Challenge

Stade Zoë
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Frank Peletier kicked off to start the match. Patrick Norberg hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. After 5 played minutes, France's David Barbier shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Gerwin Broerse came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in France reached it. 8 minutes into the match, Sheep United's goal looked a bit too open when Frank Peletier came free, but Gerwin Broerse reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Camille Baume received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Gerwin Broerse tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 18th 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. Sheep United's Gerrie Bot quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Jean Bombelles, made in the 19th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alfredo Rulli got free with Maxime Durand in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 25 minutes into the match, Sheep United's Alfredo Rulli sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Maxime Durand narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 26th minute of the match Sheep United got a corner. France's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. José Antonio Parra ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well done corner resulted in Alfredo Rulli drilling the ball in to score 1-0 behind France's goalkeeper. A sloppy throw-in by Jean Bombelles in the 33rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Sheep United's Gerrie Bot. Gerrie Bot sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Sheep United made a substitution. Isidoro Thomas replaced Alfredo Rulli. After 54 played minutes France got a freekick which was hit by Quentin Beaux. After some fancy dribbling in the 55th minute, José Antonio Parra managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sheep United's supporters rose to their feet, but José Antonio Parra 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. Jean Bombelles made in the 58th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Sheep United's Gerrie Bot. Maxime Durand showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Isidoro Thomas, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Koos Warringa hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. If David Barbier had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Maxime Durand took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isidoro Thomas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 76th minute Isidoro Thomas 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. France's Maxime Durand played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Isidoro Thomas in the 82nd minute of play. Maxime Durand made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diego Sánchez in the 85th minute of play. In the 86th minute Sheep United were awarded a corner. José Antonio Parra went to the cornerflag to take it. José Antonio Parra made a great header on Sheep United's corner, it was just that France's Maxime Durand managed to reach the ball for a save. 91 minutes into the match, France's goal looked a bit too open when Isidoro Thomas came free, but Maxime Durand reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to France getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Robert Chapuis hit a great ball. Maxime Durand took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isidoro Thomas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Sheep United had won after a very even match.