U18 World League

Estadio Bombonera
Spectators: 7554 (Terracing: 5667, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Raphaël Giacometti made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of FC Saubrigues booed when Bahía é Carnaval was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Diego Hernandez didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Diego Hernandez got free with Mathys Mora in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Reynaldo Savion showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raphaël Giacometti in the 13th minute of the match. The supporters of Bahía é Carnaval booed when FC Saubrigues was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Blaise Lestage didn't get a good kick on the ball. Blaise Lestage's late challenge caught a Bahía é Carnaval's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Blaise Lestage helped the player get up and apologised. In the 22nd minute, Blaise Lestage hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Diego Hernandez succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 28th playminute. Raphaël Giacometti fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Reynaldo Savion having to interfere.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alvaro Ishmael stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 55 minutes, Alphonse Keita mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Saubrigues and the Bahía é Carnaval players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 55th minute, Alphonse Keita hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Raphaël Giacometti got free with Reynaldo Savion in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 59th minute Alvaro Ishmael shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mathys Mora saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sébastian Gossard fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Reynaldo Savion having to interfere. 66 minutes into the game, Paulino Domingues was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bahía é Carnaval's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Saubrigues the free kick. After a rather tough play, Bahía é Carnaval's Paulino Domingues got a free kick in the 66th minute. 68 minutes in the game Hamza Loaëc after having made a beautiful turn got a great opportunity to score and fired away a shot that went just to the left past a relieved Reynaldo Savion. A very good opportunity. Froilan Gau charged in rather forcefully in the 69th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Froilan Gau the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Bahía é Carnaval's Froilan Gau got a free kick in the 69th minute. Bahía é Carnaval's Reynaldo Savion played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sébastian Gossard in the 70th minute of play. In the 71st minute, Alvaro Ishmael left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Bahía é Carnaval fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Mathys Mora made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alvaro Ishmael in the 77th minute of play. Froilan Gau received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Mathys Mora tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Diego Hernandez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mathys Mora having to interfere. Sébastian Gossard struck a weak shot in the 90th minute. Reynaldo Savion didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC Saubrigues. The audience was convinced that Sébastian Gossard's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Reynaldo Savion was relentless in the 95th minute of the game.