Challenge

City Network Arena
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Edward Vanderstraeten got the match started through his kick off. If Edward Vanderstraeten had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 6th minute, Ivan Malmgren reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Casper Claes. The goal made the score 1-0. The supporters of Hallands Riviera booed when Belgium was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Guillaume Bonte didn't get a good kick on the ball. With an all-out effort, Hallands Riviera's Casper Claes threw himself towards the right post 9 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ivan Malmgren, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 10th minute of the match Hallands Riviera 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. Adnan Kultigin ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Hallands Riviera's Samim Ünlüsoy to fire away a dangerous shot which Casper Claes despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivan Malmgren in the 13th minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 20 minutes into the match, Ivan Malmgren notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Belgium's Casper Claes. Casper Claes was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 26 minutes into the match, Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Ivan Malmgren came free, but Casper Claes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 31st match minute, Hallands Riviera was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nils-Erik Lingren to maneuver through the defense. Nils-Erik Lingren hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Belgium's zone, Ivan Malmgren stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Casper Claes came out of the goal and Ivan Malmgren tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Hallands Riviera's attentive Amanda Dahlin managed to snatch the ball when Guillaume Bonte made a throw-in in the 40th minute of the game. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ivan Malmgren made a kick off. Alex Svanberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 52nd minute of the match. Alex Svanberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 53rd minute of play. Amanda Dahlin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Casper Claes having to interfere. Ivan Malmgren scored 3-0 in the 60th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Casper Claes, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Alex Svanberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edward Vanderstraeten, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Ivan Malmgren succeeded in the game's 71st minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 4-0. Casper Claes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivan Malmgren in the 77th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Hallands Riviera's zone, Edward Vanderstraeten stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alex Svanberg came out of the goal and Edward Vanderstraeten tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Casper Claes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ivan Malmgren went, in the 88th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the referee blew the final whistle, Hallands Riviera could leave the field as winners, despite Belgium having more of the ball for most of the match.