U21 World League

Lusail
Spectators: 7693 (Terracing: 5771, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) With a little luck, Tours Football Club's Felix Jovanovic got control of the ball when Lion Messi tried to sneak it across the goal line. Freddy Sarracino didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Willy Sauvestre went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. A throw-in in the 13th minute of the game was made by Bernardo Lalla with Sergio Agüero as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Tours Football Club's René Grégori managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Ángel-Fabián Di María in the 14 minute of the game. Felix Jovanovic was a little too slow when Lion Messi got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 16th minute. The score was now 1-1. Felix Jovanovic didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ángel-Fabián Di María went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Freddy Sarracino stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Willy Sauvestre's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. Freddy Sarracino took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Willy Sauvestre, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Freddy Sarracino took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Willy Sauvestre, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ibrahim Rault in the 29th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Freddy Sarracino prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 35th minute Willy Sauvestre shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Freddy Sarracino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 37 minutes, Willy Sauvestre managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tours Football Club's supporters crossed their fingers, but Willy Sauvestre was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some careless play in the La Scaloneta defense, Willy Sauvestre kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Freddy Sarracino. The La Scaloneta fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Freddy Sarracino should have stopped the shot. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Lion Messi made the kick off in the second half. Tours Football Club's Felix Jovanovic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lion Messi in the 51st minute of play. 62 minutes into the match, Tours Football Club's Willy Sauvestre sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Freddy Sarracino narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Freddy Sarracino took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Willy Sauvestre, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match clock showed 67 minutes, the score became 3-2 when Lion Messi sped through Tours Football Club's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Felix Jovanovic. The audience was convinced that Willy Sauvestre's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Freddy Sarracino was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. Guillermo Iago received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Felix Jovanovic tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. La Scaloneta's Freddy Sarracino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Willy Sauvestre in the 76th minute of play. Tours Football Club's Felix Jovanovic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lion Messi in the 79th minute of play. 89 minutes into the match, La Scaloneta's goalkeeper Freddy Sarracino had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ibrahim Rault. After 91 minutes La Scaloneta's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ibrahim Rault who took care of the corner kick. Tours Football Club's Hugo Toulet was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Freddy Sarracino in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Hugo Toulet received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Freddy Sarracino tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 93 played minutes La Scaloneta got a freekick which was hit by Sergio Agüero. La Scaloneta walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.