Challenge

Puszcza Bukowa
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) KS Bukowe's Gianluca Lapadula started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 4th minute Camille Baume shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jerzy Dudek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Camille Baume in the 6th minute of play forced KS Bukowe's goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 11th minute, one of France: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 France. Henry Robiquet got a throw-in 16 minutes in the game and the ball was received by David Barbier. Maxime Durand didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gianluca Lapadula went, in the 17th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. In the 21st minute, Gianluca Lapadula 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. In the 26th minute, Gianluca Lapadula 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 2-0. 33 minutes into the match, KS Bukowe's Gianluca Lapadula sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Maxime Durand narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Marian Mondrowski made a great header on KS Bukowe's corner, it was just that France's Maxime Durand managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 41st 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. 43 minutes had been played when some careless play by France's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Stanislao Kuparinen was slow to take the kick. During this time KS Bukowe's players had a chance to rest. Maxime Durand was out of position in the 45 minute of play, and Gianluca Lapadula capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Gianluca Lapadula really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. In the 47th minute Gianluca Lapadula 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. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Frank Peletier stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Gianluca Lapadula left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The KS Bukowe fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gianluca Lapadula in the 56th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Maxime Durand prevented the ball from getting in the gole. KS Bukowe's Tobiasz Moryl quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Henry Robiquet, made in the 58th minute of the game. Camille Baume fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jerzy Dudek having to interfere. In the 66th minute, Camille Baume reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jerzy Dudek. The goal made the score 4-1. Maxime Durand showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gianluca Lapadula in the 71st minute of the match. Frank Peletier could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Jerzy Dudek made a huge save. 77 minutes into the match, France's goal looked a bit too open when Gianluca Lapadula came free, but Maxime Durand reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 86th minute, Gianluca Lapadula 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. Henry Robiquet charged in rather forcefully in the 87th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Henry Robiquet the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Maxime Durand made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gianluca Lapadula in the 91st minute of play. France's attentive Maxence Durand managed to snatch the ball when Tobiasz Moryl made a throw-in in the 93rd minute of the game. In the 94th minute, Lukasz Walczyk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. France's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.