U21 World League

la Vallée du Cher
Spectators: 7570 (Terracing: 5679, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 151) 3 minutes into the match, Tours Football Club's Marcel Singer sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Walmir de Lara narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Walmir de Lara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ibrahim Rault, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 8 minutes into the match, ValenBehr F.C. - FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Marcel Singer came free, but Walmir de Lara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 10 minutes into the game, Tours Football Club's Ibrahim Rault nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Walmir de Lara made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. When the match had gone on for 13 minutes, Marcel Singer put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Walmir de Lara. After some fancy dribbling in the 21st minute, Marcel Singer managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tours Football Club's supporters rose to their feet, but Marcel Singer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Walmir de Lara breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The Tours Football Club fans' excitement grew in the 24th match minute when Tours Football Club's Marcel Singer looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luciano de Senna in the 27th minute of play forced Tours Football Club's goalkeeper Vlad Joldea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vlad Joldea didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luciano de Senna went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Gugu Alves took the ball and in the 33 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vlad Joldea. Vlad Joldea dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. Tours Football Club's Marcel Singer got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Sérgio Britto hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nildo Saldanha was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute, Marcel Singer ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Walmir de Lara was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-2. A collision led to ValenBehr F.C. - FSCMZ getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Sérgio Britto hit a great ball. In the 55th match minute, ValenBehr F.C. - FSCMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nildo Saldanha to maneuver through the defense. ValenBehr F.C. - FSCMZ's attentive Luciano de Senna managed to snatch the ball when Blaise Alcaraz made a throw-in in the 64th minute of the game. In the 65th minute, Marcel Singer made a precise shot to the right of Walmir de Lara. ValenBehr F.C. - FSCMZ's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-2. Walmir de Lara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcel Singer in the 74th minute of the match. A collision led to ValenBehr F.C. - FSCMZ getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Luciano de Senna hit a great ball. Walmir de Lara came out of the goal in the 76th minute to try and stop a shot by Tours Football Club's Marcel Singer. But to his dismay, Marcel Singer quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-2. In the 80th minute Marcel Singer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Walmir de Lara saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 82 minutes into the match, Ibrahim Rault had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Walmir de Lara. ValenBehr F.C. - FSCMZ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ibrahim Rault was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-2. The supporters of ValenBehr F.C. - FSCMZ booed when Tours Football Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hugo Toulet didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 95th minute Marcel Singer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Walmir de Lara saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.