Challenge

France Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gianluca Lapadula made the kick off which started today's match. Maxime Durand made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gianluca Lapadula in the 6th minute of play. KS Bukowe's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Stanislao Kuparinen in the 9th minute. Maxime Durand showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gianluca Lapadula, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. 14 minutes had been played when some careless play by France's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Stanislao Kuparinen was slow to take the kick. During this time KS Bukowe's players had a chance to rest. In the 17th minute, France's Camille Baume ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jerzy Dudek. Jerzy Dudek yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. Gianluca Lapadula took the ball and in the 21 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 1-2. In the 33rd minute, Frank Peletier left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The France fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. Gianluca Lapadula's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Maxime Durand read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 37th minute of play. 39 minutes had been played when some careless play by France's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Stanislao Kuparinen was slow to take the kick. During this time KS Bukowe's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Stanislao Kuparinen got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Maxime Durand quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gianluca Lapadula in the 43rd minute of play forced France's goalkeeper Maxime Durand to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 46th minute Gianluca Lapadula 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 first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Frank Peletier made a kick off. Frank Peletier sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of France booed when KS Bukowe was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tobiasz Moryl didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, France's Frank Peletier got a free kick in the 69th minute. France's Maxime Durand proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save France from getting a goal against them. After 74 minutes of play, KS Bukowe's Gianluca Lapadula made it 2-3 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! After a rather tough play, KS Bukowe's Tobiasz Moryl got a free kick in the 77th minute. A collision led to France getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Henry Robiquet hit a great ball. A sloppy throw-in by Henry Robiquet in the 86th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by KS Bukowe's Tobiasz Moryl. Gianluca Lapadula's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Maxime Durand read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 86th minute of play. Frank Peletier fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jerzy Dudek having to interfere. After 95 played minutes France got a freekick which was hit by Frank Peletier.