Challenge

National stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Anatole Le Lay kicked off to start the match. Bruno Marceau fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Qiu Zhi having to interfere. In the 8thth minute of the game Anatole Le Lay who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but France's Bart Basson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Bart Basson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Anatole Le Lay's shot from short distance in the 17th minute. If Anatole Le Lay had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Bart Basson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anatole Le Lay, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. In the 25th minute Tobías Gunnarsson 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. Qiu Zhi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tobías Gunnarsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Tobías Gunnarsson spun around in front of the goal 27 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of SILMONT's goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jocelyn Care in the 29th minute of play forced SILMONT's goalkeeper Qiu Zhi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bart Basson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anatole Le Lay in the 31st minute of the match. Jakub Pisarcik made in the 37th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by France's Alain Roche. When Patrick Josselin fell near the penalty area in the 44th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SILMONT's protests and gave Patrick Josselin a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, SILMONT's Patrick Josselin got a free kick in the 44th minute. 45 minutes in the game Diego Farges after having made a beautiful turn got a great opportunity to score and fired away a shot that went just to the left past a relieved Qiu Zhi. A very good opportunity. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Bruno Marceau to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jocelyn Care in the 53rd minute of play forced SILMONT's goalkeeper Qiu Zhi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 54th minute, Alain Roche hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 58th match minute, SILMONT was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gabriel Duflos to maneuver through the defense. In the 64th minute, Tobías Gunnarsson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The France fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. France made a substitution. Harold Combettes replaced Diego Farges. Qiu Zhi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tobías Gunnarsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. SILMONT's Xiao Zhen Feng was substituted for Martial Haas. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tobías Gunnarsson in the 81st minute of play forced SILMONT's goalkeeper Qiu Zhi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 82 minutes into the game, Benigno Dalmau threw the ball into play from the sideline. France's John-Paul Locatelli quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. The audience was convinced that Xiao Zhen Feng's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bart Basson was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. Benigno Dalmau made in the 91st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by France's Alain Roche. After a rather tough play, France's Pascal Laadal got a free kick in the 94th minute. France's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.