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#1 Vincent Vanasch recovers from initial mistake
If Andrew Charter's initial wobbles almost jeopardized Australia's chances in the opening match against Ireland, the same came for Vincent Vanasch, the goalkeeper for Belgium. His struggle to keep up the pace with the South African attack proved extremely costly for the Red Lions when they suffered a goal in the very 1st minute.
However, as the match built up, so did Vanasch's resistance, and he went out to prove why is he one of the best in his fields. He denied any major breakthrough, which is why despite South African breaking through the Belgian midfield, and making 10 circle entries, only one found its way to the goal.
It is to the credit to the Vincent Vanasch that Belgium did not let the lone goal from South Africa jeopardize their chances to proceed to the other round. Even though Belgium has to go through the crossovers, they at least have the luxury of facing an easier opponent in the form of either Pakistan or Malaysia.
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