U23 World League

Nou Municipal
Spectators: 7981 (Terracing: 5987, Seating: 1835, VIP seats: 159) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Émeric Giraudo kicked off to start the match. In the 5th match minute, Tours Football Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jacques Audren to maneuver through the defense. Cristián Labarra charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cristián Labarra the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to UE Cornella getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Cristián Labarra hit a great ball. In the 9th minute, Émeric Giraudo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tours Football Club fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Émeric Giraudo in the 15th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Oliverios Coya prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 18 minutes UE Cornella's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Elias Mouton who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in René Grégori heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. A sloppy throw-in by Indartsu Turienzo in the 28th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Tours Football Club's René Grégori. After 31 played minutes Tours Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Sofiane Sahli. Oliverios Coya didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Émeric Giraudo went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mel Palanques to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, UE Cornella's goalkeeper Oliverios Coya had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Willy Sauvestre. In the 54th minute the ball was on its way in behind UE Cornella's goalkeeper Oliverios Coya, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Indartsu Turienzo during the 56th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, UE Cornella's Indartsu Turienzo got a free kick in the 56th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mel Palanques in the 62nd minute of play forced Tours Football Club's goalkeeper Felix Jovanovic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Oliverios Coya showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Émeric Giraudo in the 66th minute of the match. In the 69th match minute, UE Cornella was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Indartsu Turienzo to maneuver through the defense. In the 73rd minute, Elias Mouton got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Oliverios Coya showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Émeric Giraudo, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. The supporters of UE Cornella booed when Tours Football Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Blaise Alcaraz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Oliverios Coya showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Émeric Giraudo in the 81st minute of the match. After 83 minutes UE Cornella's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Elias Mouton who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Tours Football Club's corner Elias Mouton fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Oliverios Coya quite easily take care of the ball. In the 86th minute, Sofiane Sahli ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Oliverios Coya was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. If Sofiane Sahli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Oliverios Coya stood somewhat misplaced when Émeric Giraudo came free in front of goal and shot 0-5 to the left of him in the 93 minute.