Challenge

Arena Celeste
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Michel Tande made in the 3rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by France's Remy Dupuy. Jean Bombelles hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. 9 minutes had been played when some careless play by France's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. La Fuente was slow to take the kick. During this time Se7e's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of France's goalie and right to Zé Augusto Torres. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. France's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Remy Dupuy recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Lázár Erdélyi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frank Peletier, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Luciano Trigo'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 23rd minute of play. After 26 minutes of play, Se7e's Luciano Trigo made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Maxime Durand was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 28th minute, Jean Ramos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Frank Peletier might have been able to make a better finish in the 30th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lázár Erdélyi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Frank Peletier ran back to his position shaking his head. When the match had gone on for 35 minutes, Luciano Trigo put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of Maxime Durand. A collision led to Se7e getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Cristiano Vasconcelos hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Frank Peletier in the 39th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Lázár Erdélyi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 45th minute, Luciano Trigo 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. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 5-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Luciano Trigo to make the kick off. Luciano Trigo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Maxime Durand tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luciano Trigo took the ball and in the 57 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 6-0. Maxime Durand stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luciano Trigo's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. After some careless play in the France defense, Luciano Trigo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Maxime Durand. The France fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Maxime Durand should have stopped the shot. Luciano Trigo'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 70th minute of play. Maxime Durand didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luciano Trigo went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 8-0 was the resulting score. Maxime Durand came out of the goal in the 75th minute to try and stop a shot by Se7e's Luciano Trigo. But to his dismay, Luciano Trigo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 9-0. Ren Tian Si hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Lázár Erdélyi was out of position in the 79 minute of play, and Frank Peletier capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Frank Peletier really showed his touch with that goal: 9-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Luciano Trigo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Se7e's supporters rose to their feet, but Luciano Trigo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Maxime Durand breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Se7e's Ren Tian Si managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Jean Bombelles in the 91 minute of the game. In the 94th minute Camille Baume shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lázár Erdélyi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. France's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.