U18 World League

Fred Aubert
Spectators: 8142 (Terracing: 6107, Seating: 1873, VIP seats: 162) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Henric Martinsson started the match with the kick off. Mikael Granström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mario Rabaud in the 9th minute of play. In the 10th match minute, Le Stade Briochin UC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abraham Hudry to maneuver through the defense. Jérémy Coutier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kia Motor in the 16th minute of the match. Mikael Granström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Freddy Blond in the 25th minute of play. Mikael Granström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mario Rabaud, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. An unexpected shot in the 34th minute by Freddy Blond got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. After a defensive mix-up in Le Stade Briochin UC's zone, Henric Martinsson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jérémy Coutier came out of the goal and Henric Martinsson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jérémy Coutier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kia Motor in the 43rd minute of the match. Allan Isaksson kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. Allan Isaksson kicked well hit freekick during the 49th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Freddy Blond to strike the kick off in the second half. Mikael Granström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Freddy Blond, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. 60 minutes into the game, Freddy Blond cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Mikael Granström was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The referee felt a red card was in order, 64 minutes into the game, when Allan Isaksson put in a rough tackle. A collision led to FC Kurdistan getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Allan Isaksson hit a great ball. FC Kurdistan made a substitution. Karl Eliasson replaced Nicklas Dalkvist. In the 66th minute, Allan Isaksson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 70th minute, Bernard Grancher hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mario Rabaud in the 72nd minute of play forced FC Kurdistan's goalkeeper Mikael Granström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 74th match minute, Le Stade Briochin UC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Freddy Blond to maneuver through the defense. FC Kurdistan's Georg Alberg was substituted for Mattias Åhlberg. The supporters of FC Kurdistan booed when Le Stade Briochin UC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Freddy Blond didn't get a good kick on the ball. The long shot by Jonas Högberg in the 75th minute really tested Jérémy Coutier's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. The supporters of Le Stade Briochin UC booed when FC Kurdistan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kia Motor didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 79 minutes, Bernard Grancher managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Le Stade Briochin UC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bernard Grancher was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 83 played minutes Le Stade Briochin UC got a freekick which was hit by Batiste Talon. Le Stade Briochin UC's Jérémy Coutier proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Le Stade Briochin UC from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Le Stade Briochin UC's Josselin Schillinger got a free kick in the 88th minute. Charlie Ekerot might have been able to make a better finish in the 89th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jérémy Coutier. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Charlie Ekerot ran back to his position shaking his head. Henric Martinsson's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 89thth minute, Jérémy Coutier skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 91st play minute Henric Martinsson came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Jérémy Coutier. 2-2. Henric Martinsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jérémy Coutier having to interfere. The FC Kurdistan players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Le Stade Briochin UC from taking control. The game ends in a draw.