U18 World League

Claude François
Spectators: 7538 (Terracing: 5655, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ange Albouy got the match started through his kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jeremias Mon during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 9th minute of the match, Bart Lyon tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Jacinto Barto saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Jacinto Barto had great luck who in the 9thth minute grab hold of the ball when Bart Lyon from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Jacinto Barto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ange Albouy, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. A collision led to Alexandrie CF getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Bart Lyon hit a great ball. In the 36th minute, Alexandrie CF's Arnold Campet seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Arnold Campet the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Alexandrie CF protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Arnold Campet had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Alexandrie CF's Stéphane Reine played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rosendo Mino in the 45th minute of play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Abelardo Rainerio stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Jeremias Mon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 52nd minute, Sam Hamon 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. In the 56th minute, Ange Albouy left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Alexandrie CF fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Joel Unax's late challenge caught a Alexandrie CF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Joel Unax helped the player get up and apologised. After 60 played minutes Sαηgrε Azuɭ got a freekick which was hit by Joel Unax. When Virgilio Dalmau fell near the penalty area in the 61st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sαηgrε Azuɭ's protests and gave Virgilio Dalmau a yellow card for diving instead. Virgilio Dalmau hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. In the 62nd minute Ange Albouy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacinto Barto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 65 played minutes Sαηgrε Azuɭ got a freekick which was hit by Abelardo Rainerio. In the 68th minute, Sam Hamon left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Alexandrie CF fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Hamon in the 71st minute of play forced Sαηgrε Azuɭ's goalkeeper Jacinto Barto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stéphane Reine made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Rosendo Mino sent off a good shot on target. Bart Lyon kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ange Albouy in the 79th minute of play forced Sαηgrε Azuɭ's goalkeeper Jacinto Barto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 85 minutes into the match, Ange Albouy notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Sαηgrε Azuɭ's Jacinto Barto. Jacinto Barto was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 88 minutes into the match, Sαηgrε Azuɭ's goal looked a bit too open when Ange Albouy came free, but Jacinto Barto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jacinto Barto didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Alexandrie CF's Ange Albouy shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 4-1 in the ordered_time% minute. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Alexandrie CF had played much better football throughout.