U18 World League

iL Grosso Stadio
Spectators: 7514 (Terracing: 5636, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) Grosso United's Carolo Urbasa started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, Grosso United's Natalio Peyo got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Saturnino Romo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wilfried Lépinay, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Eymeric Laguerre took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 6th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Saturnino Romo. Grosso United's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 8 minutes into the game, Ewan Toupin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Saturnino Romo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 12 minutes, Wilfried Lépinay mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Les diables noirs and the Grosso United players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 14th minute of the match Eymeric Laguerre shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Saturnino Romo showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Natalio Peyo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Kevan Grange tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kevan Grange made a fantastic save in the 20th minute, when Natalio Peyo sent off a good shot on target. Natalio Peyo's late challenge caught a Les diables noirs's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Natalio Peyo helped the player get up and apologised. Gustave Pierrel hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Kevan Grange was out of position in the 28 minute of play, and Carolo Urbasa capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Carolo Urbasa really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. Grosso United's Saturnino Romo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ewan Toupin in the 34th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Wilfried Lépinay's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Saturnino Romo was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. In the 39th minute, Ewan Toupin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Les diables noirs fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Gaspar Ler kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Wilfried Lépinay made a kick off. Saturnino Romo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wilfried Lépinay in the 51st minute of play. 56 minutes into the match, Grosso United's goalkeeper Saturnino Romo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ewan Toupin. 58 minutes into the match, Grosso United's goalkeeper Saturnino Romo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ewan Toupin. The audience was convinced that Ewan Toupin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Saturnino Romo was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. Les diables noirs's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Wilfried Lépinay in the 65th minute. Les diables noirs's Wilfried Lépinay was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Saturnino Romo in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 67th minute of the match Gaspar Ler sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Kevan Grange skillfully saved the ball. Saturnino Romo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gustave Pierrel in the 69th minute. Saturnino Romo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gustave Pierrel in the 70th minute. 72 minutes into the game, Wilfried Lépinay recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Saturnino Romo. Wilfried Lépinay showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carolo Urbasa in the 76th minute of play forced Les diables noirs's goalkeeper Kevan Grange to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Grosso United's Godofredo Manny got a free kick in the 77th minute. Godofredo Manny kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gustave Pierrel got free with Saturnino Romo in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 81st minute Ewan Toupin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Saturnino Romo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Saturnino Romo was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Wilfried Lépinay showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-4 in the 83 minute of play. Grosso United's Saturnino Romo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Grosso United from getting a goal against them. 94 minutes into the match, Ewan Toupin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Saturnino Romo. Grosso United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ewan Toupin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-5. When the final whistle sounded Les diables noirs left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Grosso United.