Challenge

France Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Red Chicken Football's Cássio Segundo 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. Quentin Beaux hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Camille Baume could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 6th minute of the match, but Diego Alves made a huge save. The supporters of Red Chicken Football booed when France was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. David Barbier didn't get a good kick on the ball. 11 minutes into the game, Remy Dupuy was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. France's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Red Chicken Football the free kick. In the 11th match minute, France was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Remy Dupuy to maneuver through the defense. In the 21stth minute of the game Cássio Segundo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but France's Maxime Durand was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Cássio Segundo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Maxime Durand was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. In the 22nd minute Cris Fenomeno 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. 29 minutes into the match, France's goal looked a bit too open when Didi Saraiva came free, but Maxime Durand reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Camille Baume received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Diego Alves came out and tried to block the shot, but Camille Baume slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 35th minute. In the 42nd minute Cássio Segundo 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. After 48 minutes France's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cássio Segundo who took care of the corner kick. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Frank Peletier to strike the kick off in the second half. Diego Alves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Peletier in the 52nd minute of play. In the 53rdth minute of the game Cássio Segundo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but France's Maxime Durand was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Rômulo Félix'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. Rômulo Félix helped the player get up and apologised. Rômulo Félix hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Frank Peletier received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Diego Alves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Diego Alves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Camille Baume, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dimcho Chernokolev hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Hori Inclan made in the 68th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Dimcho Chernokolev. In the 71st minute Cássio Segundo 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. Rômulo Félix kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. 74 minutes into the match, Red Chicken Football's goal looked a bit too open when David Barbier came free, but Diego Alves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cássio Segundo had several of the France's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 76 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-1 score and a disappointed Maxime Durand as he didn't even see the shot coming. France's Maxime Durand proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save France from getting a goal against them. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cássio Segundo in the 83rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Maxime Durand saved France from getting behind. After 84 played minutes Red Chicken Football got a freekick which was hit by Slawomir Majak. Red Chicken Football's Metod Dentrup was substituted for Slawomir Majak. With an all-out effort, Red Chicken Football's Maxime Durand threw himself towards the right post 88 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Cris Fenomeno, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 89 played minutes Red Chicken Football got a freekick which was hit by Cássio Segundo. Frank Peletier fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Diego Alves having to interfere. France's Maxime Durand played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cássio Segundo in the 95th minute of play.