National Team Friendly

National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Mbaka Mbolu made the kick off which started today's match. The throw-in from Arlo Fresnos in the 7th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Belgium's Matthew Van Cauwenbergh. Mbaka Mbolu didn't miss a given chance and shot in short distance 1-0 via right post in the game's 8th minute. Belgium's supporters showed their exhuberating excitement! Spain's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Evaristo Ponte in the 13th minute. Baltazar Adán showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giles De Wortelaers in the 15th minute of the match. If Mbaka Mbolu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 22nd minute, Lico Pareja hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Froilan Reyes in the 25th minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Ritchie De Smedt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Baltazar Adán made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mbaka Mbolu in the 33rd minute. Spain's Baltazar Adán proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save Spain from getting a goal against them. Ritchie De Smedt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Froilan Reyes, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mbaka Mbolu got free with Baltazar Adán in the 40th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Spain booed when Belgium was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Octave Soetemans didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Froilan Reyes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Froilan Reyes to strike the kick off in the second half. After 55 minutes of play, Belgium's Mbaka Mbolu made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Baltazar Adán was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Froilan Reyes in the 64th minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Ritchie De Smedt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Baltazar Adán made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mbaka Mbolu in the 66th minute of play. Spain's Serafín Alcalde was substituted for Cordarin Escurza. Spain made a substitution. Coronel Castro replaced Evaristo Ponte. Belgium's Ritchie De Smedt proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save Belgium from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Froilan Reyes in the 72nd minute of play forced Belgium's goalkeeper Ritchie De Smedt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Spain's Baltazar Adán played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mbaka Mbolu in the 73rd minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Matthew Van Cauwenbergh during the 74th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 74th match minute, Belgium was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Matthew Van Cauwenbergh to maneuver through the defense. Mbaka Mbolu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mbaka Mbolu in the 81st minute of play forced Spain's goalkeeper Baltazar Adán to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Froilan Reyes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ritchie De Smedt made an important save on a dangerous shot by Coronel Castro in the 91st minute. Baltazar Adán took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mbaka Mbolu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.