U23 League

Stade Marcel Picot
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) In the 4th minute, Dom Woodman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 5 minutes, Urmas Vuorinen managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Palloketut's supporters crossed their fingers, but Urmas Vuorinen was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Urmas Vuorinen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Walter Gardner tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Jimmy Riad had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jack Taylor received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Jyrki Rajamäki tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Urmas Vuorinen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Walter Gardner tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Urmas Vuorinen's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Walter Gardner read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 22nd minute of play. In the 27th minute, Urmas Vuorinen left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Palloketut fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Jyrki Rajamäki didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Nancy AFC's Jack Taylor shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-1 in the ordered_time% minute. A collision led to Nancy AFC getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Alfie Downham hit a great ball. The supporters of Nancy AFC booed when Palloketut was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roni Kaitainen didn't get a good kick on the ball. Juha Kokkonen hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. When Jimmy Riad came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the Nancy AFC 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 Jimmy Riad couldn't finish the play. If Jack Taylor had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jimmy Riad might have been able to make a better finish in the 47th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jyrki Rajamäki. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jimmy Riad ran back to his position shaking his head. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Urmas Vuorinen was the one to do the kick off. A collision led to Palloketut getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Alpi Askolin hit a great ball. When Jimmy Riad came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the Nancy AFC 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 Jimmy Riad couldn't finish the play. Artturi Vahalahti received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Walter Gardner tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 62 minutes, Jack Taylor managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nancy AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jack Taylor 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 64thth minute of the game Jack Taylor who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Palloketut's Jyrki Rajamäki was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Artturi Vahalahti charged in rather forcefully in the 65th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Artturi Vahalahti the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Alfie Downham kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. Alfie Downham charged in rather forcefully in the 68th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alfie Downham the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Urmas Vuorinen blasted a shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Walter Gardner having to make a save. Jyrki Rajamäki didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jimmy Riad went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Alfie Downham made in the 80th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Felix Howard however managed to control. Urmas Vuorinen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Walter Gardner tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Walter Gardner made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Urmas Vuorinen sent off a good shot on target. Jimmy Riad struck a weak shot in the 92nd minute. Jyrki Rajamäki didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Nancy AFC. Nancy AFC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.