U21 World League

Stade Normandie
Spectators: 7498 (Terracing: 5624, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Víktor de Sena took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, Toa Toa 4EVER's Luís Fábio Sergipano got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Noël Clenet didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Adriano do Nascimento went, in the 6th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Noël Clenet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adriano do Nascimento in the 11th minute of the match. In the 14th minute, Víktor de Sena had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. Yann Saillet charged in rather forcefully in the 14th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Yann Saillet the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 15th match minute, Saint Côme de Fresné was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yann Saillet to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Toa Toa 4EVER getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Fábio Guedes hit a great ball. A collision led to Toa Toa 4EVER getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Luís Fábio Sergipano hit a great ball. With a little luck, Toa Toa 4EVER's Tarcio Bulisani got control of the ball when Olivier Barnier tried to sneak it across the goal line. 34 minutes into the match, Toa Toa 4EVER's goal looked a bit too open when Guillaume Barillot came free, but Tarcio Bulisani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Noël Clenet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robinho Mesquita, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Noël Clenet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robinho Mesquita in the 48th minute of the match.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Guillaume Barillot stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute, Adriano do Nascimento reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Noël Clenet. The goal made the score 0-2. Toa Toa 4EVER's Tarcio Bulisani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guillaume Barillot in the 62nd minute of play. Noël Clenet made an important save on a dangerous shot by Robinho Mesquita in the 64th minute. After 66 minutes of play, Toa Toa 4EVER's Robinho Mesquita made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Noël Clenet was left in no man's land by his defense there! 70 minutes into the match, Toa Toa 4EVER's goal looked a bit too open when Thibaut Abeille came free, but Tarcio Bulisani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Saint Côme de Fresné getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Simon Mertz hit a great ball. Noël Clenet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luís Fábio Sergipano in the 74th minute of the match. 1-3 became the score in the 76th minute when Guillaume Barillot elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thibaut Abeille in the 80th minute of play forced Toa Toa 4EVER's goalkeeper Tarcio Bulisani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Guillaume Barillot had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fábio Guedes charged in rather forcefully in the 83rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fábio Guedes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Fábio Guedes hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Adriano do Nascimento received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Noël Clenet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thibaut Abeille scored 2-3 in the 97th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tarcio Bulisani, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Toa Toa 4EVER walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.