U18 World League

Stade de Krafft
Spectators: 7472 (Terracing: 5642, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 100) Enzo Bresson made the kick off and thus started the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dave Suc got free with Stefanos Topoudis in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 12th minute, Eustratios Kapetanoglou ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gwendal Créteur was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Gwendal Créteur made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eustratios Kapetanoglou in the 16th minute of play. Fc Kertzfeld's Gwendal Créteur played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iordanis Papaioannou in the 19th minute of play. Johnny Cazeneuve's late challenge caught a PicksBattle.com's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Johnny Cazeneuve helped the player get up and apologised. Johnny Cazeneuve kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Gwendal Créteur showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eustratios Kapetanoglou in the 24th minute of the match. Gwendal Créteur made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eustratios Kapetanoglou in the 28th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, Iordanis Papaioannou notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Fc Kertzfeld's Gwendal Créteur. Gwendal Créteur was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Iordanis Papaioannou fell near the penalty area in the 33rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored PicksBattle.com's protests and gave Iordanis Papaioannou a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, PicksBattle.com's Iordanis Papaioannou got a free kick in the 33rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Themistoklis Klitorakis in the 39th minute of play forced Fc Kertzfeld's goalkeeper Gwendal Créteur to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, PicksBattle.com's Thrasivoulos Katsiaros got a free kick in the 40th minute. Stefanos Topoudis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christopher Fraval in the 45th minute of the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Eustratios Kapetanoglou to make the kick off. Stefanos Topoudis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christopher Fraval in the 54th minute of play. Christopher Fraval hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Stefanos Topoudis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Enzo Bresson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 69th match minute, PicksBattle.com was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Themistoklis Klitorakis to maneuver through the defense. Stefanos Topoudis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dave Suc in the 70th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Fc Kertzfeld's Jean-Marie Benech got a free kick in the 74th minute. 75 minutes into the match, Fc Kertzfeld's goal looked a bit too open when Eustratios Kapetanoglou came free, but Gwendal Créteur reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Eustratios Kapetanoglou fell near the penalty area in the 82nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored PicksBattle.com's protests and gave Eustratios Kapetanoglou a yellow card for diving instead. In the 82nd match minute, PicksBattle.com was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eustratios Kapetanoglou to maneuver through the defense. In the 84th minute Enzo Bresson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stefanos Topoudis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Enzo Bresson's late challenge caught a PicksBattle.com's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Enzo Bresson helped the player get up and apologised. In the 85th match minute, Fc Kertzfeld was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Enzo Bresson to maneuver through the defense. 93 minutes into the match, Fc Kertzfeld's Enzo Bresson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Stefanos Topoudis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Enzo Bresson in the 96th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Stefanos Topoudis saved PicksBattle.com from getting behind. The PicksBattle.com players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.