Challenge

Defensores del Chaco
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. With his leg Thibaud Van Lancker managed to avoid a goal in the 4thth minute, when Paraguay's Jaime Pardo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Zero Gravity's Thibaud Van Lancker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hector Covarrubias in the 5th minute of play. In the 6th minute, Paraguay's Jaime Pardo ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Thibaud Van Lancker. Thibaud Van Lancker yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. 11 minutes into the game, Juan Diego Tenorio threw the ball into play from the sideline. Zero Gravity's Bart Wittemans quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Hector Covarrubias could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Thibaud Van Lancker made a huge save. Zero Gravity's Thibaud Van Lancker proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Zero Gravity from getting a goal against them. A sloppy throw-in by Juan Diego Tenorio in the 17th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Zero Gravity's Bart Wittemans. After 20 played minutes Zero Gravity got a freekick which was hit by Thijs Boegaert. Thibaud Van Lancker stood somewhat misplaced when Jaime Pardo came free in front of goal and shot 2-0 to the left of him in the 22 minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jaime Pardo got free with Thibaud Van Lancker in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Primitivo Escribano blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Thibaud Van Lancker having to make a save. Thibaud Van Lancker didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hector Covarrubias went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. 32 minutes into the match, Zero Gravity's goalkeeper Thibaud Van Lancker had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Primitivo Escribano. Thibaud Van Lancker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jaime Pardo, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Thibaud Van Lancker made a fantastic save in the 37th minute, when Jaime Pardo sent off a good shot on target. 38 minutes into the match, Zero Gravity's goal looked a bit too open when Hector Covarrubias came free, but Thibaud Van Lancker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thibaud Van Lancker made an important save on a dangerous shot by Primitivo Escribano in the 39th minute. Zero Gravity's Thibaud Van Lancker proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save Zero Gravity from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Primitivo Escribano kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Thibaud Van Lancker. That made the score 4-0 in the 42 minute of play. Thibaud Van Lancker was a little too slow when Hector Covarrubias got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 46th minute. The score was now 5-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jaime Pardo made a kick off. Thibaud Van Lancker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jaime Pardo in the 51st minute of the match. In the 53rd minute, Hector Covarrubias 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. The audience was convinced that Jaime Pardo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thibaud Van Lancker was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. 55 minutes into the match, Zero Gravity's goal looked a bit too open when Hector Covarrubias came free, but Thibaud Van Lancker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jaime Pardo in the 57th minute of play forced Zero Gravity's goalkeeper Thibaud Van Lancker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Primitivo Escribano in the 58th minute of play forced Zero Gravity's goalkeeper Thibaud Van Lancker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 60 minutes into the match, Zero Gravity's goal looked a bit too open when Jaime Pardo came free, but Thibaud Van Lancker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hector Covarrubias in the 62nd minute of play forced Zero Gravity's goalkeeper Thibaud Van Lancker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 63rdth minute of the game Jaime Pardo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Zero Gravity's Thibaud Van Lancker was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Thibaud Van Lancker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jaime Pardo in the 64th minute of the match. 65 minutes into the match, Primitivo Escribano had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Thibaud Van Lancker. Zero Gravity's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Primitivo Escribano was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. In the 68th match minute, Paraguay was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jaime Pardo to maneuver through the defense. Thibaud Van Lancker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jaime Pardo, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Primitivo Escribano scored 7-0 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Thibaud Van Lancker, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Juan Diego Tenorio hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Zero Gravity's Thibaud Van Lancker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jaime Pardo in the 80th minute of play. A collision led to Zero Gravity getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Thijs Boegaert hit a great ball. Thibaud Van Lancker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jaime Pardo, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. In the 85th minute Hector Covarrubias shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thibaud Van Lancker saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 87 minutes into the match, Jaime Pardo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Thibaud Van Lancker. Zero Gravity's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jaime Pardo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 9-0. Thibaud Van Lancker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jaime Pardo, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Thibaud Van Lancker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Primitivo Escribano in the 92nd minute of play. In the 95th minute, Jaime Pardo made a precise shot to the right of Thibaud Van Lancker. Zero Gravity's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 10-0. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Paraguay had played much better football throughout.