Challenge

Ali Sami Yen
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Frank Peletier started the match with the kick off. In the 6th minute, Frank Peletier ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hüseyin Turan Baysan was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hiram Abass got free with Maxime Durand in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 20 minutes into the match, Remy Dupuy had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hüseyin Turan Baysan. Valar morghulis's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Remy Dupuy was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. The supporters of France booed when Valar morghulis was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abdullah Hürsel didn't get a good kick on the ball. 23 minutes into the match, Frank Peletier notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Valar morghulis's Hüseyin Turan Baysan. Hüseyin Turan Baysan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Hüseyin Turan Baysan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frank Peletier, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Hüseyin Turan Baysan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Camille Baume in the 29th minute of play. Hüseyin Turan Baysan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Remy Dupuy went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Polat Alemdar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maxime Durand having to interfere. Maxime Durand showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Polat Alemdar in the 37th minute of the match. After 40 played minutes France got a freekick which was hit by Remy Dupuy. Valar morghulis's Semail Paye shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 40th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Maxime Durand but with some difficulty. In the 43rd minute Camille Baume shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hüseyin Turan Baysan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Reis Okgüç had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After the first half France were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The referee felt a red card was in order, 53 minutes into the game, when Esen Eker put in a rough tackle. After a rather tough play, Valar morghulis's Esen Eker got a free kick in the 53rd minute. In the 54th minute, David Barbier 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. The supporters of France booed when Valar morghulis was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Baran Bilge Yücesan didn't get a good kick on the ball. After recieving a nice pass, France's David Barbier tried to score from far away in the 57th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. 61 minutes into the match, Frank Peletier dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Hüseyin Turan Baysan, 0-5. Maxime Durand showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Polat Alemdar, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. France's Remy Dupuy quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Semail Paye, made in the 68th minute of the game. France's Maxime Durand played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Polat Alemdar in the 71st minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as France's Frank Peletier slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Hüseyin Turan Baysan. That made the score 0-6 after 74 minutes of play. In the 78th minute of the match, Frank Peletier got a very nice opportunity to score, but Hüseyin Turan Baysan was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Hüseyin Turan Baysan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Camille Baume, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. When Valar morghulis's Polat Alemdar in the 80th minute got a chance for a shot 80th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye France's goalie prevented a goal. 82 minutes into the game, France's Camille Baume nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hüseyin Turan Baysan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-7. With a little luck, Valar morghulis's Hüseyin Turan Baysan got control of the ball when Camille Baume tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 90th minute, Maxence Durand hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Polat Alemdar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Maxime Durand tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 95 minutes of play, France's Frank Peletier made it 0-8 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hüseyin Turan Baysan was left in no man's land by his defense there! France's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.