Friendly League

Stade Normandie
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Bogdan Bogdanović started the match with the kick off. After some careless play in the Saint Côme de Fresné defense, Liu Chao Xiao kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gameiro Lenoble. The Saint Côme de Fresné fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gameiro Lenoble should have stopped the shot. Saint Côme de Fresné's attentive Darren Mignot managed to snatch the ball when Nae Lalescu made a throw-in in the 12th minute of the game. Erwin Jury recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Bryan Le Thiec made in the 22nd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Erwin Jury immediately put the ball in play. Gameiro Lenoble made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Liu Chao Xiao in the 24th minute of play. Club 23's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dacian Săraru in the 26th minute. In the 29th minute the ball was on its way in behind Saint Côme de Fresné's goalkeeper Gameiro Lenoble, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to Saint Côme de Fresné getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Cyril Jardin hit a great ball. Saint Côme de Fresné's Gameiro Lenoble played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Liu Chao Xiao in the 34th minute of play. Volodya Kirov charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Volodya Kirov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Volodya Kirov kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Erwin Jury came free with the goalkeeper in the 38th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Sören Malmberg could save by the left post. 40 minutes into the match, Saint Côme de Fresné's goal looked a bit too open when Liu Chao Xiao came free, but Gameiro Lenoble reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 41st minute Liu Chao Xiao shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gameiro Lenoble saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Liu Chao Xiao in the 42nd minute of play forced Saint Côme de Fresné's goalkeeper Gameiro Lenoble to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 42nd minute Liu Chao Xiao shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gameiro Lenoble saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Saint Côme de Fresné's Gameiro Lenoble played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bogdan Bogdanović in the 44th minute of play. Yannick Bach hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Erwin Jury to strike the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Liu Chao Xiao had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gameiro Lenoble. Saint Côme de Fresné's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Liu Chao Xiao was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. In the 55th minute Bogdan Bogdanović shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gameiro Lenoble saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Liu Chao Xiao's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gameiro Lenoble was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. Liu Chao Xiao recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 61st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Gameiro Lenoble was out of position in the 65 minute of play, and Bogdan Bogdanović capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Bogdan Bogdanović really showed his touch with that goal: 0-4. After 69 played minutes Club 23 got a freekick which was hit by Nae Lalescu. 75 minutes into the match, Saint Côme de Fresné's goal looked a bit too open when Liu Chao Xiao came free, but Gameiro Lenoble reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Liu Chao Xiao had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 86 minutes into the match, Saint Côme de Fresné's goal looked a bit too open when Bogdan Bogdanović came free, but Gameiro Lenoble reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Liu Chao Xiao might have been able to make a better finish in the 88th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gameiro Lenoble. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Liu Chao Xiao ran back to his position shaking his head. Saint Côme de Fresné's Gameiro Lenoble played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Liu Chao Xiao in the 88th minute of play. Liu Chao Xiao struck a weak shot in the 90th minute. Gameiro Lenoble didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Club 23. 94 minutes into the game, Druțu Daniel threw the ball into play from the sideline. Saint Côme de Fresné's Luc Boulogne quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Club 23's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.