Challenge

France Arena
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Claudio-Paul Pirinchev took the kick off in the first half of the match. 5 minutes into the match, Balázs Sebes notched a goal, 0-1, 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. Maxime Durand showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudio-Paul Pirinchev in the 8th minute of the match. The throw-in from Robert Chapuis in the 10th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Hoberg United's Benny Bus. Maxime Durand took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Balázs Sebes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Balázs Sebes took the ball and in the 13 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 0-2. 16 minutes into the game, Balázs Sebes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Maxime Durand was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 20 minutes into the match, Claudio-Paul Pirinchev notched a goal, 0-4, 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. In the 29th minute, Balázs Sebes made a precise shot to the right of Maxime Durand. France's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. Maxime Durand showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Balázs Sebes in the 33rd minute of the match. After 35 minutes of play, Hoberg United's Balázs Sebes made it 0-6 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! In the 39th 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. After 40 minutes France's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Danny Grønnow who took care of the corner kick. Balázs Sebes recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 42nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Maxime Durand took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Balázs Sebes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 46 minutes had been played when some careless play by France's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Danny Grønnow was slow to take the kick. During this time Hoberg United's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Danny Grønnow got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Maxime Durand quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save.

The wind increased when Frank Peletier made the kick off in the second half. In the 50th minute, Claudio-Paul Pirinchev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Robert Chapuis hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. When Balázs Sebes came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the Hoberg United fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Balázs Sebes couldn't finish the play. In the 58th match minute, France was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maxence Durand to maneuver through the defense. In the 59th 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. In the 62nd minute, Hoberg United's Balázs Sebes dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-7. After a rather tough play, France's Robert Chapuis got a free kick in the 65th minute. Hoberg United's Louis Bullock was substituted for Maximiliano Rutenio. Robert Chapuis kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. In the 69th minute Balázs Sebes 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. Claudio-Paul Pirinchev received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Maxime Durand came out and tried to block the shot, but Claudio-Paul Pirinchev slotted it home off the left post making it 0-8 in the 71st minute. Dida Martins 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 80th minute. Jimmi Imtiaz was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 81 minutes into the match. 80 minutes into the game, one of Hoberg United:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Dida Martins showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robert Chapuis, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. A throw-in in the 89th minute of the game was made by Jaroslaw Teofila with Louis Bullock as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Claudio-Paul Pirinchev received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Maxime Durand came out and tried to block the shot, but Claudio-Paul Pirinchev slotted it home off the left post making it 0-10 in the 89th minute. Dida Martins made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Peletier in the 97th minute of play.