Challenge

Skovbølling 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. Absalon Aabaand started the match with the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Absalon Aabaand got free with Maxime Durand in the 6th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Absalon Aabaand's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 17thth minute, Maxime Durand skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. With a little luck, France's Maxime Durand got control of the ball when Absalon Aabaand tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match had gone on for 22 minutes, Absalon Aabaand took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Maxime Durand to make any attempt to save it. With his leg Maxime Durand managed to avoid a goal in the 25thth minute, when Skovbølling's Absalon Aabaand fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Camille Baume hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Maxime Durand didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Absalon Aabaand went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Bertel Foltmann made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from David Barbier in the 38th minute of play. When Alexis Bruneau came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the France 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 Alexis Bruneau couldn't finish the play. In the 45th minute Frank Peletier shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bertel Foltmann saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 48th minute, Erling Franks 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. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Frank Peletier to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Frank Peletier notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Skovbølling's Bertel Foltmann. Bertel Foltmann was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Absalon Aabaand in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Maxime Durand saved France from getting behind. Bertel Foltmann took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Camille Baume, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. France's Maxime Durand played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Absalon Aabaand in the 59th minute of play. Camille Baume sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Frank Peletier had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bertel Foltmann made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Frank Peletier sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Skovbølling's Kay Harsbøll got a free kick in the 77th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erling Franks in the 79th minute of play forced France's goalkeeper Maxime Durand to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 86thth minute of the game Absalon Aabaand who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but France's Maxime Durand was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erling Franks in the 91st minute of play forced France's goalkeeper Maxime Durand to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paw Carbac hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Skovbølling were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of France for a fine match.