U21 World League

Monumental de Núñez
Spectators: 8136 (Terracing: 6103, Seating: 1871, VIP seats: 162) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Israel Barea made the kick off which started today's match. Norbert Krieger's late challenge caught a Viseu United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Norbert Krieger helped the player get up and apologised. After 7 played minutes Les Pionniers de Touraine got a freekick which was hit by Norbert Krieger. Les Pionniers de Touraine's Régis Bastian proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save Les Pionniers de Touraine from getting a goal against them. Israel Barea's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Régis Bastian read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 9th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Viseu United's Israel Barea slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Régis Bastian. That made the score 1-0 after 11 minutes of play. Adrian Txindoki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ibrahim Chapalain, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. When Tenho Bolas fell near the penalty area in the 25th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Viseu United's protests and gave Tenho Bolas a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Viseu United's Tenho Bolas got a free kick in the 25th minute. Jean-Pascal Berthelot took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 26th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Adrian Txindoki. Viseu United's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Régis Bastian made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Israel Barea sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, Les Pionniers de Touraine's Régis Bastian got control of the ball when Israel Barea tried to sneak it across the goal line. Régis Bastian made an important save on a dangerous shot by Israel Barea in the 38th minute. Régis Bastian made an important save on a dangerous shot by Israel Barea in the 41st minute. Yang Yu Yu hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. In the 43rd minute, Jean-Pascal Berthelot sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Viseu United's Adrian Txindoki didn't even have to move. Adrian Txindoki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Castex in the 44th minute of the match. In the 48th minute, Israel Barea left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Viseu United fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ibrahim Chapalain was the one to do the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jean-Michel Guillonneau during the 57th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Les Pionniers de Touraine getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Jean-Michel Guillonneau hit a great ball. 61 minutes into the match, Israel Barea had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Régis Bastian. Les Pionniers de Touraine's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Israel Barea was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. The audience was convinced that Israel Barea's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Régis Bastian was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. Israel Barea took the ball and in the 66 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Régis Bastian. Régis Bastian dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. Viseu United's Lei Shu Gang was substituted for Israel Barea. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lei Shu Gang in the 72nd minute of play forced Les Pionniers de Touraine's goalkeeper Régis Bastian to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lei Shu Gang in the 75th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Régis Bastian saved Les Pionniers de Touraine from getting behind. Ahmet Ali Tayfur fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Régis Bastian having to interfere. Christian Castex made in the 84th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Rodrigue Davoust. 88 minutes into the match, Viseu United's goal looked a bit too open when Christian Castex came free, but Adrian Txindoki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 88 minutes into the game, Les Pionniers de Touraine's Christian Castex nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Adrian Txindoki made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-1. Rodrigue Davoust hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. Tenho Bolas took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 93rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Régis Bastian. Les Pionniers de Touraine's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Adrian Txindoki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodrigue Davoust in the 96th minute of the match.