Challenge

The Dribbel Arena
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Benoit Van Heurick made the kick off which started today's match. After 3 minutes, Edmundo Espiga made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Zero Gravity's Thibaud Van Lancker tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Sebastian Villa took the ball and in the 6 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 0-2. 9 minutes into the match, Zero Gravity's goal looked a bit too open when Luca Espinar 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 Edmundo Espiga in the 10th minute of play. Thibaud Van Lancker didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luca Espinar went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Thibaud Van Lancker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastian Villa in the 15th minute of the match. In the 19th minute Edmundo Espiga 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. 20 minutes into the match, Milagros Cabal notched a goal, 0-4, 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. 25 minutes into the game, Edmundo Espiga cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Thibaud Van Lancker was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Zero Gravity's Thibaud Van Lancker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 29th minute of play. In the 34th minute, Edmundo Espiga 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sebastian Villa in the 36th 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 38th minute, Zero Gravity's Thijs Boegaert seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Thijs Boegaert the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Zero Gravity protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Thijs Boegaert had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 39th minute, Thijs Boegaert hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 42 minutes into the match, Zero Gravity's goal looked a bit too open when Luca Espinar came free, but Thibaud Van Lancker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thibaud Van Lancker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edmundo Espiga, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Disappointed in the 0-7 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Edmundo Espiga made a kick off. If Benoit Van Heurick had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Zero Gravity's Thibaud Van Lancker got control of the ball when Edmundo Espiga tried to sneak it across the goal line. Zero Gravity's defense didn't have a chance, in the 64th minute, when Christian Sancho scored to the left of an out of position Thibaud Van Lancker, making the score, 0-10. 67 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 Edmundo Espiga. Edmundo Espiga received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Thibaud Van Lancker tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With his leg Thibaud Van Lancker managed to avoid a goal in the 72ndth minute, when Honduras's Edmundo Espiga fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The crowd rose to their feet as Luca Espinar kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Thibaud Van Lancker. That made the score 0-11 in the 73 minute of play. Ivan Navarros short, quick shot in the 77thth minute got Thibaud Van Lancker to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 78thth minute of the game Edmundo Espiga 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. Zero Gravity's Thibaud Van Lancker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sebastian Villa in the 79th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Luca Espinar kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Thibaud Van Lancker. That made the score 0-12 in the 80 minute of play. When Honduras's Edmundo Espiga in the 85th minute got a chance for a shot 85th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Zero Gravity's goalie prevented a goal. Zero Gravity's Thibaud Van Lancker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sebastian Villa in the 86th minute of play. Thibaud Van Lancker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edmundo Espiga, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. 88 minutes into the match, Esteban Carvallo notched a goal, 0-13, 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. After 96 played minutes Edmundo Espiga rounded Zero Gravity's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-14. Honduras played a much better game than Zero Gravity and deserved their victory. The Zero Gravity players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.