U21 World League

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Spectators: 7714 (Terracing: 5787, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Romuald Combret got the match started through his kick off. 5 minutes into the match, corsaire nantais's goal looked a bit too open when Antonio Rattín came free, but Hubert Donnet reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 6th minute, Bacary Pincon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 9 minutes into the match, corsaire nantais's goal looked a bit too open when Rodrigo Quintan came free, but Hubert Donnet reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Ivan Bernad came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the LTA FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ivan Bernad couldn't finish the play. corsaire nantais's Hubert Donnet played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodrigo Quintan in the 15th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 15 minutes, Rodrigo Quintan put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Hubert Donnet. Rodrigo Quintan scored 0-3 in the 21st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Hubert Donnet, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Bacary Pincon's late challenge caught a LTA FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bacary Pincon helped the player get up and apologised. In the 24th match minute, corsaire nantais was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bacary Pincon to maneuver through the defense. In the 27th minute, Teo Martxelin made a precise shot to the right of Hubert Donnet. corsaire nantais's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. 31 minutes into the match, corsaire nantais's goal looked a bit too open when Ivan Bernad came free, but Hubert Donnet reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 33 played minutes corsaire nantais got a freekick which was hit by Romuald Combret. In the 36th minute, Ivan Bernad left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The LTA FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. Hubert Donnet took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodrigo Quintan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 40 minutes into the match, Rodrigo Quintan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hubert Donnet. corsaire nantais's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rodrigo Quintan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-6 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rodrigo Quintan to make the kick off. Hubert Donnet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antonio Rattín, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Hubert Donnet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivan Bernad in the 59th minute of the match. After 60 played minutes corsaire nantais got a freekick which was hit by Ilan Le Saux. LTA FC's Genaro Mederi was substituted for Ubaldo Beltxe. A collision led to corsaire nantais getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Ilan Le Saux hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, LTA FC's Cristian Berdaitz got a free kick in the 63rd minute. 65 minutes into the match, LTA FC's goal looked a bit too open when Romuald Combret came free, but Arsenio Maiorga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 69th minute of the match, Ivan Bernad got a very nice opportunity to score, but Hubert Donnet was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 73 minutes into the match, corsaire nantais's goalkeeper Hubert Donnet had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ivan Bernad. Hubert Donnet made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodrigo Quintan in the 79th minute of play. In the 80th minute, Stanislas Chaperon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hubert Donnet made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ivan Bernad in the 88th minute. In the 90th minute, Ivan Bernad made a precise shot to the right of Hubert Donnet. corsaire nantais's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-7. LTA FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.