Challenge

The Dribbel Arena
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Benoit Van Heurick made the kick off and thus started the match. Lautaro Puig hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Axel Tasis's late challenge caught a Zero Gravity's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Axel Tasis helped the player get up and apologised. If Lautaro Puig had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Eliseo Noboa hit a great ball. 16 minutes into the game, Costa Rica's Axel Tasis 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, 0-2. 20 minutes into the game, Abel Carballo threw the ball into play from the sideline. Zero Gravity's Bart Wittemans quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Hugo Ferrant got a throw-in 22 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Juan Rubio. A throw-in in the 24th minute of the game was made by Juan Rubio with Aaron Alcocer as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Efrain Moruga made in the 25th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Zero Gravity's Rein Demarrez. Eliseo Noboa hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Thijs Boegaert charged in rather forcefully in the 40th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Thijs Boegaert the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Zero Gravity's Thijs Boegaert got a free kick in the 41st minute. In the 42nd minute, Lautaro Puig 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, 0-3. In the 47th minute of the game Hugo Ferrant made a throw-in which Aaron Alcocer played forward. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The throw-in from Juan Rubio in the 55th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Zero Gravity's Thijs Boegaert. Thibaud Van Lancker was out of position in the 58 minute of play, and Eliseo Noboa capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Eliseo Noboa really showed his touch with that goal: 0-4. Alan Moruga's late challenge caught a Zero Gravity's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alan Moruga helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Eliseo Noboa hit a great ball. 64 minutes into the game, Efrain Moruga threw the ball into play from the sideline. Zero Gravity's Bart Wittemans quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Eliseo Noboa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Axel Tasis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th 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 Bart Wittemans managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Efrain Moruga in the 70 minute of the game. Zero Gravity's attentive Bart Wittemans managed to snatch the ball when Efrain Moruga made a throw-in in the 73rd minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet as Axel Tasis kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Thibaud Van Lancker. That made the score 0-5 in the 75 minute of play. In the 78th minute, Bart Wittemans hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Efrain Moruga made in the 80th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Zero Gravity's Rein Demarrez. Remie Dirckx fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. A sloppy throw-in by Hugo Ferrant in the 93rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Zero Gravity's Jacq Van den Berghe. Axel Tasis received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Thibaud Van Lancker came out and tried to block the shot, but Axel Tasis slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 95th minute. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Costa Rica had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.