Challenge

Rams Park
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Frank Peletier started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd match minute, HORIZZONT was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ergincan Türköz to maneuver through the defense. In the 4th minute, Remy Dupuy ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Yuan Ying was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Yuan Ying made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Camille Baume in the 8th minute of play. Maxime Durand showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rahim Sidam, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Yuan Ying took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frank Peletier, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 19th minute Camille Baume shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yuan Ying saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 21 played minutes France got a freekick which was hit by Robert Chapuis. 24 minutes into the match, Rahim Sidam notched a goal, 1-1, 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. After 28 played minutes HORIZZONT got a freekick which was hit by Veysel Üner. The audience was convinced that Frank Peletier's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yuan Ying was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. Rahim Sidam recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 34th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of France booed when HORIZZONT was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kasım Sahadettin didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 38th minute Camille Baume shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yuan Ying saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 42 minutes into the match, France's goal looked a bit too open when Rahim Sidam came free, but Maxime Durand reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 46th minute, one of HORIZZONT:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for HORIZZONT. The HORIZZONT players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. France were winning 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rahim Sidam stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Camille Baume reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Yuan Ying. The goal made the score 1-3. A collision led to France getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Jean Bombelles hit a great ball. Şaban Kayıhan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Maxime Durand tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bora Han Vahit fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maxime Durand having to interfere. Şaban Kayıhan kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Camille Baume in the 71st minute of play forced HORIZZONT's goalkeeper Yuan Ying to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rahim Sidam's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Maxime Durand read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 79th minute of play. With his leg Yuan Ying managed to avoid a goal in the 84thth minute, when France's Camille Baume fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Yuan Ying made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Camille Baume sent off a good shot on target. With his leg Yuan Ying managed to avoid a goal in the 86thth minute, when France's Camille Baume fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 88 minutes into the match, France's goal looked a bit too open when Rahim Sidam came free, but Maxime Durand reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rahim Sidam in the 91st minute of play forced France's goalkeeper Maxime Durand to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rahim Sidam took the ball and in the 92 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Maxime Durand. Maxime Durand dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-4. Yuan Ying made a fantastic save in the 96th minute, when Camille Baume sent off a good shot on target. France's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.