Challenge

Estadio Centenario
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Francisco Seco got the match started through his kick off. Miguel Van Mechelen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Joaquin Gayoso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Maximiliano Escribano's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Stanny Van Wontergem read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 10th minute of play. In the 11th match minute, YR Mechelen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pino Van Mechelen to maneuver through the defense. After 15 played minutes Uruguay's Maximiliano Escribano stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Stanny Van Wontergem stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing YR Mechelen of the goal. 15 minutes into the game, Maximiliano Escribano recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Stanny Van Wontergem. Maximiliano Escribano showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. With a little luck, YR Mechelen's Stanny Van Wontergem got control of the ball when Francisco Seco tried to sneak it across the goal line. Uruguay's Joaquin Gayoso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Miguel Van Mechelen in the 22nd minute of play. Stanny Van Wontergem showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Francisco Seco, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. YR Mechelen's Stanny Van Wontergem proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save YR Mechelen from getting a goal against them. Francisco Seco who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 29thth minute tested the skills of Stanny Van Wontergem when he managed to save the team from getting behind. 31 minutes into the game, Joery Van Mechelen threw the ball into play from the sideline. Uruguay's Arturo Carvallo quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Miguel Van Mechelen managed to get in a good position for a shot. YR Mechelen's supporters rose to their feet, but Miguel Van Mechelen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Joaquin Gayoso breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 39 minutes, Leo Van Mechelen mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the YR Mechelen and the Uruguay players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 39th minute, Leo Van Mechelen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Maximiliano Escribano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stanny Van Wontergem having to interfere. In the 43rd minute, Francisco Seco 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. Jamie Van Mechelen kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match.

The wind increased when Miguel Van Mechelen made the kick off in the second half. A sloppy throw-in by Joery Van Mechelen in the 55th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Uruguay's Arturo Carvallo. The audience was convinced that Francisco Seco's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stanny Van Wontergem was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. Uruguay's Francisco Seco got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 62nd minute, Francisco Seco managed to get in a good position for a shot. Uruguay's supporters rose to their feet, but Francisco Seco was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Stanny Van Wontergem breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miguel Van Mechelen in the 75th minute of play forced Uruguay's goalkeeper Joaquin Gayoso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joaquin Gayoso made an important save on a dangerous shot by Miguel Van Mechelen in the 77th minute. 83 minutes into the game, one of Uruguay:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The goalkeeper, Joaquin Gayoso, was totally fooled by YR Mechelen's Adolphe De Maerschalckx, who 85 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Stanny Van Wontergem showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Gisbert in the 89th minute of the match. Stanny Van Wontergem showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Francisco Seco, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. 96 minutes had been played when some careless play by YR Mechelen's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jaime Cazalla was slow to take the kick. During this time Uruguay's players had a chance to rest. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Uruguay had played much better football throughout.