Challenge

Staszowski Młyn
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mario Balotelli got the match started through his kick off. In the 4thth minute of the game Frank Peletier who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pogoń Staszów's Cyryl Kaider was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Paul Săraru fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maxime Durand having to interfere. Remy Dupuy charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Remy Dupuy the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Remy Dupuy kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. Frank Peletier recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 9th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Maxime Durand was a little too slow when Mario Balotelli got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 11th minute. The score was now 1-0. In the 13th minute, Frank Peletier hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paul Săraru in the 16th minute of play forced France's goalkeeper Maxime Durand to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Norbert Burdalski's late challenge caught a France's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Norbert Burdalski helped the player get up and apologised. Pogoń Staszów's Jan Gomolka was substituted for Norbert Burdalski. In the 25th minute, Norbert Burdalski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Frank Peletier in the 26th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Cyryl Kaider prevented the ball from getting in the gole. France were awarded a corner in the 27th minute after Pogoń Staszów's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. David Barbier took the corner. Maxime Durand was a little too slow when Mario Balotelli got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 29th minute. The score was now 2-0. Maxime Durand didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mario Balotelli went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. 40 minutes into the game, Mario Balotelli cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Maxime Durand was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Mario Balotelli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maxime Durand having to interfere. Maxime Durand showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jan Gomolka, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. In the 47th minute Paul Săraru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Maxime Durand saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Frank Peletier to make the kick off. In the 50th minute, Pawel Gargasz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 53rd minute of the match France got a corner. Pogoń Staszów's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. David Barbier ran over to the corner to take the kick. Stasio Hajduk tried in the 53rd minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Cyryl Kaider a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 4-1. The Pogoń Staszów fans' excitement grew in the 57th match minute when Pogoń Staszów's Mario Balotelli 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. In the 59th minute the ball was on its way in behind France's goalkeeper Maxime Durand, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Mario Balotelli's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Maxime Durand was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. 63 minutes into the match, Pogoń Staszów's goalkeeper Cyryl Kaider had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Frank Peletier. The Pogoń Staszów fans' excitement grew in the 68th match minute when Pogoń Staszów's Mario Balotelli 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 6-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 72nd minute, Frank Peletier reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Cyryl Kaider. The goal made the score 6-2. In the 76th minute the ball was on its way in behind France's goalkeeper Maxime Durand, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 77th match minute, Pogoń Staszów was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pawel Gargasz to maneuver through the defense. 78 minutes into the match, Pogoń Staszów's goalkeeper Cyryl Kaider had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Frank Peletier. Frank Peletier in the 80thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Cyryl Kaider, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 7-2 became the score in the 82nd minute when Mario Balotelli elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Maxime Durand showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jan Gomolka, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. When Leonard Basinski came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the Pogoń Staszów fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Leonard Basinski couldn't finish the play. For all the effort they put into the match, the France players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Pogoń Staszów.