U18 World League

Stade Normandie
Spectators: 7675 (Terracing: 5757, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 153) In the 2nd minute, Silverio Gumaro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eleuterio Quexal was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Côme Durieu. 8 minutes into the match, The Hanging Tree's goal looked a bit too open when Henri Quesada came free, but Eleuterio Quexal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Christophe Dugas's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Eleuterio Quexal firmly grabbed it by the left post. Henri Quesada took the ball and in the 16 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eleuterio Quexal. Eleuterio Quexal dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. In the 23rd minute of the match, Henri Quesada tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Eleuterio Quexal saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 24th minute, Samuel Luke hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eleuterio Quexal was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Côme Durieu. Through an outstanding action, after 27 minutes, Eleuterio Quexal successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The audience was convinced that Henri Quesada's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eleuterio Quexal was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. In the 30th minute of the match, Christophe Dugas got a very nice opportunity to score, but Eleuterio Quexal was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Christophe Dugas who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 32ndth minute tested the skills of Eleuterio Quexal when he managed to save the team from getting behind. 35 minutes into the match, The Hanging Tree's goal looked a bit too open when Joaquim Gibert came free, but Eleuterio Quexal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eleuterio Quexal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henri Quesada in the 44th minute of play. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Henri Quesada to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute Henri Quesada shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eleuterio Quexal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 58 minutes into the match, The Hanging Tree's goal looked a bit too open when Christophe Dugas came free, but Eleuterio Quexal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Henri Quesada received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Eleuterio Quexal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 63 minutes into the match, The Hanging Tree's goal looked a bit too open when Henri Quesada came free, but Eleuterio Quexal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Delmar Markel charged in rather forcefully in the 66th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Delmar Markel the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 66 played minutes The Hanging Tree got a freekick which was hit by Delmar Markel. After 66 played minutes, Saint Côme de Fresné's Côme Durieu shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Eleuterio Quexal came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Saint Côme de Fresné reached it. In the 72ndth minute of the game Christophe Dugas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but The Hanging Tree's Eleuterio Quexal was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Christophe Dugas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 79 minutes into the game, Christophe Dugas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Eleuterio Quexal was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Eleuterio Quexal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henri Quesada in the 81st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joaquim Gibert in the 85th minute of play forced The Hanging Tree's goalkeeper Eleuterio Quexal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eleuterio Quexal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joaquim Gibert in the 93rd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Saint Côme de Fresné's Jérémy Le Boucher got a free kick in the 95th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Fabio Abaunza managed to get in a good position for a shot. The Hanging Tree's supporters rose to their feet, but Fabio Abaunza was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Patrice Sénéchal breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.