U23 World League

Antonio V. Liberti
Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Javier Bordat got the match started through his kick off. ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡'s Vágner Loyola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thomas Albaret in the 6th minute of play. When Aziz Boisnard fell near the penalty area in the 12th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SILMONT's protests and gave Aziz Boisnard a yellow card for diving instead. In the 12th match minute, SILMONT was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aziz Boisnard to maneuver through the defense. 13 minutes into the match, SILMONT's goal looked a bit too open when Mai Hong Zhen came free, but Di Xing Ying reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Javier Bordat in the 17th minute of play forced ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡'s goalkeeper Vágner Loyola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 19th minute Javier Bordat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vágner Loyola saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vágner Loyola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Javier Bordat, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡'s attentive Clemente Sindo managed to snatch the ball when Brice Chalumeau made a throw-in in the 27th minute of the game. A sloppy throw-in by Brice Chalumeau in the 28th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡'s Clemente Sindo. With a little luck, SILMONT's Di Xing Ying got control of the ball when Korhan Türkol tried to sneak it across the goal line. Vágner Loyola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Javier Bordat in the 33rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mai Hong Zhen in the 35th minute of play forced SILMONT's goalkeeper Di Xing Ying to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 39th minute, Korhan Türkol made a precise shot to the right of Di Xing Ying. SILMONT's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. In the 42nd minute, Thomas Albaret hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Korhan Türkol in the 43rd minute of play forced SILMONT's goalkeeper Di Xing Ying to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Korhan Türkol got free with Di Xing Ying in the 45th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 46th minute, Leopoldo Frances hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Javier Bordat received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Vágner Loyola tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mai Hong Zhen stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute, Korhan Türkol ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Di Xing Ying was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Di Xing Ying showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Korhan Türkol in the 57th minute of the match. In the 59th minute, Javier Bordat got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Vágner Loyola made an important save on a dangerous shot by Javier Bordat in the 62nd minute. Di Xing Ying made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Korhan Türkol in the 67th minute of play. After having played for 69 minutes, Korhan Türkol managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Korhan Türkol was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Clemente Sindo made in the 83rd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Korhan Türkol however managed to control. An unexpectedly hard shot by Javier Bordat in the 86th minute of play forced ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡'s goalkeeper Vágner Loyola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 86 minutes into the game, Javier Bordat cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Vágner Loyola was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After some careless play in the ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡ defense, Javier Bordat kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vágner Loyola. The ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vágner Loyola should have stopped the shot. After a defensive mix-up in SILMONT's zone, Mai Hong Zhen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Di Xing Ying came out of the goal and Mai Hong Zhen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the match was over SILMONT could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡ throughout the match.