Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Benoit Van Heurick took the kick off in the first half of the match. When Eliseo Noboa fell near the penalty area in the 3rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Costa Rica's protests and gave Eliseo Noboa a yellow card for diving instead. Eliseo Noboa hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. After 4 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Eliseo Noboa. Efrain Moruga hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. The throw-in from Efrain Moruga in the 12th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Zero Gravity's Rein Demarrez. 13 minutes into the game, Hugo Ferrant threw the ball into play from the sideline. Zero Gravity's Thomas-Jan Pastijns quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 14th minute, Efrain Moruga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 15 minutes into the match, Zero Gravity's Jacq Van den Berghe broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. In the 19th minute, Efrain Moruga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eliseo Noboa made in the 22nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Aaron Alcocer however managed to control. If Andrez Dams had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zero Gravity's attentive Bart Wittemans managed to snatch the ball when Efrain Moruga made a throw-in in the 27th minute of the game. A sloppy throw-in by Hugo Ferrant in the 31st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Zero Gravity's Jacq Van den Berghe. Zero Gravity's Thijs Boegaert managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Hugo Ferrant in the 36 minute of the game. Hugo Ferrant made in the 45th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Lautaro Puig immediately put the ball in play. Thibaud Van Lancker took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eliseo Noboa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Axel Tasis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Axel Tasis took the ball and in the 56 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Thibaud Van Lancker. Thibaud Van Lancker dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. When Costa Rica's Axel Tasis in the 59th minute got a chance for a shot 59th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Zero Gravity's goalie prevented a goal. The throw-in from Efrain Moruga in the 61st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Zero Gravity's Rein Demarrez. Eliseo Noboa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Thibaud Van Lancker tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zero Gravity's attentive Thijs Boegaert managed to snatch the ball when Juan Rubio made a throw-in in the 68th minute of the game. Thijs Boegaert sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thibaud Van Lancker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Axel Tasis, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. Zero Gravity's Jacq Van den Berghe quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Hugo Ferrant, made in the 73rd minute of the game. Hugo Ferrant made in the 76th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Zero Gravity's Thijs Boegaert. Zero Gravity's Thijs Boegaert managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Juan Rubio in the 83 minute of the game. Efrain Moruga made in the 84th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Aaron Alcocer. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Eliseo Noboa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Costa Rica's supporters rose to their feet, but Eliseo Noboa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Thibaud Van Lancker breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 91 minutes into the game, Hugo Ferrant threw the ball into play from the sideline. Zero Gravity's Jacq Van den Berghe quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Zero Gravity's Bart Wittemans managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Efrain Moruga in the 95 minute of the game. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Costa Rica were victorious despite being under pressure from Zero Gravity for much of the match.