Challenge

Excalibur Arena
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Shi Ming took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute, Terremoto FC's Shi Ming dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Jean Bombelles hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Shi Ming's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Maxime Durand was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. Maxime Durand made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Shi Ming sent off a good shot on target. 24 minutes into the match, France's goalkeeper Maxime Durand had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Shi Ming. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Peletier in the 26th minute of play forced Terremoto FC's goalkeeper Kenneth Libesoons to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, France's Jean Bombelles got a free kick in the 28th minute. 29 minutes into the game, Terremoto FC's Shi Ming nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Maxime Durand made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. In the 33rd minute, Shi Ming reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Maxime Durand. The goal made the score 3-0. France's defense didn't have a chance, in the 39th minute, when Shi Ming scored to the left of an out of position Maxime Durand, making the score, 4-0. After 42 played minutes France got a freekick which was hit by Jean Bombelles.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Frank Peletier to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Shi Ming 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 Shi Ming was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. After a rather tough play, Terremoto FC's Pablo Herrera got a free kick in the 60th minute. Pablo Herrera hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. If Gaston Laurentzi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Terremoto FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Hilario Duarte in the 67th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernard Mietus in the 72nd minute of play forced France's goalkeeper Maxime Durand to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 72 minutes into the match, Bernard Mietus notched a goal, 7-0, to the right of France's Maxime Durand. Maxime Durand was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gaston Laurentzi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maxime Durand having to interfere. In the 77th minute, Bernard Mietus got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Thanks to some nice moves Frank Peletier could shoot a difficult shot in the 78th minute, which Kenneth Libesoons however easily saved by the left post. A collision led to France getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Frank Peletier hit a great ball. Terremoto FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.