Challenge

La Chambrerie
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Cassius Byrne made the kick off and thus started the match. Raphaël Lallemand recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 4th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Raphaël Lallemand in the 13thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Marco Day, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Tanek Zurawski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jacob May, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 20 minutes into the match, Les Pionniers de Touraine's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Tanek Zurawski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marco Day came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by Les Pionniers de Touraine's Abraham Beauval. But to his dismay, Abraham Beauval quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. USA's Monty Rogers got a good chance for a goal in the 24th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abraham Beauval in the 25th minute of play. 26 minutes into the game, Raphaël Lallemand was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Les Pionniers de Touraine's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave USA the free kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abraham Beauval got free with Marco Day in the 29th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 32nd minute, Monty Rogers left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The USA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. Marco Day was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Abraham Beauval showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 38 minute of play. Raphaël Lallemand's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 41stth minute, Marco Day skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. 47 minutes into the game, Rareș Gheară was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Les Pionniers de Touraine's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave USA the free kick. A collision led to Les Pionniers de Touraine getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Rareș Gheară hit a great ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Abraham Beauval made a kick off. Diego Bradley kicked well hit freekick during the 50th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abraham Beauval in the 52nd minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 56th minute, Edward Mcdonald hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tanek Zurawski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 60th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 64th minute of play forced Les Pionniers de Touraine's goalkeeper Tanek Zurawski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Raphaël Lallemand in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Day saved USA from getting behind. Raphael Moore got a throw-in 68 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Jacob May. 71 minutes into the game, Hervé Malaise cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Marco Day was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. In the 82nd minute of the match Les Pionniers de Touraine got a corner. USA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Léon Sureau ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Léon Sureau got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marco Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Jacob May came free with the goalkeeper in the 85th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Tanek Zurawski could save by the left post. With his leg Tanek Zurawski managed to avoid a goal in the 96thth minute, when USA's Sam Campbell fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When the referee blew the final whistle, Les Pionniers de Touraine could leave the field as winners, despite USA having more of the ball for most of the match.