U18 World League

Stade Normandie
Spectators: 7741 (Terracing: 5807, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) Ruben Bénier's late challenge caught a Jk Tammeka 90's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ruben Bénier helped the player get up and apologised. In the 2nd match minute, Saint Côme de Fresné was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ruben Bénier to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Jk Tammeka 90 getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Lembit Noorpea hit a great ball. The supporters of Saint Côme de Fresné booed when Jk Tammeka 90 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Enar Vanaots didn't get a good kick on the ball. Côme Durieu's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Julius Leigo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 9th minute of play. Julius Leigo had great luck who in the 11thth minute grab hold of the ball when Henri Quesada from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Jk Tammeka 90's Julius Leigo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Jk Tammeka 90 from getting a goal against them. In the 17th minute, Lauri Mäekala ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Patrice Sénéchal was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Yazid Debuire sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Henri Quesada's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julius Leigo was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. In the 30th minute, Henri Quesada made a precise shot to the right of Julius Leigo. Jk Tammeka 90's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Joaquim Gibert charged in rather forcefully in the 37th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Joaquim Gibert the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 37th match minute, Saint Côme de Fresné was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joaquim Gibert to maneuver through the defense. If Christophe Dugas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Saint Côme de Fresné getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Ruben Bénier hit a great ball. Lembit Noorpea received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Patrice Sénéchal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Henri Quesada made the kick off in the second half. In the 64th minute, Christophe Dugas 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. If Lembit Noorpea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Joaquim Gibert sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Jk Tammeka 90 booed when Saint Côme de Fresné was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ruben Bénier didn't get a good kick on the ball. Christophe Dugas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julius Leigo having to interfere. When Christophe Dugas came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Saint Côme de Fresné 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 Christophe Dugas couldn't finish the play. Saint Côme de Fresné's Patrice Sénéchal proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Saint Côme de Fresné from getting a goal against them. In the 87thth minute of the game Henri Quesada who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Jk Tammeka 90's Julius Leigo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 94th minute, Lennart Jaanovits hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Julius Leigo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henri Quesada in the 95th minute of play. Saint Côme de Fresné's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.