World League

Stade Félix Bollaert
Spectators: 7569 (Terracing: 5678, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 151) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Denis Lavrentev kicked off to start the match. In the 4th minute Denis Lavrentev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ludomil Kajdasz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Grigoriy Agapov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ludomil Kajdasz having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Léon Monnet in the 6th minute of play forced STORM's goalkeeper Nikolay Kovalev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Léon Monnet could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Nikolay Kovalev made a huge save. Léon Monnet could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Nikolay Kovalev made a huge save. Léon Monnet could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Nikolay Kovalev made a huge save. Nikolay Kovalev made a fantastic save in the 15th minute, when Léon Monnet sent off a good shot on target. Nikolay Kovalev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dimitri Bougault in the 19th minute. After 20 played minutes Antonin Dagorne rounded STORM's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrey Buznikin in the 23rd minute of play forced Herblay's goalkeeper Ludomil Kajdasz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 23 minutes into the match, Denis Lavrentev had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ludomil Kajdasz. Herblay's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Denis Lavrentev was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Nikolay Kovalev made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Léon Monnet sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Antonin Dagorne got free with Nikolay Kovalev in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Léon Monnet's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 33rdth minute, Nikolay Kovalev skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The audience was convinced that Denis Lavrentev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ludomil Kajdasz was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. In the 38th minute STORM were awarded a corner. Sergey Blynskih went to the cornerflag to take it. When the match had gone on for 41 minutes, Denis Lavrentev put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Ludomil Kajdasz. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

STORM's Genrikh Goloulin was substituted for Anton Varlamov. Nikolay Kovalev stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Léon Monnet's shot from short distance in the 52nd minute. Nikolay Kovalev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Léon Monnet in the 53rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antonin Dagorne in the 59th minute of play forced STORM's goalkeeper Nikolay Kovalev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 65th minute, STORM's Denis Lavrentev dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-3. In the 67th minute, Léon Monnet got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. STORM made a substitution. Oleg Rodimov replaced Grigoriy Agapov. In the 77th minute STORM were awarded a corner. Sergey Blynskih went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Denis Lavrentev got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ludomil Kajdasz quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 78th minute, Antonin Dagorne made a precise shot to the right of Nikolay Kovalev. STORM's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-3. Leonid Sokolov kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. Ludomil Kajdasz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oleg Rodimov in the 93rd minute of the match. In the 96th match minute, Herblay was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Laurent Vilcot to maneuver through the defense. 97 minutes into the match, Herblay's goal looked a bit too open when Sergey Blynskih came free, but Ludomil Kajdasz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.