Challenge

Soccer Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ivan Ţopescu took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience was convinced that Ivan Ţopescu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Maxime Durand was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. Maxime Durand stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ivan Ţopescu's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. Remy Dupuy took the ball and in the 11 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dan Gheară. Dan Gheară dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Camille Baume sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Maxime Durand stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ivan Ţopescu's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. Clay Pringle made in the 25th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Waldo Bean immediately put the ball in play. In the 26th 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 28th minute Remy Dupuy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dan Gheară saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Robert Chapuis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dan Gheară made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Remy Dupuy in the 36th minute of play. In the 38th minute, Remy Dupuy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Peletier in the 41st minute of play forced Cosmos Soccer Club's goalkeeper Dan Gheară to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Peletier in the 41st minute of play forced Cosmos Soccer Club's goalkeeper Dan Gheară to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Maxime Durand was out of position in the 43 minute of play, and Ivan Ţopescu capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ivan Ţopescu really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. Dan Gheară took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from David Barbier, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. France's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by David Barbier in the 47th minute. After taking down the ball on France's corner David Barbier fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Dan Gheară quite easily take care of the ball. Remy Dupuy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dan Gheară having to interfere. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Frank Peletier made the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Cosmos Soccer Club's Dan Gheară got control of the ball when Camille Baume tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 54 minutes Cosmos Soccer Club'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. It was a well-played corner which Frank Peletier managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Grant McKay hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. After 64 played minutes Cosmos Soccer Club got a freekick which was hit by Clay Pringle. In the 70thth minute of the game Ivan Ţopescu 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. After 75 played minutes France got a freekick which was hit by Frank Peletier. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivan Ţopescu in the 88th minute of play forced France's goalkeeper Maxime Durand to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dan Gheară made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Camille Baume in the 90th minute of play. Cosmos Soccer Club's Dan Gheară proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 93rd minute of the match, managed to save Cosmos Soccer Club from getting a goal against them. Alexis Bruneau kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match.