U18 World League

Fred Aubert
Spectators: 7711 (Terracing: 5785, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) Le Stade Briochin UC's Georges Ravat started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 5 minutes, Josselin Schillinger mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Le Stade Briochin UC and the Angua FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 9th match minute, Angua FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eduardo Blasco to maneuver through the defense. Abraham Hudry could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Leo Rosio made a huge save. 18 minutes into the match, Le Stade Briochin UC's goal looked a bit too open when Ivan Esiquio came free, but Jérémy Coutier reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wilfried Pinson scored 1-1 in the 19th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Leo Rosio, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 23rd minute, Joey Techer left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Le Stade Briochin UC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Jérémy Coutier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fernan Bartoli in the 28th minute of the match. Jérémy Coutier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivan Esiquio in the 34th minute of the match. In the 38th match minute, Angua FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fidel Bittor to maneuver through the defense. Bernard Grancher struck a weak shot in the 39th minute. Leo Rosio didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Le Stade Briochin UC. After some careless play in the Le Stade Briochin UC defense, Gogo Burutzagi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jérémy Coutier. The Le Stade Briochin UC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jérémy Coutier should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Le Stade Briochin UC getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Yoann Mateos hit a great ball. In the 49th minute Ivan Esiquio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jérémy Coutier saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ivan Esiquio in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jérémy Coutier saved Le Stade Briochin UC from getting behind. Leo Rosio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Georges Ravat in the 60th minute of play. Leo Rosio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wilfried Pinson in the 66th minute of play. Le Stade Briochin UC's Jérémy Coutier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivan Esiquio in the 70th minute of play. In the 71st minute, Georges Ravat left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Le Stade Briochin UC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. In the 74th minute Wilfried Pinson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leo Rosio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Leo Rosio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Georges Ravat, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Abraham Hudry, 77 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. A collision led to Angua FC getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Saverio Chaime hit a great ball. Angua FC's Leo Rosio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Georges Ravat in the 79th minute of play. Jérémy Coutier showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivan Esiquio, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. With his leg Jérémy Coutier managed to avoid a goal in the 81stth minute, when Angua FC's Gogo Burutzagi fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Jérémy Coutier took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ivan Esiquio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Le Stade Briochin UC's Jérémy Coutier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivan Esiquio in the 91st minute of play. After 92 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Le Stade Briochin UC! The goalkeeper, Jérémy Coutier, was totally fooled by Angua FC's Ivan Esiquio, who 94 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.