Challenge

Hungary Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ivar Alin started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, Eric Bertaux hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hungary's Antal Valentin got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Fabien Lafont was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Antal Valentin showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 9 minute of play. Major Barna could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Fabien Lafont made a huge save. With a little luck, Polly Magoo Juniors's Fabien Lafont got control of the ball when Antal Valentin tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 15th minute, Hungary's Antal Valentin ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Fabien Lafont. Fabien Lafont yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. Polly Magoo Juniors's Fabien Lafont played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Takacs Tibor in the 19th minute of play. A very nice done corner allowed Vörös Henrik to score against Fabien Lafont in Polly Magoo Juniors's goal. 3-0 after 21 minutes. If Balazs Lajos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Polly Magoo Juniors's Fabien Lafont proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Polly Magoo Juniors from getting a goal against them. Takacs Tibor might have been able to make a better finish in the 28th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fabien Lafont. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Takacs Tibor ran back to his position shaking his head. After 31 minutes Polly Magoo Juniors's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Antal Valentin who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Vörös Henrik managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. The supporters of Hungary booed when Polly Magoo Juniors was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jörgen Granström didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hegedus Henrik got free with Fabien Lafont in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Bertil Myr's late challenge caught a Hungary's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bertil Myr helped the player get up and apologised. Fabien Lafont made an important save on a dangerous shot by Major Barna in the 40th minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

In the 53rdth minute of the game Antal Valentin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Polly Magoo Juniors's Fabien Lafont was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 54 minutes into the match, Hungary's Balazs Lajos sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fabien Lafont narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After some careless play in the Polly Magoo Juniors defense, Antal Valentin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fabien Lafont. The Polly Magoo Juniors fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fabien Lafont should have stopped the shot. Fabien Lafont showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antal Valentin in the 66th minute of the match. Antal Valentin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabien Lafont having to interfere. In the 73rd minute Major Barna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabien Lafont saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Antal Valentin took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fabien Lafont. Fabien Lafont dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-0. Antal Valentin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 81 played minutes Polly Magoo Juniors got a freekick which was hit by Carl Back. Hungary's Antal Valentin couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Polly Magoo Juniors. After having played for 83 minutes, Hegedus Henrik managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hungary's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hegedus Henrik was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 87 minutes into the match, Hungary's Major Barna sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fabien Lafont narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antal Valentin in the 92nd minute of play forced Polly Magoo Juniors's goalkeeper Fabien Lafont to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.