U21 World League

Nuevo Armalin Estadi
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Yann Scott started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes of play, La Pointe Courte's Yann Scott made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Siro Casillas was left in no man's land by his defense there! John Holmes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 7th match minute, Real Armal F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Raúl Gasso to maneuver through the defense. In the 8th match minute, Real Armal F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gilen Sánchez to maneuver through the defense. Siro Casillas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from John Holmes in the 16th minute of the match. La Pointe Courte's defense didn't have a chance, in the 20th minute, when Xano Odín scored to the left of an out of position Sabri Fouquet, making the score, 1-1. Ferman Durango hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Siro Casillas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wilfried Mahé in the 29th minute of the match. Siro Casillas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dominique Virapin, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dominique Virapin in the 34th minute of play forced Real Armal F.C.'s goalkeeper Siro Casillas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Siro Casillas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yann Scott, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Xose Jorquera'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. Xose Jorquera helped the player get up and apologised. Xose Jorquera hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. John Holmes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Siro Casillas having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yann Scott in the 43rd minute of play forced Real Armal F.C.'s goalkeeper Siro Casillas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Siro Casillas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from John Holmes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yann Scott in the 47th minute of play forced Real Armal F.C.'s goalkeeper Siro Casillas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Xano Odín to make the kick off. A collision led to Real Armal F.C. getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Xano Odín hit a great ball. Siro Casillas made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Yann Scott sent off a good shot on target. Siro Casillas made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Yann Scott sent off a good shot on target. 56 minutes into the match, Real Armal F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when John Holmes came free, but Siro Casillas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sabri Fouquet came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by Real Armal F.C.'s Raúl Gasso. But to his dismay, Raúl Gasso quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. La Pointe Courte made a substitution. Patxi Seux replaced Tim Quantin. Siro Casillas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thibaut Mazieres in the 70th minute of the match. Siro Casillas was a little too slow when John Holmes got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 73rd minute. The score was now 2-2. Real Armal F.C.'s Siro Casillas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save Real Armal F.C. from getting a goal against them. Siro Casillas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mathys Guigon in the 82nd minute of the match. 89 minutes into the match, Real Armal F.C.'s goalkeeper Siro Casillas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yann Scott. Thibaut Mazieres received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Siro Casillas came out and tried to block the shot, but Thibaut Mazieres slotted it home off the left post making it 2-3 in the 92nd minute. 95 minutes into the game, Wilfried Mahé was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. La Pointe Courte's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Real Armal F.C. the free kick. A collision led to La Pointe Courte getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Wilfried Mahé hit a great ball. La Pointe Courte's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.