U18 World League

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Spectators: 7520 (Terracing: 5641, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) Myles Witherspoon made the kick off and thus started the match. 3 minutes into the game, Wilfried Lépinay was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Les diables noirs's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Dep. Moron the free kick. The supporters of Dep. Moron booed when Les diables noirs was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wilfried Lépinay didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 4th match minute, Les diables noirs was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabien Dol to maneuver through the defense. In the 5th minute, Lucas Palacios fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. The audience was convinced that Myles Witherspoon's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kevan Grange was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. Neal Snyder hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Les diables noirs's Fabien Dol got a free kick in the 8th minute. In the 9th minute of the match Calvin Welsh shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Kevan Grange showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 11th minute, Ari Giles hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eymeric Laguerre charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eymeric Laguerre the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Les diables noirs getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Eymeric Laguerre hit a great ball. With his leg Kevan Grange managed to avoid a goal in the 14thth minute, when Dep. Moron's Lucas Palacios fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Gustave Pierrel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Joel Underwood tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Myles Witherspoon fell near the penalty area in the 23rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Dep. Moron's protests and gave Myles Witherspoon a yellow card for diving instead. After 25 minutes of play Les diables noirs's Eymeric Laguerre was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. When Fabien Dol fell near the penalty area in the 27th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Les diables noirs's protests and gave Fabien Dol a yellow card for diving instead. Calvin Welsh walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. Lucas Palacios scored 1-0 in the 31st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kevan Grange, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Lucas Palacios could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 37th minute of the match, but Kevan Grange made a huge save. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gustave Pierrel stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Myles Witherspoon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 53rd match minute, Les diables noirs was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Moïse Ganivet to maneuver through the defense. Dep. Moron's Lucas Palacios got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Moïse Ganivet kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. Gustave Pierrel came free with the goalkeeper in the 73rd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Joel Underwood could save by the left post. Kevan Grange made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Myles Witherspoon in the 80th minute of play. In the 82nd match minute, Les diables noirs was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joey Weill to maneuver through the defense. In the 84th minute, Simon Anthony hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 3-0 became the score in the 87th minute when Myles Witherspoon elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Dep. Moron were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Les diables noirs for a fine match.