U23 World League

Jose Amalfitani
Spectators: 7690 (Terracing: 5768, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cornelio Ongile made the kick off which started today's match. Cosa nostra Lyon's Ahmid Lamouroux played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tiburcio Ubelteso in the 3rd minute of play. After 4 minutes, Nestor Tadzio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Zurdo FC and the Cosa nostra Lyon players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Zurdo FC getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Nestor Tadzio hit a great ball. In the 6thth minute of the game Bogdan Bambas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Zurdo FC's La Cimas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Erwann Patrice came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the Cosa nostra Lyon fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Erwann Patrice couldn't finish the play. Cosa nostra Lyon's Bogdan Bambas got a good chance for a goal in the 14th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Tiburcio Ubelteso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ahmid Lamouroux having to interfere. Bacary Kerneis made in the 18th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Zurdo FC's Aaron Millano. In the 20th minute, Ciriaco Aimar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 21 minutes had been played when some careless play by Zurdo FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Erwann Patrice was slow to take the kick. During this time Cosa nostra Lyon's players had a chance to rest. Davy Patron was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. In the 30th minute, Thierry Platon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edmundo Dos Santos took the ball and in the 36 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ahmid Lamouroux. Ahmid Lamouroux 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. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Bogdan Bambas was the one to do the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Cosa nostra Lyon's Bogdan Bambas slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of La Cimas. That made the score 1-1 after 52 minutes of play. A throw-in in the 55th minute of the game was made by Nestor Tadzio with Aaron Millano as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After 58 played minutes Cosa nostra Lyon got a freekick which was hit by Florian Lardenois. La Cimas made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Bogdan Bambas sent off a good shot on target. 64 minutes into the match, Bogdan Bambas dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of La Cimas, 1-2. With a little luck, Zurdo FC's La Cimas got control of the ball when Bogdan Bambas tried to sneak it across the goal line. La Cimas was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Bogdan Bambas showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-3 in the 68 minute of play. In the 72nd minute, Tiburcio Ubelteso ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ahmid Lamouroux was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. José Rivera sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. La Cimas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Rivera, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Cornelio Ongile fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ahmid Lamouroux having to interfere. Cosa nostra Lyon's Hocine Barbey managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Nestor Tadzio in the 88 minute of the game. A collision led to Cosa nostra Lyon getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Fernando Evangelista hit a great ball. In the 90th minute Cornelio Ongile shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ahmid Lamouroux saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zurdo FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cornelio Ongile in the 91st minute. Davy Patron kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. Ciriaco Aimar didn't quite understand what happened when in the 95 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see Zurdo FC lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.