U21 World League

varennes stadium
Spectators: 7482 (Terracing: 5613, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tobiasz Dynda got the match started through his kick off. Jakub Oleszak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lee Coffman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gale Laliberté got free with Jakub Oleszak in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Vęgoria Team's Tadeusz Charamut got a free kick in the 21st minute. Vęgoria Team's Jakub Oleszak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lee Coffman in the 26th minute of play. Brice Leach showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aleksander Gollob, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. When the match clock showed 31 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Lee Coffman sped through Vęgoria Team's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jakub Oleszak. When Loic Deal fell near the penalty area in the 36th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Varennes's protests and gave Loic Deal a yellow card for diving instead. After 36 played minutes Varennes got a freekick which was hit by Loic Deal. Tadeusz Charamut took the ball and in the 39 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Brice Leach. Brice Leach dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. In the 44th minute Lee Coffman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jakub Oleszak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lee Coffman received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jakub Oleszak came out and tried to block the shot, but Lee Coffman slotted it home off the left post making it 2-1 in the 45th minute. 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 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Lee Coffman was the one to do the kick off. Brenton Carrasco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Vęgoria Team's Bartosz Pryputnicki got a free kick in the 60th minute. Brice Leach made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tobiasz Dynda in the 68th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Aleksander Gollob's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Brice Leach was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 71 minutes, Tobiasz Dynda put it in 2-2 from a short distance just to the right of Brice Leach. In the 74th minute of the match Vęgoria Team got a corner. Varennes's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tadeusz Charamut ran over to the corner to take the kick. When Aleksander Gollob came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Vęgoria Team fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Aleksander Gollob couldn't finish the play. When Vęgoria Team's Tobiasz Dynda in the 83rd minute got a chance for a shot 83rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Varennes's goalie prevented a goal. Tobiasz Dynda sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Vęgoria Team's zone, Loic Deal stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jakub Oleszak came out of the goal and Loic Deal tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Varennes were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.