Challenge

Stade Sylvio Cator
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, 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. Jonathan Alphonse started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Ernso Constant dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Thibaud Van Lancker, 1-0. After some careless play in the Zero Gravity defense, Ernso Constant kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Thibaud Van Lancker. The Zero Gravity fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Thibaud Van Lancker should have stopped the shot. The throw-in from Raymond Louis in the 10th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Zero Gravity's Thijs Boegaert. Thibaud Van Lancker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Philippe Ambroise in the 13th minute of play. Thibaud Van Lancker made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ernso Constant in the 17th minute. 20 minutes into the match, Zero Gravity's goal looked a bit too open when Ernso Constant came free, but Thibaud Van Lancker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thibaud Van Lancker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonathan Alphonse in the 21st minute of play. Benoit Van Heurick sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 24 minutes, Thomas-Jan Pastijns mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Zero Gravity and the Haiti players grew even worse after the yellow card. Rodney Emmanuel made in the 28th 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 quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Rodney Emmanuel, made in the 29th minute of the game. Remie Dirckx recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 34th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Gesner Philippe struck a weak shot in the 36th minute. Thibaud Van Lancker didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Haiti. Thibaud Van Lancker took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonathan Alphonse, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thibaud Van Lancker made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gesner Philippe in the 40th minute. When the match had gone on for 41 minutes, Jonathan Alphonse took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Thibaud Van Lancker to make any attempt to save it. Thibaud Van Lancker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonathan Alphonse in the 48th minute of the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Benoit Van Heurick made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonathan Alphonse in the 52nd minute of play forced Zero Gravity's goalkeeper Thibaud Van Lancker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 53 minutes into the game, Haiti's Ernso Constant nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Thibaud Van Lancker made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. A sloppy throw-in by Felix Dorval in the 57th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Zero Gravity's Bart Wittemans. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonathan Alphonse in the 59th minute of play forced Zero Gravity's goalkeeper Thibaud Van Lancker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Philippe Ambroise recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 61st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Remie Dirckx in the 65th minute of play forced Haiti's goalkeeper Noel Seide to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 70th minute the ball was on its way in behind Haiti's goalkeeper Noel Seide, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Thibaud Van Lancker didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jonathan Alphonse went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. After 74 minutes, Remie Dirckx mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Zero Gravity and the Haiti players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 74th minute, Remie Dirckx hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Raymond Louis made in the 77th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Jonathan Alphonse. Thibaud Van Lancker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonathan Alphonse in the 77th minute of play. A throw-in in the 79th minute of the game was made by Thomas-Jan Pastijns with Matt Uyterhelcht as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Bart Wittemans lost his temper 81 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 82nd minute, Bart Wittemans hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Jonathan Alphonse had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 85 minutes into the match, Jonathan Alphonse notched a goal, 6-0, to the right of Zero Gravity's Thibaud Van Lancker. Thibaud Van Lancker was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A sloppy throw-in by Jean Marie Alcius in the 90th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Zero Gravity's Jacq Van den Berghe. Zero Gravity's Rein Demarrez managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Felix Dorval in the 96 minute of the game. Haiti walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.