Challenge

Stade Vélodrome
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Frank Peletier got the match started through his kick off. After 4 minutes Olympique Salonais's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was David Barbier who took care of the corner kick. Hector Etxepare received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Maxime Durand tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 19th match minute, Olympique Salonais was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Louis-Philippe De Assis Moreira to maneuver through the defense. François-Xavier Dionnet made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Remy Dupuy in the 22nd minute of play. France were awarded a corner in the 23th minute after Olympique Salonais's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. David Barbier took the corner. France's Maxime Durand played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Song Peng Xi in the 28th minute of play. The nice shot from Hector Etxepare in the 32ndth minute just in front of the goal should have ended in point on the board, but Maxime Durand had a great feel for the game and superbly saved the ball from getting in by the left post. In the 34th minute, Olympique Salonais's Song Peng Xi dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Alexis Bruneau kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. In the 40thth minute of the game Song Peng Xi 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. The Olympique Salonais fans' excitement grew in the 42nd match minute when Olympique Salonais's Song Peng Xi 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 3-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 45 minutes into the match, Hector Etxepare had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Maxime Durand. France's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hector Etxepare was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

With a couple of smart ball manuevers Song Peng Xi in the 52nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Maxime Durand saved France from getting behind. Maxime Durand made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Song Peng Xi in the 55th minute of play. Frank Peletier in the 56thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of François-Xavier Dionnet, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After 59 minutes France's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ma Chao Yong who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Ma Chao Yong almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but France's Maxime Durand did a great save. 64 minutes in the game, Song Peng Xi dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. In the 66thth minute of the game Hector Etxepare 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. France's Frank Peletier got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Olympique Salonais made a substitution. Cyrille Desplanches replaced Hector Etxepare. If Zheng Liang Song had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Olympique Salonais made a substitution. Ghislain Lajus replaced Cheng Feng. Song Peng Xi might have been able to make a better finish in the 74th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Maxime Durand. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Song Peng Xi ran back to his position shaking his head. 76 minutes into the match, Song Peng Xi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Maxime Durand. France's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Song Peng Xi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. The audience was convinced that Song Peng Xi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Maxime Durand was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hilario Chale in the 81st minute of play forced France's goalkeeper Maxime Durand to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 82 minutes into the game, Song Peng Xi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-0. Maxime Durand was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 88 minutes into the match, Song Peng Xi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Maxime Durand. France's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Song Peng Xi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-0. Ghislain Lajus made in the 92nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Cyrille Desplanches however managed to control. 9-0 became the score in the 94th minute when Song Peng Xi elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. France's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.