U21 World League

Stade des Lumières
Spectators: 7487 (Terracing: 5616, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Svetozar Popchev started the match with the kick off. Nelson Cloarec stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Svetozar Popchev's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. In the 5th minute, Svetozar Popchev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nelson Cloarec was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After 9 played minutes Formation Pure Lyonnaise got a freekick which was hit by Gaspard Letourneux. 16 minutes into the game, THE CLUB's Ganyo Semerdzhiev nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nelson Cloarec made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Martin Falaise's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 19thth minute, Danail Mladzhov skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 21st match minute, Formation Pure Lyonnaise was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eliott Marlin to maneuver through the defense. Nelson Cloarec showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Svetozar Popchev in the 23rd minute of the match. 26 minutes into the match, Formation Pure Lyonnaise's goal looked a bit too open when Svetozar Popchev came free, but Nelson Cloarec reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Formation Pure Lyonnaise getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Gaspard Letourneux hit a great ball. Nelson Cloarec took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ganyo Semerdzhiev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Léonard Laumond's late challenge caught a THE CLUB's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Léonard Laumond helped the player get up and apologised. Léonard Laumond hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. In the 30th minute, Svetozar Mavrodiev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Danail Mladzhov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Davy Giacomoni, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ganyo Semerdzhiev in the 36th minute of play forced Formation Pure Lyonnaise's goalkeeper Nelson Cloarec to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Formation Pure Lyonnaise defense, Ganyo Semerdzhiev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nelson Cloarec. The Formation Pure Lyonnaise fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nelson Cloarec should have stopped the shot. After 40 minutes of play Formation Pure Lyonnaise's Léonard Laumond was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 41st match minute, Formation Pure Lyonnaise was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Léonard Laumond to maneuver through the defense. In the 44th minute, Ganyo Semerdzhiev made a precise shot to the right of Nelson Cloarec. Formation Pure Lyonnaise's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mohamed-Ali Duparc was the one to do the kick off. Nelson Cloarec showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ganyo Semerdzhiev in the 52nd minute of the match. A collision led to Formation Pure Lyonnaise getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Gaspard Letourneux hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ganyo Semerdzhiev during the 53rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to THE CLUB getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Ganyo Semerdzhiev hit a great ball. Volodya Latev's late challenge caught a Formation Pure Lyonnaise's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Volodya Latev helped the player get up and apologised. After 55 played minutes THE CLUB got a freekick which was hit by Volodya Latev. Danail Mladzhov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mohamed-Ali Duparc, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Nelson Cloarec was a little too slow when Svetozar Popchev got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 60th minute. The score was now 0-6. The crowd rose to their feet as Ganyo Semerdzhiev kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Nelson Cloarec. That made the score 0-7 in the 64 minute of play. In the 70th minute Martin Falaise shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Danail Mladzhov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Formation Pure Lyonnaise getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Pascal Collon hit a great ball. A collision led to Formation Pure Lyonnaise getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Gaspard Letourneux hit a great ball. Formation Pure Lyonnaise's Pascal Collon suffered a sore thigh after 81 minutes and couldn't finish the game. After 83 played minutes THE CLUB got a freekick which was hit by Ganyo Semerdzhiev. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Gaspard Letourneux managed to get in a good position for a shot. Formation Pure Lyonnaise's supporters rose to their feet, but Gaspard Letourneux was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Danail Mladzhov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Nelson Cloarec made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Svetozar Popchev sent off a good shot on target. Martin Falaise charged in rather forcefully in the 87th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Martin Falaise the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Formation Pure Lyonnaise getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Martin Falaise hit a great ball.