Challenge

Íbero de Sagunto
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) In the 4th minute, Gil Pais hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hispania's Arif Memduh Akova played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yves Dervaux in the 6th minute of play. Belgium's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 7th minute. After taking down the ball on Belgium's corner Simon Sabbe fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Arif Memduh Akova quite easily take care of the ball. After 14 played minutes Hispania got a freekick which was hit by Nofre Galego. 18 minutes into the match, Hispania's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Vanderstraeten came free, but Arif Memduh Akova reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Belgium's Casper Claes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Osman Čiček in the 19th minute of play. Nofre Galego made in the 21st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Belgium's Simon Sabbe. In the 22nd minute, Edward Vanderstraeten ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Arif Memduh Akova was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 28 minutes into the match, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Arif Memduh Akova narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Arif Memduh Akova stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Edward Vanderstraeten's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. Belgium's Nigel Devos managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Nofre Galego in the 36 minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eriberto Pedriza in the 39th minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 39 minutes, Osman Čiček put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Casper Claes. Edward Vanderstraeten scored 1-2 in the 44th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arif Memduh Akova, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Edward Vanderstraeten to make the kick off. Hispania's attentive Esteban Canosa managed to snatch the ball when Guillaume Bonte made a throw-in in the 57th minute of the game. Edward Vanderstraeten blasted a shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Arif Memduh Akova having to make a save. Arif Memduh Akova made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Edward Vanderstraeten sent off a good shot on target. If Edward Vanderstraeten had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eriberto Pedriza in the 62nd minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Casper Claes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 62 minutes into the match, Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Eriberto Pedriza came free, but Casper Claes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Belgium's Casper Claes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filip Kubala in the 64th minute of play. In the 66th 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. 74 minutes into the match, Filip Kubala notched a goal, 2-2, 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. Hispania made a substitution. Typhon Torrent replaced Antonio Benarrivo. Edward Vanderstraeten struck a weak shot in the 83rd minute. Arif Memduh Akova didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Belgium. In the 87th minute, Filip Kubala made a precise shot to the right of Casper Claes. Belgium's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-2. In the 90th minute Eriberto Pedriza 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. After 94 minutes of play, Hispania's Lei Qian Peng made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Casper Claes was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the referee blew the final whistle, Hispania could leave the field as winners, despite Belgium having more of the ball for most of the match.