U23 League

XMAS park
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) If Mathieu Gaud had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Elegance Dijon booed when XMAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alessandro Vettori didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 13th minute, Yann Guillemin made a precise shot to the right of Dennis Urbani. XMAS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Dennis Urbani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yann Guillemin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With 19 minutes on the clock, Ercole Chiavetta commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 21st minute, Benoît Maniez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dennis Urbani was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. After 28 minutes of play, Elegance Dijon's Yann Guillemin made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dennis Urbani was left in no man's land by his defense there! Dennis Urbani came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by Elegance Dijon's Yann Guillemin. But to his dismay, Yann Guillemin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. XMAS's Dennis Urbani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yann Guillemin in the 37th minute of play. In the 38thth minute of the game Benoît Maniez who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but XMAS's Dennis Urbani was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 42nd minute, Anfilogino Di Nino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabrizio Eboli in the 45th minute of play forced Elegance Dijon's goalkeeper Nathanaël Teissier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Benoît Maniez to strike the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, XMAS's goalkeeper Dennis Urbani had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yann Guillemin. Dennis Urbani stood somewhat misplaced when Benoît Maniez came free in front of goal and shot 0-5 to the left of him in the 53 minute. In the 57th minute, Elegance Dijon's Yann Guillemin dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-6. After 61st play minutes Benoît Maniez shot 0-7, a short shot which went by Dennis Urbani and just under the crossbar into goal. Yann Guillemins short, quick shot in the 64thth minute got Dennis Urbani to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The audience was convinced that Benoît Maniez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dennis Urbani was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. Benoît Maniez's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dennis Urbani read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 75th minute of play. Dennis Urbani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benoît Maniez in the 76th minute of the match. 80 minutes into the match, XMAS's goalkeeper Dennis Urbani had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yann Guillemin. 82 minutes into the match, Benoît Maniez dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Dennis Urbani, 0-8. With his leg Dennis Urbani managed to avoid a goal in the 84thth minute, when Elegance Dijon's Yann Guillemin fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Yann Guillemin didn't miss a given chance and shot in short distance 0-9 via right post in the game's 89th minute. Elegance Dijon's supporters showed their exhuberating excitement! 0-10 became the score in the 94th minute when Benoît Maniez elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. The Elegance Dijon players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.