U23 World League

LKS AREA
Spectators: 7472 (Terracing: 5605, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Davy Giacomoni made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 13th minute, Formation Pure Lyonnaise's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Szymon Sobczak fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. After 16 minutes, Kazimierz Kowalski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lyna Lidzbark Warminski and the Formation Pure Lyonnaise players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 15th minute, one of Lyna Lidzbark Warminski:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Lyna Lidzbark Warminski. 16 minutes into the match, Gaspard Letourneux had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lukasz Marek. Lyna Lidzbark Warminski's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gaspard Letourneux was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. The audience was convinced that Szymon Sobczak's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nelson Cloarec was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. In the 21st minute of the game Cyril Chevron made a throw-in which Rémi Lys played forward. Szymon Sobczak received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Nelson Cloarec tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 31 minutes into the match, Formation Pure Lyonnaise's goalkeeper Nelson Cloarec had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Szymon Sobczak. Nelson Cloarec showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Korneliusz Trochowski in the 32nd minute of the match. Mikolaj Bulkiewicz'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. Mikolaj Bulkiewicz helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Lyna Lidzbark Warminski's Mikolaj Bulkiewicz got a free kick in the 46th minute. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Szymon Sobczak to strike the kick off in the second half. Korneliusz Trochowski blasted a shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nelson Cloarec having to make a save. Gaspard Letourneux who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 59thth minute tested the skills of Lukasz Marek when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Szymon Sobczak took the ball and in the 62 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nelson Cloarec. Nelson Cloarec dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. The throw-in from Léonard Laumond in the 66th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Lyna Lidzbark Warminski's Kazimierz Kowalski. After 73 minutes of play, Lyna Lidzbark Warminski's Szymon Sobczak made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nelson Cloarec was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Korneliusz Trochowski during the 76th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Lyna Lidzbark Warminski getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Korneliusz Trochowski hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tymoteusz Kasprzak during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 78th minute, Tymoteusz Kasprzak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 79th minute of the match Rémi Lys shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Lukasz Marek showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Szymon Sobczak in the 88th minute of play forced Formation Pure Lyonnaise's goalkeeper Nelson Cloarec to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 92 minutes into the match, Formation Pure Lyonnaise's goal looked a bit too open when Szymon Sobczak came free, but Nelson Cloarec reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nelson Cloarec came out of the goal in the 95th minute to try and stop a shot by Lyna Lidzbark Warminski's Szymon Sobczak. But to his dismay, Szymon Sobczak quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. Formation Pure Lyonnaise's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.