Challenge

Stade Mathieu-Curt
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Renaud Recher started the match with the kick off. Mikkel Wulff might have been able to make a better finish in the 3rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Danny Pasquier. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mikkel Wulff ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience was convinced that Renaud Recher's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Keld Paulsen was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Denmark's Bjarne Kirkegaard got a free kick in the 12th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Denmark's zone, Renaud Recher stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Keld Paulsen came out of the goal and Renaud Recher tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 15th minute, Léonard Beuve hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikkel Wulff in the 18th minute of play forced Avel Vat's goalkeeper Danny Pasquier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bilal Moutte scored 1-0 in the 19th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Keld Paulsen, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 23 played minutes Avel Vat got a freekick which was hit by Bilal Moutte. Keld Paulsen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Renaud Recher in the 27th minute of the match. In the 28th minute Renaud Recher shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Keld Paulsen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Keld Paulsen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Renaud Recher in the 29th minute of play. A collision led to Avel Vat getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Renaud Recher hit a great ball. After 33 played minutes, Denmark's Lars Steen shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Danny Pasquier came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Denmark reached it. Bertram Svenningsen kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. When Denmark's Bertram Svenningsen in the 38th minute got a chance for a shot 38th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Avel Vat's goalie prevented a goal. Danny Pasquier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bertram Svenningsen in the 40th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Bertram Svenningsen managed to get in a good position for a shot. Denmark's supporters rose to their feet, but Bertram Svenningsen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Danny Pasquier breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The throw-in from Côme Rouquette in the 47th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Denmark's Lars Steen. In the 48th minute Chris Nygaard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Danny Pasquier saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The wind increased when Chris Nygaard made the kick off in the second half. Avel Vat's Danny Pasquier proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Avel Vat from getting a goal against them. Keld Paulsen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Renaud Recher in the 58th minute of the match. In the 58th minute Renaud Recher shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Keld Paulsen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 59 minutes into the game, Renaud Recher cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Keld Paulsen was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Baptiste Aymes made in the 63rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Denmark's Lars Steen. Keld Paulsen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Renaud Recher in the 67th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Denmark's Kenn Skou got a free kick in the 71st minute. A sloppy throw-in by Côme Rouquette in the 77th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Denmark's Lars Steen. 78 minutes into the game, Chris Nygaard was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Denmark's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Avel Vat the free kick. After 78 played minutes Denmark got a freekick which was hit by Chris Nygaard. In the 79th minute, Bjarne Kirkegaard hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 80 played minutes, Avel Vat's Victorien Perbet shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Keld Paulsen came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Avel Vat reached it. Baptiste Aymes made in the 83rd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Côme Rouquette however managed to control. After 86 minutes, Mikkel Wulff mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Denmark and the Avel Vat players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 87th minute, Mikkel Wulff hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Keld Paulsen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Léonard Beuve in the 88th minute of play. Bilal Moutte sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the referee blew the final whistle, Avel Vat could leave the field as winners, despite Denmark having more of the ball for most of the match.