U23 World League

Anfield Road
Spectators: 7721 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) 4 minutes into the match, Pihl United's Tommy Sundberg sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nicolas Baudoin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Tommy Sundberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nicolas Baudoin was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. Nicolas Baudoin was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Tommy Sundberg showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 9 minute of play. Nicolas Baudoin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shea Caballero in the 12th minute of play. 13 minutes into the game, Anthony Cavalier was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Mans's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Pihl United the free kick. Anthony Cavalier hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Mans's Léonard Beauchamp got a free kick in the 15th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Hedlund in the 16th minute of play forced Mans's goalkeeper Nicolas Baudoin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nicolas Baudoin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tommy Sundberg in the 18th minute. A collision led to Mans getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Léonard Beauchamp hit a great ball. In the 22ndth minute of the game Tommy Sundberg who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mans's Nicolas Baudoin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Nicolas Baudoin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tommy Sundberg's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. After 24 played minutes Pihl United got a freekick which was hit by Martin Hedlund. 25 minutes into the match, Pihl United's goal looked a bit too open when Léonard Beauchamp came free, but Gottfrid Haström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Pihl United's Tommy Sundberg in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Mans's goalie prevented a goal. Adrien Andreu's late challenge caught a Pihl United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Adrien Andreu helped the player get up and apologised. Adrien Andreu hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. In the 28thth minute of the game Tommy Sundberg who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mans's Nicolas Baudoin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Anthony Cavalier hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Gottfrid Haström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jean-Sébastien Defaux, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. 44 minutes into the game, Félicien Larose was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Mans's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Pihl United the free kick. Félicien Larose kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. Mans's Nicolas Baudoin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save Mans from getting a goal against them. Pihl United's Tommy Sundberg got a good chance for a goal in the 48th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tommy Sundberg stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 51 played minutes Mans got a freekick which was hit by Faustin Truffaut. Pihl United's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Luc Fontaine in the 54th minute. Pihl United's Luc Fontaine was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Nicolas Baudoin in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Pihl United's Tommy Sundberg got a good chance for a goal in the 56th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 60 minutes, Tommy Sundberg made it 4-0 with a short kick to the right side. Mans's Nicolas Baudoin tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Nicolas Baudoin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tommy Sundberg's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. Nicolas Baudoin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Shea Caballero, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pihl United made a substitution. Babhruvahana Baad replaced Hubert Berggren. After a rather tough play, Mans's Faustin Truffaut got a free kick in the 74th minute. Pihl United were awarded a corner in the 77th minute after Mans's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Luc Fontaine took the corner. When Pihl United's Tommy Sundberg in the 80th minute got a chance for a shot 80th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Mans's goalie prevented a goal. When the match had gone on for 82 minutes, Tommy Sundberg put it in 6-0 from a short distance just to the right of Nicolas Baudoin. 84 minutes into the game, Shea Caballero was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pihl United's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mans the free kick. After a rather tough play, Pihl United's Shea Caballero got a free kick in the 84th minute. The audience was convinced that Tommy Sundberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nicolas Baudoin was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. In the 93rd minute of the match Nicolaas Anelka shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Nicolas Baudoin showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Nicolas Baudoin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shea Caballero in the 94th minute of the match. 96 minutes into the game, Quentin Châtaignier was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Mans's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Pihl United the free kick. After a rather tough play, Mans's Quentin Châtaignier got a free kick in the 96th minute. Mans's Nicolas Baudoin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tommy Sundberg in the 98th minute of play. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Pihl United fully deserved thier win.