Challenge

De Rossem Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tomas Illescas made the kick off which started today's match. In the 2nd match minute, Fc Rossem was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Crispijn Deprez to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Tomas Illescas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Matias Colebrants was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. Jonathan Venegas charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jonathan Venegas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas got a free kick in the 7th minute. Tibo Cromefeldt scored 1-0 in the 7th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tibo Cromefeldt in the 10th minute of the match. If Tibo Cromefeldt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 21st minute, when Lou Cromefeldt sent off a good shot on target. In the 22nd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. If Tibo Cromefeldt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 34th minute, Tibo Cromefeldt had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. Guillermo Mariano charged in rather forcefully in the 34th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Guillermo Mariano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Guillermo Mariano kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Lou Cromefeldt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 37th minute, Matthew Huyghebaert got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Lou Cromefeldts short, quick shot in the 45thth minute got Jonathan Ferrant to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Matthew Huyghebaert was the one to do the kick off. A collision led to Fc Rossem getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Jesse Van De Wyngaert hit a great ball. 55 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Matthew Huyghebaert came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matthew Huyghebaert, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 66th minute, Jonathan Venegas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Lou Cromefeldt stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Lou Cromefeldt tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evert Lanphant in the 74th minute of the match. In the 78th minute, Camilo Gaos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 79 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Matthew Huyghebaert came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 80 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jose Correa. Matthew Huyghebaert fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the Venezuela 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 Tomas Illescas couldn't finish the play. In the 90th minute, Yannik Van der Meiren got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Jesse Van De Wyngaert got a throw-in 93 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Lou Cromefeldt. In the 95th minute, Jesse Van De Wyngaert hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the referee ended the match the Fc Rossem players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.