Challenge

Baez Monumental
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Thalis Papazisis took the kick off in the first half of the match. France's Maxime Durand proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save France from getting a goal against them. Thalis Papazisiss short, quick shot in the 5thth minute got Maxime Durand to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Maxime Durand showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thalis Papazisis in the 6th minute of the match. A nice corner shot did that Filip Balonek got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Maxime Durand quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When France's Camille Baume, in the 11th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for France. After 13 minutes of play, Baez FC's Thalis Papazisis made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Maxime Durand was left in no man's land by his defense there! 17 minutes into the game, Thalis Papazisis lined in a short shot 2-0 behind a frustrated Maxime Durand. The audience was convinced that Thalis Papazisis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Maxime Durand was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. In the 27thth minute of the game Thalis Papazisis 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. Maxime Durand didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Baez FC's Thalis Papazisis shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Baez FC's Ni Zhen Feng was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 33rd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Maxime Durand showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ni Zhen Feng, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Baez FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ruperto Ralondo in the 36th minute. A very nice done corner allowed Thalis Papazisis to score against Maxime Durand in France's goal. 5-0 after 37 minutes. 40 minutes into the game, Robert Chapuis 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 Baez FC the free kick. In the 40th match minute, France was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robert Chapuis to maneuver through the defense. Maxime Durand showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ruperto Ralondo, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. A collision led to France getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Alexis Bruneau hit a great ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 6-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Frank Peletier made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Thalis Papazisis 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ni Zhen Feng in the 55th minute of play forced France's goalkeeper Maxime Durand to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Horacio Jesus Carvallo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frank Peletier, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. France's Maxime Durand played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thalis Papazisis in the 58th minute of play. 60 minutes into the match, France's goal looked a bit too open when Thalis Papazisis came free, but Maxime Durand reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Maxime Durand came out of the goal in the 64th minute to try and stop a shot by Baez FC's Thalis Papazisis. But to his dismay, Thalis Papazisis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 8-0. In the 66th match minute, France was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Camille Baume to maneuver through the defense. In the 67th minute Ni Zhen Feng 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. The audience was convinced that Thalis Papazisis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Maxime Durand was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. Horacio Jesus Carvallo made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Camille Baume sent off a good shot on target. Octavian Vrabie charged in rather forcefully in the 79th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Octavian Vrabie the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In a very dangerous position, a player in Baez FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 78th minute. Penalty! When the match had been going on for 80 minutes, France's David Barbier got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Horacio Jesus Carvallo. 83 minutes into the match, Baez FC's goalkeeper Horacio Jesus Carvallo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Frank Peletier. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ni Zhen Feng in the 86th minute of play forced France's goalkeeper Maxime Durand to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 87 minutes into the match, Ni Zhen Feng notched a goal, 9-1, to the right of France's Maxime Durand. Maxime Durand was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Baez FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.