U21 World League

Teatrul Viselor
Spectators: 7719 (Terracing: 5790, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) Tours Football Club's Willy Sauvestre 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. 7 minutes into the match, Tours Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Dan Tinu came free, but Felix Jovanovic reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Willy Sauvestre in the 9th minute of play forced Scorpions -MM-'s goalkeeper Avram Golescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dan Tinu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Felix Jovanovic having to interfere. Felix Jovanovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dan Tinu in the 14th minute of the match. In the 19th match minute, Tours Football Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Blaise Alcaraz to maneuver through the defense. Alexandru Zăvoius short, quick shot in the 21stth minute got Felix Jovanovic to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Sofiane Sahli charged in rather forcefully in the 23rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sofiane Sahli the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Felix Jovanovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eric Cimpoieru, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Felix Jovanovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dan Tinu, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. The supporters of Scorpions -MM- booed when Tours Football Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jacques Audren didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tours Football Club's Felix Jovanovic proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save Tours Football Club from getting a goal against them. 31 minutes into the match, Tours Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Fărcașu came free, but Felix Jovanovic reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Felix Jovanovic didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 33rd minute, which inside left pole to 2-0. Scorpions -MM-'s Avram Golescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sofiane Sahli in the 39th minute of play. After 40 played minutes Scorpions -MM- got a freekick which was hit by Eric Cimpoieru. Scorpions -MM-'s Dorinel Munteanu quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Elias Mouton, made in the 41st minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Tours Football Club's Davy Richardson got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Felix Jovanovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eric Cimpoieru, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. When Sofiane Sahli was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 45 minutes had been played. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Dan Tinu to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Tours Football Club booed when Scorpions -MM- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cornel Giuverdea didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 57th minute Cristian Fărcașu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Felix Jovanovic saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tours Football Club's Felix Jovanovic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dan Tinu in the 59th minute of play. In the 65th minute Dan Tinu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Felix Jovanovic saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 69th minute, Cristian Fărcașu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Scorpions -MM- fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Felix Jovanovic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Fărcașu in the 73rd minute of play. Eric Cimpoieru hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Willy Sauvestre recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 81st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Mihai Stoleru hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. If Dan Tinu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Tours Football Club's Hugo Toulet got a free kick in the 88th minute. Tours Football Club's Felix Jovanovic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dan Tinu in the 91st minute of play. In the 93rd minute Eric Cimpoieru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Felix Jovanovic saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cristian Fărcașu took the ball and in the 95 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Felix Jovanovic. Felix Jovanovic dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. Scorpions -MM-'s supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.