U18 World League

Stadio Mirko Fersini
Spectators: 7711 (Terracing: 5785, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Anthony Presutti kicked off to start the match. After 3 minutes of play, La Pointe Courte's Jean-Michel Blandin made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Antonio Di Gennaro was left in no man's land by his defense there! Seggiano's Will Robinson got a good chance for a goal in the 6th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Antonio Di Gennaro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ahmed Grail, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. In the 15th minute Alessandro Pantalone shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sabri Fouquet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 16 minutes into the match, Seggiano's goal looked a bit too open when Thibaut Mazieres came free, but Antonio Di Gennaro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmed Grail in the 19th minute of play forced Seggiano's goalkeeper Antonio Di Gennaro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Antonio Di Gennaro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pierre-Emmanuel Voisin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Antonio Di Gennaro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jean-Michel Blandin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Jean-Pascal Hingant fell near the penalty area in the 33rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored La Pointe Courte's protests and gave Jean-Pascal Hingant a yellow card for diving instead. Seggiano's Antonio Di Gennaro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pierre-Emmanuel Voisin in the 36th minute of play. A collision led to La Pointe Courte getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Ahmed Grail hit a great ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Jean-Pascal Hingant made a great header on La Pointe Courte's corner, it was just that Seggiano's Antonio Di Gennaro managed to reach the ball for a save. 62 minutes into the match, La Pointe Courte's goal looked a bit too open when Anthony Presutti came free, but Sabri Fouquet reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eraldo Giammaria's late challenge caught a La Pointe Courte's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eraldo Giammaria helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Seggiano getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Eraldo Giammaria hit a great ball. Antonio Di Gennaro acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 64th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Jean-Pascal Hingant. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmed Grail in the 65th minute of play forced Seggiano's goalkeeper Antonio Di Gennaro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anthony Presutti hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. After 71 played minutes Seggiano got a freekick which was hit by Eraldo Giammaria. A collision led to Seggiano getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Camillo Salvagnin hit a great ball. In the 76th minute, La Pointe Courte's Jean-Pascal Hingant dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-2. In the 79th match minute, Seggiano was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ciccio Biancone to maneuver through the defense. Alessandro Pantalone fired away a difficult shot at goal in the 86th minute. He almost succeeded, but the ball went over. It was a very nice shot. The supporters of Seggiano booed when La Pointe Courte was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jean-Pascal Hingant didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 88th minute, Pierre-Antoine Charbonnel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alessandro Pantalone sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Seggiano getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Federico Nardone hit a great ball. Ahmed Grail fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Antonio Di Gennaro having to interfere. La Pointe Courte's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.