Challenge

WSZ Legend Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) White StarZ's Mircea Berceanu 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mircea Berceanu got free with Maxime Durand in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Mircea Berceanu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Maxime Durand was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. After having played for 15 minutes, Fausto Bertol managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. White StarZ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Fausto Bertol was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Maxime Durand showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mircea Berceanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. In the 18th minute White StarZ were awarded a corner. Blas Armando went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on White StarZ's corner Blas Armando fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Maxime Durand quite easily take care of the ball. 19 minutes into the match, White StarZ's Mircea Berceanu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Maxime Durand narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Maxime Durand took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fausto Bertol, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Maxime Durand took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mircea Berceanu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Maxime Durand showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mircea Berceanu in the 25th minute of the match. Gonçalo Vides showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Camille Baume in the 26th minute of the match. White StarZ's Gonçalo Vides played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frank Peletier in the 29th minute of play. When Jordi Peñaranda came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the White StarZ fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jordi Peñaranda couldn't finish the play. Mircea Berceanu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Maxime Durand didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when White StarZ's Mircea Berceanu shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-0 in the ordered_time% minute. 36 minutes into the game, Mircea Berceanu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Maxime Durand was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Gonçalo Vides took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frank Peletier, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of France booed when White StarZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Blas Armando didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 46th minute, Mircea Berceanu 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 4-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Frank Peletier to make the kick off. Mircea Berceanu's late challenge caught a France's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mircea Berceanu helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of France booed when White StarZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mircea Berceanu didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Camille Baume got free with Gonçalo Vides in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ricardo Pacorro's late challenge caught a France's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ricardo Pacorro helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of France booed when White StarZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ricardo Pacorro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Frank Peletier's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Gonçalo Vides firmly grabbed it by the left post. Maxime Durand didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mircea Berceanu went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, White StarZ's Pim Blanker got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Frank Peletier's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 73rdth minute, Gonçalo Vides skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Maxime Durand showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fausto Bertol, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. 82 minutes into the match, White StarZ's Mircea Berceanu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Maxime Durand narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After having played for 86 minutes, Mircea Berceanu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. White StarZ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mircea Berceanu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Mircea Berceanu might have been able to make a better finish in the 90th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Maxime Durand. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mircea Berceanu ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 90th minute Mircea Berceanu 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. Frank Peletier could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Gonçalo Vides made a huge save. In the 96th minute, Mircea Berceanu 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. France's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.