Challenge

Cromvelde
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cassius Byrne got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Mathijs Rokeloos lined in a short shot 1-0 behind a frustrated Marco Day. Mathijs Rokeloos hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the USA defense, Mathijs Rokeloos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marco Day. The USA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marco Day should have stopped the shot. Jean-Louis Van Bever took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jean-Louis Van Bever showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 22nd minute of the match. KFC Cromvelde's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cosmin Contra in the 25th minute. The corner ended in Cosmin Contra almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but USA's Marco Day did a great save. USA's defense didn't have a chance, in the 38th minute, when Mathijs Rokeloos scored to the left of an out of position Marco Day, making the score, 3-1. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mathijs Rokeloos to make the kick off. Edward Mcdonald sent away a hard shot on goal in the 50th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd rose to their feet as Cassius Byrne kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jean-Louis Van Bever. That made the score 3-2 in the 53 minute of play. Jean-Louis Van Bever made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 59th minute. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Jean-Louis Van Bever made a huge save. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mathijs Rokeloos, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with Jean-Louis Van Bever in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mathijs Rokeloos in the 81st minute of play. Jean-Louis Van Bever made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. After 93 minutes of play, USA's Monty Rogers made it 3-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jean-Louis Van Bever was left in no man's land by his defense there! USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. KFC Cromvelde succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though USA had controlled the match.