World League

Torque Arena
Spectators: 7747 (Terracing: 5812, Seating: 1781, VIP seats: 154) Montevideo City Torque's Christophe Troxler played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abraham Beauval in the 4th minute of play. In the 5th match minute, Montevideo City Torque was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristian Leizaur to maneuver through the defense. Yves Passot fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tanek Zurawski having to interfere. In the 10th minute, Abraham Beauval ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Christophe Troxler was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Yves Passot got free with Tanek Zurawski in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Montevideo City Torque's Christophe Troxler played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abraham Beauval in the 14th minute of play. Yves Passot in the 16thth 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. Montevideo City Torque's Christophe Troxler played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Léon Sureau in the 17th minute of play. Montevideo City Torque's Christophe Troxler played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Raphaël Lallemand in the 23rd minute of play. Les Pionniers de Touraine's Tanek Zurawski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save Les Pionniers de Touraine from getting a goal against them. Christophe Troxler showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abraham Beauval, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Yves Passot blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tanek Zurawski having to make a save. Christophe Troxler made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raphaël Lallemand in the 40th minute of play. Yves Passot struck a weak shot in the 43rd minute. Tanek Zurawski didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Montevideo City Torque. Montevideo City Torque's Christophe Troxler played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Raphaël Lallemand in the 44th minute of play. After 48 minutes of play, Les Pionniers de Touraine's Raphaël Lallemand made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Christophe Troxler was left in no man's land by his defense there!

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Yves Passot stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute, Diego Covarrubias hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 56th minute Abraham Beauval shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christophe Troxler saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tanek Zurawski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yves Passot in the 57th minute of the match. The supporters of Montevideo City Torque booed when Les Pionniers de Touraine was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rhys Williams didn't get a good kick on the ball. Montevideo City Torque made a substitution. Reuben Meade replaced Yves Passot. After a rather tough play, Les Pionniers de Touraine's Rhys Williams got a free kick in the 59th minute. Montevideo City Torque's Christophe Troxler played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abraham Beauval in the 64th minute of play. Tanek Zurawski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Reuben Meade's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. With a little luck, Montevideo City Torque's Christophe Troxler got control of the ball when Léon Sureau tried to sneak it across the goal line. Abraham Beauval might have been able to make a better finish in the 69th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Christophe Troxler. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Abraham Beauval ran back to his position shaking his head. Montevideo City Torque's Christophe Troxler played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abraham Beauval in the 69th minute of play. Montevideo City Torque's Christophe Troxler proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save Montevideo City Torque from getting a goal against them. With his leg Christophe Troxler managed to avoid a goal in the 74thth minute, when Les Pionniers de Touraine's Abraham Beauval fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Diego Covarrubias kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. Les Pionniers de Touraine made a substitution. Hervé Malaise replaced Raphaël Lallemand. Les Pionniers de Touraine's Désiré Alberto was substituted for Patryk Kopacz. The supporters of Les Pionniers de Touraine booed when Montevideo City Torque was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Diego Covarrubias didn't get a good kick on the ball. Christophe Troxler took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rhys Williams, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Christophe Troxler made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when Léon Sureau sent off a good shot on target. Les Pionniers de Touraine's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Léon Sureau in the 80th minute. Les Pionniers de Touraine's Abraham Beauval was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Christophe Troxler in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Les Pionniers de Touraine's Tanek Zurawski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reuben Meade in the 83rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Reuben Meade's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tanek Zurawski was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. Désiré Alberto made in the 86th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Montevideo City Torque's Gu Sha Zhen. Christophe Troxler showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abraham Beauval in the 87th minute of the match. Christophe Troxler made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hervé Malaise in the 89th minute. In the 90th minute Les Pionniers de Touraine were awarded a corner. Léon Sureau went to the cornerflag to take it. Les Pionniers de Touraine's Mickaël Métenier managed to work through Montevideo City Torque's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Mickaël Métenier dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Christophe Troxler made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Hervé Malaise sent off a good shot on target. 94 minutes into the match, Les Pionniers de Touraine's goal looked a bit too open when Reuben Meade came free, but Tanek Zurawski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Montevideo City Torque fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Les Pionniers de Touraine were clearly better and deserved to take the win.