World League

Vallis Laeta stadium
Spectators: 7682 (Terracing: 5762, Seating: 1767, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cristo Rey got the match started through his kick off. When Rafail Rusev fell near the penalty area in the 4th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Valette Stars's protests and gave Rafail Rusev a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Valette Stars getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Rafail Rusev hit a great ball. 7 minutes into the game, R̶Ī̶И̶И̶Є̶Ǥ̶Â̶И's Cristo Rey nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Adrien Tanneau made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Tony Uchiha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guillaume Chaine in the 13th minute of the match. 14 minutes into the match, R̶Ī̶И̶И̶Є̶Ǥ̶Â̶И's goal looked a bit too open when Rafail Rusev came free, but Tony Uchiha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cristo Rey might have been able to make a better finish in the 16th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Adrien Tanneau. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cristo Rey ran back to his position shaking his head. 16 minutes into the match, Valette Stars's goal looked a bit too open when Cristo Rey came free, but Adrien Tanneau reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cristo Rey scored 0-2 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Adrien Tanneau, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 20thth minute of the game Cristo Rey who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Valette Stars's Adrien Tanneau was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 22 minutes Valette Stars's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Wincent Poling who took care of the corner kick. 23 minutes into the game, Cristo Rey cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Adrien Tanneau was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Valette Stars's Adrien Tanneau played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristo Rey in the 27th minute of play. In the 30thth minute of the game Guillaume Chaine who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but R̶Ī̶И̶И̶Є̶Ǥ̶Â̶И's Tony Uchiha was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Amadeu Martins kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. When R̶Ī̶И̶И̶Є̶Ǥ̶Â̶И's Cristo Rey in the 38th minute got a chance for a shot 38th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Valette Stars's goalie prevented a goal. A sloppy throw-in by Amadeu Martins in the 40th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by R̶Ī̶И̶И̶Є̶Ǥ̶Â̶И's Danilo Illart. In the 42nd minute Cristo Rey shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adrien Tanneau saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cristo Rey hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Guillaume Chaine was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristo Rey in the 51st minute of play forced Valette Stars's goalkeeper Adrien Tanneau to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tony Uchiha stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Guillaume Chaine's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. Amadeu Martins's late challenge caught a R̶Ī̶И̶И̶Є̶Ǥ̶Â̶И's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Amadeu Martins helped the player get up and apologised. In the 56th match minute, Valette Stars was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amadeu Martins to maneuver through the defense. Cristo Rey could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Adrien Tanneau made a huge save. Valette Stars made a substitution. Celso Vidigal replaced Rafail Rusev. R̶Ī̶И̶И̶Є̶Ǥ̶Â̶И's Alfonso Ponce was substituted for Don King. Valette Stars's Julien Chassot was substituted for Oğuzkan Kamuran. Adrien Tanneau showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristo Rey, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Tony Uchiha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julien Chassot in the 76th minute of play. Adrien Tanneau took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristo Rey, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 82 minutes had been played when some careless play by Valette Stars's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Wincent Poling was slow to take the kick. During this time R̶Ī̶И̶И̶Є̶Ǥ̶Â̶И's players had a chance to rest. Adrien Tanneau took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristo Rey, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched R̶Ī̶И̶И̶Є̶Ǥ̶Â̶И eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.