Friendly League

la Vallée du Cher
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Arif Çelebi Ergener started the match with the kick off. When Léon Sureau came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the Les Pionniers de Touraine 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 Léon Sureau couldn't finish the play. In the 7th minute Abraham Beauval shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lech Blochowiak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abraham Beauval in the 7th minute of play forced Tours Football Club's goalkeeper Lech Blochowiak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The corner ended in Rhys Williams almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Tours Football Club's Lech Blochowiak did a great save. Les Pionniers de Touraine's Rhys Williams suffered a sore thigh after 12 minutes and couldn't finish the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Léon Sureau in the 16th minute of play forced Tours Football Club's goalkeeper Lech Blochowiak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Les Pionniers de Touraine's Tanek Zurawski got control of the ball when Aziz Koehler tried to sneak it across the goal line. 22 minutes into the match, Abraham Beauval notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Tours Football Club's Lech Blochowiak. Lech Blochowiak was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Léon Sureau's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Lech Blochowiak read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 27th minute of play. Faustin Hamet in the 32ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Tanek Zurawski, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 33rd minute Tours Football Club were awarded a corner. Guy Jourdan went to the cornerflag to take it. Tours Football Club's Guy Jourdan was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Tanek Zurawski in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Raphaël Lallemand in the 35th minute of play forced Tours Football Club's goalkeeper Lech Blochowiak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 40 played minutes Tours Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Charles-Emmanuel Camilleri.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Abraham Beauval made a kick off. Lech Blochowiak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abraham Beauval in the 54th minute of the match. With a little luck, Tours Football Club's Lech Blochowiak got control of the ball when Raphaël Lallemand tried to sneak it across the goal line. Lech Blochowiak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abraham Beauval, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Les Pionniers de Touraine getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Rareș Gheară hit a great ball. Les Pionniers de Touraine's Désiré Alberto was substituted for Patryk Kopacz. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cyrille Jenny in the 69th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tanek Zurawski saved Les Pionniers de Touraine from getting behind. Tours Football Club's Romuald Requena was substituted for Ulysse Houssais. Lech Blochowiak made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hervé Malaise in the 77th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cyrille Jenny in the 83rd minute of play forced Les Pionniers de Touraine's goalkeeper Tanek Zurawski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 83rd minute, Cyrille Jenny ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tanek Zurawski was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abraham Beauval in the 86th minute of play forced Tours Football Club's goalkeeper Lech Blochowiak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mickaël Métenier hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Lech Blochowiak was a little too slow when Hervé Malaise got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 96th minute. The score was now 1-3. Les Pionniers de Touraine's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.