Challenge

GAJ Kočevje
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Marko Valcarce took the kick off in the first half of the match. Ryan Giggs did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Maxime Durand 3 minutes into the match. NK AvtoBUM Kočevje's Marko Valcarce managed to work through France's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Marko Valcarce dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. In the 7th match minute, France was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Camille Baume to maneuver through the defense. 10 minutes into the game, Camille Baume cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Jesper Hellgren was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 2-1 became the score in the 18th minute when Marko Valcarce elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Cemalettin Canıtez kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. In the 22ndth minute of the game Marko Valcarce who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but France's Maxime Durand was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Maxime Durand had great luck who in the 24thth minute grab hold of the ball when Marko Valcarce from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Maxime Durand made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marko Valcarce in the 25th minute of play. Maxime Durand took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marko Valcarce, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. France's Maxime Durand played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marko Valcarce in the 32nd minute of play. Maxime Durand stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marko Valcarce's shot from short distance in the 41st minute. Marko Valcarce struck a weak shot in the 42nd minute. Maxime Durand didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for NK AvtoBUM Kočevje. In the 46th minute NK AvtoBUM Kočevje were awarded a corner. Ciprian Paveliuc went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner went over the outstretched arms of France's goalie and right to Žarko Trobec. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. France's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The wind increased when Frank Peletier made the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Marko Valcarce made a precise shot to the right of Maxime Durand. France's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. In the 59th minute, Marko Valcarce ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Maxime Durand was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. Maxime Durand stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marko Valcarce's shot from short distance in the 62nd minute. Maxime Durand showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marko Valcarce, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Ciprian Paveliuc made a great header on NK AvtoBUM Kočevje's corner, it was just that France's Maxime Durand managed to reach the ball for a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marko Valcarce in the 68th minute of play forced France's goalkeeper Maxime Durand to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The NK AvtoBUM Kočevje fans' excitement grew in the 71st match minute when NK AvtoBUM Kočevje's Burns Willding looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Maxime Durand came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by NK AvtoBUM Kočevje's Marko Valcarce. But to his dismay, Marko Valcarce quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-1. Remy Dupuy's late challenge caught a NK AvtoBUM Kočevje's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Remy Dupuy helped the player get up and apologised.