Challenge

National stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Thierry Auroy made the kick off which started today's match. Qiu Zhi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jocelyn Care in the 3rd minute. France's Christophe Pourre played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emílio Lendaa in the 5th minute of play. SILMONT's Qiu Zhi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thierry Auroy in the 7th minute of play. France's Christophe Pourre played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bethel Raba in the 10th minute of play. 15 minutes into the match, France's goal looked a bit too open when Titouan Canal came free, but Christophe Pourre reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Qiu Zhi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Réda Kolb in the 19th minute of the match. In the 22nd minute, Bethel Raba hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Qiu Zhi was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Réda Kolb showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 23 minute of play. Qiu Zhi was a little too slow when Réda Kolb got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 30th minute. The score was now 2-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Réda Kolb in the 34th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Qiu Zhi saved SILMONT from getting behind. 35 minutes into the match, France's Réda Kolb sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Qiu Zhi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 36 minutes had been played when some careless play by SILMONT's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jocelyn Care was slow to take the kick. During this time France's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Jocelyn Care got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Qiu Zhi quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 39 minutes into the match, France's goal looked a bit too open when Adriano Guimarães came free, but Christophe Pourre reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Réda Kolb got free with Qiu Zhi in the 40th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marcel Lemahieu kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Emílio Lendaa made the kick off in the second half. Qiu Zhi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jocelyn Care, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Emílio Lendaa kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Christophe Pourre. That made the score 2-1 in the 54 minute of play. Qiu Zhi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Réda Kolb in the 60th minute of the match. 61 minutes into the match, France's goalkeeper Christophe Pourre had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Emílio Lendaa. France's Christophe Pourre played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emílio Lendaa in the 64th minute of play. Christophe Pourre showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emílio Lendaa in the 67th minute of the match. Qiu Zhi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Réda Kolb in the 68th minute of play. In the 70th minute Thierry Auroy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Qiu Zhi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 70 minutes, Thierry Auroy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. France's supporters crossed their fingers, but Thierry Auroy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. SILMONT's Normando Fiúza was substituted for Emílio Lendaa. France's Harold Combettes was substituted for Réda Kolb. 75 minutes into the game, Harold Combettes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Qiu Zhi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. SILMONT's Nathanaël Lize was substituted for João Carlos Schmidt. Marcel Lemahieu made in the 83rd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Normando Fiúza immediately put the ball in play. Christophe Pourre made an important save on a dangerous shot by Normando Fiúza in the 84th minute. A collision led to France getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Jonas Daguenet hit a great ball. For all the effort they put into the match, the SILMONT players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for France.