U23 World League

Claude François
Spectators: 7514 (Terracing: 5636, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ívan James got the match started through his kick off. Guaberto Cebo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ívan James in the 3rd minute. After 4 minutes, Urbano Nuñez mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Quitilipi and the Alexandrie CF players grew even worse after the yellow card. Urbano Nuñez hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. When the match had gone on for 6 minutes, Ívan James put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Guaberto Cebo. Ívan James scored 2-0 in the 9th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Guaberto Cebo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Dimitri Goudard fell near the penalty area in the 11th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Alexandrie CF's protests and gave Dimitri Goudard a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Alexandrie CF's Dimitri Goudard got a free kick in the 11th minute. In the 16th match minute, Alexandrie CF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by John-Paul Atlan to maneuver through the defense. After 17 played minutes Alexandrie CF got a freekick which was hit by Dimitri Goudard. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robustiano Clementi in the 18th minute of play forced Alexandrie CF's goalkeeper Gabin Françoise to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 20 minutes into the match, Quitilipi's goal looked a bit too open when Ívan James came free, but Guaberto Cebo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ívan James could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 24th minute of the match, but Guaberto Cebo made a huge save. After having played for 25 minutes, John-Paul Atlan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Alexandrie CF's supporters crossed their fingers, but John-Paul Atlan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 28th minute Ívan James shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Guaberto Cebo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Guaberto Cebo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ívan James in the 28th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ívan James in the 30th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Guaberto Cebo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Guaberto Cebo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dimitri Goudard in the 31st minute of the match. With his leg Guaberto Cebo managed to avoid a goal in the 32ndth minute, when Alexandrie CF's Ívan James fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 34th minute, Jairo Gartzen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Guaberto Cebo didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Alexandrie CF's Ívan James shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-0 in the ordered_time% minute. 42 minutes into the game, Ívan James cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Guaberto Cebo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 5-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Federico Insúa made the kick off in the second half. 6-0 became the score in the 51st minute when Ívan James elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Quitilipi's Guaberto Cebo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ívan James in the 54th minute of play. After 58th play minutes Ívan James shot 7-0, a short shot which went by Guaberto Cebo and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 60th match minute, Quitilipi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robustiano Clementi to maneuver through the defense. Guaberto Cebo came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by Alexandrie CF's Dimitri Goudard. But to his dismay, Dimitri Goudard quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 9-0. After 71 minutes of play, Alexandrie CF's Rodrigo Mora made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Guaberto Cebo was left in no man's land by his defense there! José Broutin was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 75 minutes into the match. After 75 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Alexandrie CF! Gabin Françoise had in the 78thth minute some difficulties stopping Urbano Nuñez's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 81 minutes into the match, Dimitri Goudard had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Guaberto Cebo. Quitilipi's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dimitri Goudard was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 11-0. Guaberto Cebo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dimitri Goudard in the 84th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodrigo Mora in the 87th minute of play forced Quitilipi's goalkeeper Guaberto Cebo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Guaberto Cebo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodrigo Mora in the 92nd minute of the match. Dimitri Goudard fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Guaberto Cebo having to interfere. Julien Ravet received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Guaberto Cebo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the referee ended the match the Alexandrie CF players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.