U18 World League

Gass arena
Spectators: 7749 (Terracing: 5813, Seating: 1782, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Youri Lignon started the match with the kick off. In the 9th minute, Ground Control's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Jiří Vrbický fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 13th minute Sylvain Chiffoleau shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Radan Steiner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 23 played minutes Ground Control got a freekick which was hit by Thierry Fouet. In the 25th minute, Svatoslav Vašina got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Sylvain Chiffoleau sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Josselin Portet made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when František Kramář sent off a good shot on target. Sylvain Chiffoleau fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Radan Steiner having to interfere. In the 32nd match minute, SK Slavoj Vyšehrad was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by František Rohlík to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Youri Lignon in the 33rd minute of play forced SK Slavoj Vyšehrad's goalkeeper Radan Steiner to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Ground Control getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Ewan Cuvier hit a great ball. Josselin Portet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Josef Vyhnánek, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. 44 minutes into the match, Ground Control's goalkeeper Josselin Portet had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jiří Vrbický. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jiří Vrbický stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute Jiří Vrbický shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Josselin Portet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Ground Control getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Armand Marcos hit a great ball. 54 minutes into the game, Kamel Beche was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ground Control's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SK Slavoj Vyšehrad the free kick. After 54 played minutes Ground Control got a freekick which was hit by Kamel Beche. In the 57th minute, Youri Lignon ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Radan Steiner was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Josselin Portet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Svatoslav Vašina, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. A collision led to Ground Control getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Armand Marcos hit a great ball. Radan Steiner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Armand Marcos in the 71st minute of play. In the 73rd minute, Kamel Beche hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Youri Lignon could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Radan Steiner made a huge save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ewan Cuvier during the 85th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ewan Cuvier hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. Josselin Portet didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when SK Slavoj Vyšehrad's Jiří Vrbický shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Youri Lignons short, quick shot in the 92ndth minute got Radan Steiner to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Ground Control succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though SK Slavoj Vyšehrad had controlled the match.