U23 World League

Fred Aubert
Spectators: 8000 (Terracing: 6001, Seating: 1840, VIP seats: 159) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gaël Rats took the kick off in the first half of the match. The supporters of Le Stade Briochin UC booed when Internet XAire was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nestor Garaile didn't get a good kick on the ball. 9 minutes into the match, Victorio Perico notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Le Stade Briochin UC's Tord Waller. Tord Waller was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Le Stade Briochin UC's Tord Waller played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adam Bareiro in the 15th minute of play. A collision led to Le Stade Briochin UC getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Hugo Galand hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam Bareiro in the 19th minute of play forced Le Stade Briochin UC's goalkeeper Tord Waller to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 20 minutes, Adam Bareiro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Internet XAire's supporters crossed their fingers, but Adam Bareiro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jocelyn Benito got free with Feliks Osowski in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 35 minutes into the match, Internet XAire's goalkeeper Feliks Osowski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Omar Cardot. 38 minutes into the game, Adam Bareiro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Tord Waller was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When Le Stade Briochin UC's Gaël Rats in the 43rd minute got a chance for a shot 43rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Internet XAire's goalie prevented a goal. After 45 minutes Internet XAire's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jocelyn Benito who took care of the corner kick. If Victorio Perico had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Victorio Perico was the one to do the kick off. After 52 minutes of play, Le Stade Briochin UC's Gaël Rats made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Feliks Osowski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Feliks Osowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gaël Rats in the 55th minute of play. Feliks Osowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gaël Rats in the 56th minute of the match. Le Stade Briochin UC's Tord Waller proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save Le Stade Briochin UC from getting a goal against them. After 60 played minutes Le Stade Briochin UC got a freekick which was hit by Hugo Galand. Feliks Osowski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tony Amadieu went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. Feliks Osowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gaël Rats in the 76th minute of play. Feliks Osowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Baptiste Demestre, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Le Stade Briochin UC's Tord Waller got control of the ball when Victorio Perico tried to sneak it across the goal line. Feliks Osowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Omar Cardot in the 81st minute of play. Victorio Perico hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Feliks Osowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gaël Rats in the 84th minute of play. Feliks Osowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Baptiste Demestre, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 93 minutes, Adam Bareiro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Internet XAire's supporters crossed their fingers, but Adam Bareiro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 95 minutes into the match, Internet XAire's goal looked a bit too open when Gaël Rats came free, but Feliks Osowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Internet XAire walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.