World League

la Vallée du Cher
Spectators: 7972 (Terracing: 5980, Seating: 1834, VIP seats: 158) Casimiro Ugutz made the kick off and thus started the match. Paulo Renato Corrêa struck a weak shot in the 5th minute. Lech Blochowiak didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Nouvelle Vague. In the 7th minute Arif Çelebi Ergener shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vicky Donda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 12 minutes into the game, Casimiro Ugutz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Lech Blochowiak was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Nouvelle Vague's Vicky Donda proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save Nouvelle Vague from getting a goal against them. In the 18th minute the ball was on its way in behind Nouvelle Vague's goalkeeper Vicky Donda, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Paulo Renato Corrêa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lech Blochowiak having to interfere. A collision led to Tours Football Club getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Arif Çelebi Ergener hit a great ball. In the 30th match minute, Nouvelle Vague was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Juninho Juni to maneuver through the defense. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Aziz Koehler in the 53rd minute of play forced Nouvelle Vague's goalkeeper Vicky Donda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Casimiro Ugutz in the 59th minute of play forced Tours Football Club's goalkeeper Lech Blochowiak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 68 minutes, Paulo Renato Corrêa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Nouvelle Vague and the Tours Football Club players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Tours Football Club booed when Nouvelle Vague was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paulo Renato Corrêa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tours Football Club made a substitution. Cyrille Jenny replaced Arif Çelebi Ergener. Nouvelle Vague made a substitution. Anselmo Dracena replaced Juninho Juni. Nouvelle Vague made a substitution. Osmar Vale replaced Vito Genovese. After 70 played minutes Nouvelle Vague got a freekick which was hit by Paulo Renato Corrêa. When the match had gone on for 73 minutes, Luis Henrico took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Lech Blochowiak to make any attempt to save it. After a rather tough play, Nouvelle Vague's Paulo Renato Corrêa got a free kick in the 77th minute. In the 78th minute Cyrille Jenny shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vicky Donda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luis Henrico got free with Lech Blochowiak in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 83 minutes had been played when some careless play by Tours Football Club's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Anselmo Dracena was slow to take the kick. During this time Nouvelle Vague's players had a chance to rest. Tours Football Club's Lech Blochowiak proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save Tours Football Club from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Nouvelle Vague booed when Tours Football Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jiang Fan Yu didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 92 minutes of play, Tours Football Club's Cyrille Jenny made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vicky Donda was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luis Henrico could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 95th minute of the match, but Lech Blochowiak made a huge save. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.