World League

Océane
Spectators: 7464 (Terracing: 5599, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Loïc Ruckebusch started the match with the kick off. Frank Netto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Loïc Ruckebusch in the 3rd minute of play. After 3 played minutes Fierce got a freekick which was hit by Borys Kluska. After a rather tough play, Tamboril's Loïc Duprey got a free kick in the 7th minute. A collision led to Tamboril getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Elói Esteves hit a great ball. Waldir Cearense received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Jean-François Baudu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Tamboril's zone, Andrea Bocelli stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Frank Netto came out of the goal and Andrea Bocelli tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Loïc Duprey had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 31 minutes, Loïc Duprey put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Jean-François Baudu. After some careless play in the Fierce defense, Waldir Cearense kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jean-François Baudu. The Fierce fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jean-François Baudu should have stopped the shot. Loïc Duprey blasted a shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jean-François Baudu having to make a save. In the 42nd minute, Waldir Cearense left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tamboril fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Jean-François Baudu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Waldir Cearense in the 45th minute of the match.

The wind increased when Waldir Cearense made the kick off in the second half. When the match had gone on for 53 minutes, Loïc Ruckebusch put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Frank Netto. Jean-François Baudu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Loïc Duprey, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 61 minutes into the match, Fierce's goal looked a bit too open when Loïc Duprey came free, but Jean-François Baudu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 67 minutes, Waldir Cearense managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tamboril's supporters crossed their fingers, but Waldir Cearense was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Waldir Cearense could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 69th minute of the match, but Jean-François Baudu made a huge save. Frank Netto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Loïc Ruckebusch in the 71st minute of the match. Fierce's defense didn't have a chance, in the 75th minute, when Waldir Cearense scored to the left of an out of position Jean-François Baudu, making the score, 1-4. The audience thought a goal was coming when Waldir Cearense got free with Jean-François Baudu in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 83rd minute, Loïc Duprey fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Jean-François Baudu, passed just outside the right post. In the 86th minute, Tamboril's Waldir Cearense ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jean-François Baudu. Jean-François Baudu yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-5. Loïc Duprey received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Jean-François Baudu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 95th minute, Tamboril's Loïc Duprey dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-6. When the match was over Tamboril could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Fierce throughout the match.