U23 World League

Stade excalibur
Spectators: 7515 (Terracing: 5637, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gustave Pierrel started the match with the kick off. In the 4thth minute of the game Ostots Abechuco who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Les diables noirs's Kevan Grange was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Kevan Grange came out of the goal in the 9th minute to try and stop a shot by Bayern Boliviano's Ostots Abechuco. But to his dismay, Ostots Abechuco quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. After some careless play in the Les diables noirs defense, Beila Abeitia kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Kevan Grange. The Les diables noirs fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Kevan Grange should have stopped the shot. 16 minutes into the match, Bayern Boliviano's Ostots Abechuco sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Kevan Grange narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Kevan Grange stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ostots Abechuco's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. In the 22nd minute of the match Bayern Boliviano got a corner. Les diables noirs's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ostots Abechuco ran over to the corner to take the kick. Les diables noirs's Kevan Grange played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ostots Abechuco in the 24th minute of play. Kevan Grange showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ostots Abechuco, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. The audience was convinced that Ostots Abechuco's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kevan Grange was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. Federico Abadie showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thierry Henri, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. The supporters of Bayern Boliviano booed when Les diables noirs was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joey Weill didn't get a good kick on the ball. Beila Abeitia blasted a shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Kevan Grange having to make a save. Kevan Grange didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Isadoro Abenda went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Kevan Grange showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ostots Abechuco, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. When Isadoro Abenda came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the Bayern Boliviano fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Isadoro Abenda couldn't finish the play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ostots Abechuco to make the kick off. After 53 minutes, Ostots Abechuco made it 0-5 with a short kick to the right side. Les diables noirs's Kevan Grange tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Kevan Grange didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Bayern Boliviano's Ostots Abechuco shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-6 in the ordered_time% minute. After 60th play minutes Ostots Abechuco shot 0-7, a short shot which went by Kevan Grange and just under the crossbar into goal. Kevan Grange was a little too slow when Ostots Abechuco got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 63rd minute. The score was now 0-8. In the 68th minute, Bayern Boliviano's Ostots Abechuco ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Kevan Grange. Kevan Grange yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-9. 73 minutes into the match, Les diables noirs's goal looked a bit too open when Isadoro Abenda came free, but Kevan Grange reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Bayern Boliviano defense, Thierry Henri kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Federico Abadie. The Bayern Boliviano fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Federico Abadie should have stopped the shot. Bayern Boliviano's Federico Abadie played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Moïse Ganivet in the 82nd minute of play. Bayern Boliviano's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ostots Abechuco in the 84th minute. 88 minutes into the match, Les diables noirs's goalkeeper Kevan Grange had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Isadoro Abenda. Thierry Henri scored 2-9 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Federico Abadie, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match had gone on for 92 minutes, Ostots Abechuco took a quick shot and it went in 2-10 without a chance for Kevan Grange to make any attempt to save it. Isadoro Abenda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kevan Grange having to interfere. Kevan Grange made an important save on a dangerous shot by Isadoro Abenda in the 97th minute. Bayern Boliviano's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.