Challenge

France 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. Manoel Botelho started the match with the kick off. Robert Chapuis hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Maxime Durand took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Liu Feng Quan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Quentin Beaux's late challenge caught a BMB IMOVEIS SC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Quentin Beaux helped the player get up and apologised. In the 7th match minute, France was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Quentin Beaux to maneuver through the defense. Liu Feng Quan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Robert Chapuis kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Maxime Durand showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Liu Feng Quan in the 9th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, France's Remy Dupuy got a free kick in the 12th minute. 13 minutes into the match, Manoel Botelho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Maxime Durand. France's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Manoel Botelho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. France's Frank Peletier got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Frank Peletiers short, quick shot in the 19thth minute got Arnoldo Donzel to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Camille Baume struck a weak shot in the 20th minute. Arnoldo Donzel didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for France. After having played for 23 minutes, Manoel Botelho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. BMB IMOVEIS SC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Manoel Botelho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the match had gone on for 25 minutes, Camille Baume took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Arnoldo Donzel to make any attempt to save it. The audience was convinced that Manoel Botelho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Maxime Durand was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. BMB IMOVEIS SC were awarded a corner in the 30th minute after France's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Fernandão Gaúcho took the corner. Liu Feng Quan struck a weak shot in the 32nd minute. Maxime Durand didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for BMB IMOVEIS SC. Maxime Durand took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manoel Botelho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 34 minutes France's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Fernandão Gaúcho who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Fernandão Gaúcho got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Maxime Durand quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Maxime Durand didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Manoel Botelho went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. After 43 played minutes BMB IMOVEIS SC got a freekick which was hit by Manoel Botelho. Manoel Botelho hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. With a little luck, BMB IMOVEIS SC's Arnoldo Donzel got control of the ball when Frank Peletier tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 48th minute France were awarded a corner. David Barbier went to the cornerflag to take it. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Frank Peletier was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Peletier in the 52nd minute of play forced BMB IMOVEIS SC's goalkeeper Arnoldo Donzel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. During the 54th minute of the match Quentin Beaux completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Quentin Beaux a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. A collision led to France getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Quentin Beaux hit a great ball. Liu Feng Quan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 56th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Maxime Durand was a little too slow when Manoel Botelho got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 57th minute. The score was now 1-3. Robert Chapuis kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Arnoldo Donzel stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Frank Peletier's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. Arnoldo Donzel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Peletier in the 80th minute of play. Liu Feng Quan might have been able to make a better finish in the 82nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Maxime Durand. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Liu Feng Quan ran back to his position shaking his head. France's Maxime Durand proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save France from getting a goal against them. A collision led to France getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. David Barbier hit a great ball. Manoel Botelho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 88th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Arnoldo Donzel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frank Peletier, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 92nd match minute, BMB IMOVEIS SC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tadeu Alvarenga to maneuver through the defense. During the 95th minute of the match Manoel Botelho completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Manoel Botelho a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After 98 played minutes BMB IMOVEIS SC got a freekick which was hit by Manoel Botelho. Although France had been in control for most of the match, BMB IMOVEIS SC still came away with the win.