U18 World League

Stadio De Victoria
Spectators: 7724 (Terracing: 5794, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Antoine Gambier kicked off to start the match. Gaspard Cazeneuve kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. In the 11th minute, Merlin Tian made a precise shot to the right of Gabriel Messager. Roncourt's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. 1-1 became the score in the 16th minute when Antoine Gambier elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Daniel Seah took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jean-Pierre Riche, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Oakham's Merlin Tian got a free kick in the 22nd minute. 27 minutes into the match, Roncourt's goal looked a bit too open when Iskandar Laycock came free, but Gabriel Messager reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 30 minutes into the match, Iskandar Chian notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Roncourt's Gabriel Messager. Gabriel Messager was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 33 played minutes Danish Henderson rounded Roncourt's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 3-1. Daniel Seah showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hubert Donnet, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Roncourt's Gabriel Messager proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save Roncourt from getting a goal against them. Gabriel Messager showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Danish Henderson in the 44th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Danish Henderson got free with Gabriel Messager in the 46th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Hubert Donnet fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Daniel Seah having to interfere.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Iskandar Laycock to strike the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Oakham getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Samuel Chan hit a great ball. Gabriel Messager showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iskandar Laycock in the 54th minute of the match. 59 minutes into the match, Oakham's goal looked a bit too open when Antoine Gambier came free, but Daniel Seah reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Oakham's Merlin Tian got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Roncourt's Brendan Playe was substituted for Gaspard Cazeneuve. A collision led to Roncourt getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Samuel Ducrocq hit a great ball. Oakham's Asiz Koh couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 66th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Roncourt. In the 70th minute, Antoine Gambier fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Daniel Seah didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Antoine Gambier went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, Oakham's Danish Henderson got a free kick in the 78th minute. In the 79th minute of the match, Antoine Gambier tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Daniel Seah saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 84 minutes into the match, Oakham's goalkeeper Daniel Seah had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hubert Donnet. In the 86th match minute, Oakham was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iskandar Laycock to maneuver through the defense. Brendan Playe's late challenge caught a Oakham's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Brendan Playe helped the player get up and apologised. After 94 played minutes Roncourt got a freekick which was hit by Brendan Playe. Oakham's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.