Challenge

France Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Henry Salkvist kicked off to start the match. Kenny Pihlblad kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. Eric Söder might have been able to make a better finish in the 9th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Maxime Durand. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Eric Söder ran back to his position shaking his head. Maxime Durand showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eric Söder, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Stig Andersson hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Camille Baume got free with Peter Martinsson in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Kenny Pihlblad came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the Lokomotiv Sick-Sack 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 Kenny Pihlblad couldn't finish the play. Maxime Durand made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henry Salkvist in the 18th minute of play. 22 minutes into the match, France's goal looked a bit too open when Emil Lindström came free, but Maxime Durand reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Maxime Durand showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Henry Salkvist in the 24th minute of the match. Lokomotiv Sick-Sack's attentive Xu Chen Jian managed to snatch the ball when Jean Bombelles made a throw-in in the 25th minute of the game. Camille Baume received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Peter Martinsson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eric Söder in the 28th minute of play forced France's goalkeeper Maxime Durand to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Henry Salkvist took the ball and in the 30 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 0-1. Maxime Durand showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eric Söder in the 34th minute of the match. 36 minutes into the match, France's goal looked a bit too open when Henry Salkvist came free, but Maxime Durand reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Henry Salkvist'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. Henry Salkvist helped the player get up and apologised. Maxime Durand made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eric Söder in the 41st minute of play. In the 47th minute Eric Söder 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. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Frank Peletier to strike the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Lokomotiv Sick-Sack's Emil Lindström sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Maxime Durand narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jean Bombelles made in the 53rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Lokomotiv Sick-Sack's Xu Chen Jian. In the 54th minute, Eric Söder 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. A sloppy throw-in by Jean Bombelles in the 57th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Lokomotiv Sick-Sack's Xu Chen Jian. If Eric Söder had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The throw-in from Robert Chapuis in the 63rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Lokomotiv Sick-Sack's Earl Grey. Maxime Durand came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by Lokomotiv Sick-Sack's Eric Söder. But to his dismay, Eric Söder quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Jean Bombelles made in the 69th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Robert Chapuis. Lokomotiv Sick-Sack's Xu Chen Jian managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Jean Bombelles in the 70 minute of the game. In the 71st minute, Eric Söder left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lokomotiv Sick-Sack fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. In the 75th minute, Gustav Käcker hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lokomotiv Sick-Sack's Xu Chen Jian managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Jean Bombelles in the 79 minute of the game. France's Maxime Durand proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save France from getting a goal against them. Maxime Durand was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Eric Söder showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-4 in the 86 minute of play. After a rather tough play, France's Jean Bombelles got a free kick in the 90th minute. In the 91st minute, Eric Söder 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. Jean Bombelles made in the 92nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Lokomotiv Sick-Sack's Xu Chen Jian. The France manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing Lokomotiv Sick-Sack to win.