U21 World League

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Spectators: 7710 (Terracing: 5784, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Emanuel Tiberiu kicked off to start the match. Petruț Ţopescu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vivien Contant's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. Cosa nostra Lyon's Fernando Evangelista suffered a sore thigh after 4 minutes and couldn't finish the game. After a rather tough play, Delphine Stars's Cristian Dorian got a free kick in the 5th minute. Petruț Ţopescu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vivien Contant in the 6th minute. Cosa nostra Lyon's Ahmid Lamouroux played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Dorian in the 7th minute of play. Petruț Ţopescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alex Lagarrigue, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. 25 minutes into the game, Vivien Contant cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Petruț Ţopescu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 30 minutes into the match, Vivien Contant dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Petruț Ţopescu, 3-0. After a rather tough play, Delphine Stars's Mugur Gorcea got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Alex Lagarrigue fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Petruț Ţopescu having to interfere. Alex Lagarrigue sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alex Lagarrigue sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nicodim Drăgan's late challenge caught a Cosa nostra Lyon's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nicodim Drăgan helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Delphine Stars's Nicodim Drăgan got a free kick in the 42nd minute. In the 47th match minute, Delphine Stars was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Costică Ciorăscu to maneuver through the defense. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Alex Lagarrigue made the kick off in the second half. Petruț Ţopescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alex Lagarrigue in the 53rd minute of the match. After some careless play in the Delphine Stars defense, Alex Lagarrigue kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Petruț Ţopescu. The Delphine Stars fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Petruț Ţopescu should have stopped the shot. After 55 minutes of play Delphine Stars's Cristian Dorian was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 56 played minutes Delphine Stars got a freekick which was hit by Cristian Dorian. Morgan Autissier's late challenge caught a Delphine Stars's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Morgan Autissier helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Delphine Stars booed when Cosa nostra Lyon was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Morgan Autissier didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 62nd minute, Alex Lagarrigue left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cosa nostra Lyon fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. Alex Lagarrigue received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Petruț Ţopescu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 69th minute Mugur Gorcea shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ahmid Lamouroux saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 70th match minute, Cosa nostra Lyon was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joey Vacheron to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Delphine Stars getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Mugur Gorcea hit a great ball. Costică Ciorăscu hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Alex Lagarrigue's late challenge caught a Delphine Stars's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alex Lagarrigue helped the player get up and apologised. Petruț Ţopescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alex Lagarrigue in the 79th minute of the match. Cosa nostra Lyon's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Thierry Platon in the 80th minute. Cosa nostra Lyon's Thierry Platon was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Petruț Ţopescu in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Ahmid Lamouroux showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emanuel Tiberiu in the 84th minute of the match. Petruț Ţopescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joey Vacheron, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cosa nostra Lyon's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.