World League

Stade
Spectators: 7504 (Terracing: 5629, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 149) Aden Couzens made an important save on a dangerous shot by Felix Emmanuel in the 4th minute. Joe Camp took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Neal Weatherby, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 7 minutes, Steven Chaptal managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Elderslie Magpies's supporters crossed their fingers, but Steven Chaptal was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Elderslie Magpies's Aden Couzens played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicolas Hamard in the 8th minute of play. Felix Emmanuel could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Aden Couzens made a huge save. Felix Emmanuel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cats and dogs's Joe Camp played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Steven Chaptal in the 17th minute of play. Cats and dogs's Joe Camp played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Neal Weatherby in the 19th minute of play. After 20 minutes Cats and dogs's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Arty Behla who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Arty Behla got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Joe Camp quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The Elderslie Magpies fans' excitement grew in the 21st match minute when Elderslie Magpies's Ovidio Etxekopar looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Joe Camp showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sam Mccartan, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Aden Couzens made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Felix Emmanuel sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felix Emmanuel got free with Aden Couzens in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Cats and dogs getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Felix Emmanuel hit a great ball. Rick Souness's late challenge caught a Cats and dogs's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rick Souness helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Cats and dogs booed when Elderslie Magpies was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rick Souness didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 36th minute, Felix Emmanuel ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aden Couzens was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Aden Couzens made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicolas Hamard in the 45th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Steven Chaptal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Joe Camp was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. With a little luck, Elderslie Magpies's Aden Couzens got control of the ball when Felix Emmanuel tried to sneak it across the goal line. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Felix Emmanuel to make the kick off. Aden Couzens showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Felix Emmanuel, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Cats and dogs's Joe Camp proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save Cats and dogs from getting a goal against them. Aden Couzens made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felix Emmanuel in the 62nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Cats and dogs's Téo Aguiar got a free kick in the 65th minute. Téo Aguiar hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Aden Couzens showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gaétan Bouchard in the 68th minute of the match. With a little luck, Cats and dogs's Joe Camp got control of the ball when Steven Chaptal tried to sneak it across the goal line. Aden Couzens took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gaétan Bouchard, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Elderslie Magpies's Aden Couzens played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gaétan Bouchard in the 75th minute of play. 78 minutes into the match, Gaétan Bouchard notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Elderslie Magpies's Aden Couzens. Aden Couzens was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 80 minutes into the match, Elderslie Magpies's goal looked a bit too open when Nicolas Hamard came free, but Aden Couzens reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Steven Chaptal who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 81stth minute tested the skills of Joe Camp when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Franklin Boch hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. Elderslie Magpies's Aden Couzens played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gaétan Bouchard in the 91st minute of play. Steven Chaptal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Elderslie Magpies's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.