Challenge

Animal Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Andy Hendrickx started the match with the kick off. Raul Venegas hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Antonio Cempeners might have been able to make a better finish in the 12th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jacobo Nores. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Antonio Cempeners ran back to his position shaking his head. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, Andy Hendrickx managed to get in a good position for a shot. Blue Beast's supporters rose to their feet, but Andy Hendrickx was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jacobo Nores breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Antonio Cempeners sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 15 played minutes Blue Beast got a freekick which was hit by Andy Hendrickx. Alfons Wolfdoncx kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. A collision led to Blue Beast getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Tjorven Caspers hit a great ball. In the 22nd minute, Antonio Cempeners hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 30th play minutes Andy Hendrickx shot 1-0, a short shot which went by Jacobo Nores and just under the crossbar into goal. 36 minutes had been played when some careless play by Paraguay's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tjorven Caspers was slow to take the kick. During this time Blue Beast's players had a chance to rest. 38 minutes into the match, Paraguay's goalkeeper Jacobo Nores had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Antonio Cempeners. After a defensive mix-up in Paraguay's zone, Antonio Cempeners stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jacobo Nores came out of the goal and Antonio Cempeners tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 42nd minute, Alan Campos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 42nd minute of the match Tjorven Caspers shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jacobo Nores showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jaime Pardo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Blue Beast's Andy Hendrickx got a good chance for a goal in the 60th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Antonio Cempeners received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Jacobo Nores tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Paraguay defense, Andy Hendrickx kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jacobo Nores. The Paraguay fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jacobo Nores should have stopped the shot. Antonio Cempeners fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jacobo Nores having to interfere. 79 minutes into the game, Antonio Cempeners cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Jacobo Nores was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Andy Hendrickx managed to get in a good position for a shot. Blue Beast's supporters rose to their feet, but Andy Hendrickx was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jacobo Nores breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Antonio Cempeners fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jacobo Nores having to interfere. A collision led to Paraguay getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Jose Sanz hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Raul Venegas during the 91st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 91st minute, Raul Venegas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Antonio Cempeners came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the Blue Beast 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 Antonio Cempeners couldn't finish the play. In the 94th minute Antonio Cempeners shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacobo Nores saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 95th match minute, Paraguay was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Raul Venegas to maneuver through the defense. Blue Beast's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.