U21 World League

Durex Stadium
Spectators: 7577 (Terracing: 5683, Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 151) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Iñigo Lacorte kicked off to start the match. Siro Casillas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mathys Guigon in the 5th minute of the match. In the 7th minute, Yann Scott hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iñigo Lacorte in the 12th minute of play forced La Pointe Courte's goalkeeper Sabri Fouquet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 12 minutes into the match, La Pointe Courte's goal looked a bit too open when Iñigo Lacorte came free, but Sabri Fouquet reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Real Armal F.C.'s Siro Casillas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mathys Guigon in the 14th minute of play. Real Armal F.C.'s Siro Casillas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save Real Armal F.C. from getting a goal against them. Raúl Gasso charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Raúl Gasso the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Raúl Gasso kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. Thibaut Mazieres received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Siro Casillas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Yann Scott kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 20thth minute. Though ot was a great shot Real Armal F.C.'s keeper Siro Casillas was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. Siro Casillas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from John Holmes in the 21st minute of play. Yann Scott took the ball and in the 27 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Siro Casillas. Siro Casillas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Yann Scotts short, quick shot in the 30thth minute got Siro Casillas to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. John Holmes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Siro Casillas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. John Holmes charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed John Holmes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Siro Casillas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yann Scott in the 43rd minute. Siro Casillas made a fantastic save in the 45th minute, when Yann Scott sent off a good shot on target.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Yann Scott was the one to do the kick off. Siro Casillas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from John Holmes in the 52nd minute of play. After 54 minutes of play La Pointe Courte's John Holmes 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. Real Armal F.C.'s Siro Casillas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yann Scott in the 59th minute of play. Sigfrido Teruel's late challenge caught a La Pointe Courte's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sigfrido Teruel helped the player get up and apologised. Sigfrido Teruel kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. La Pointe Courte made a substitution. Olivier Jourdain replaced Wilfried Mahé. Real Armal F.C.'s Siro Casillas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mathys Guigon in the 69th minute of play. When Pierre-Antoine Charbonnel fell near the penalty area in the 75th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored La Pointe Courte's protests and gave Pierre-Antoine Charbonnel a yellow card for diving instead. In the 77th minute Mathys Guigon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Siro Casillas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Real Armal F.C. defense, Mathys Guigon kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Siro Casillas. The Real Armal F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Siro Casillas should have stopped the shot. Patxi Seux kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. Sabri Fouquet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raúl Gasso in the 83rd minute of the match. Yann Scott took the ball and in the 85 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Siro Casillas. Siro Casillas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. The audience was convinced that Mathys Guigon's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Siro Casillas was relentless in the 92nd minute of the game. Greg Santoro struck a weak shot in the 93rd minute. Siro Casillas didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for La Pointe Courte. La Pointe Courte walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.