U23 World League

Warsong Gulch
Spectators: 7696 (Terracing: 5773, Seating: 1770, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Joel Teo made the kick off which started today's match. Bogdan Bambas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Didi Gonçalves read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 4th minute of play. After 6 minutes, Thierry Platon mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cosa nostra Lyon and the Nagrand players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ahmid Lamouroux made an important save on a dangerous shot by Azam Tan in the 10th minute. Gabriel Mathews fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ahmid Lamouroux having to interfere. Davy Patron kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. In the 19th minute, Bogdan Bambas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cosa nostra Lyon fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Azly Hsi hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Didi Gonçalves came out of the goal in the 22nd minute to try and stop a shot by Cosa nostra Lyon's Bogdan Bambas. But to his dismay, Bogdan Bambas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. A collision led to Cosa nostra Lyon getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Thierry Platon hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Erwann Patrice in the 28th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Didi Gonçalves prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 29 minutes into the match, Nagrand's goal looked a bit too open when Bogdan Bambas came free, but Didi Gonçalves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 33 minutes into the game, Cosa nostra Lyon's Erwann Patrice nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Didi Gonçalves made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabriel Mathews in the 37th minute of play forced Cosa nostra Lyon's goalkeeper Ahmid Lamouroux to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 39th minute of the match Joel Teo sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ahmid Lamouroux skillfully saved the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Sarb Pillai in the 41st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Cosa nostra Lyon's Fernando Evangelista. In the 44th minute, Sarb Pillai hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bogdan Bambas blasted a shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Didi Gonçalves having to make a save. Didi Gonçalves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bogdan Bambas in the 46th minute of play. The Nagrand players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Cosa nostra Lyon were winning 0-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bogdan Bambas to make the kick off. Didi Gonçalves made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bogdan Bambas in the 51st minute. In the 55th minute, Gabriel Mathews left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Nagrand fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. With an all-out effort, Cosa nostra Lyon's Didi Gonçalves threw himself towards the right post 59 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Bogdan Bambas, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Didi Gonçalves didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bogdan Bambas went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. Didi Gonçalves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bogdan Bambas in the 66th minute of play. 72 minutes into the game, Azly Hsi threw the ball into play from the sideline. Cosa nostra Lyon's Fernando Evangelista quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Didi Gonçalves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erwann Patrice, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers José Rivera in the 77th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Didi Gonçalves saved Nagrand from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erwann Patrice in the 78th minute of play forced Nagrand's goalkeeper Didi Gonçalves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Nagrand booed when Cosa nostra Lyon was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Thierry Platon didn't get a good kick on the ball. Didi Gonçalves stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of José Rivera's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. In the 93rd match minute, Nagrand was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Afiz Hee to maneuver through the defense. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Cosa nostra Lyon had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.