U23 World League

la Vallée du Cher
Spectators: 7733 (Terracing: 5801, Seating: 1778, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Willy Sauvestre got the match started through his kick off. Willy Sauvestre could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 5th minute of the match, but Kazım Koçarslan made a huge save. Felix Jovanovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gökalp Ateşoğlu, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. In the 14th minute Sebati Erendiz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Felix Jovanovic saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 17 minutes into the match, Ruzgar Gibi Geçti's goal looked a bit too open when Willy Sauvestre came free, but Kazım Koçarslan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Willy Sauvestre's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 19thth minute, Kazım Koçarslan skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Léo Ramsamy charged in rather forcefully in the 22nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Léo Ramsamy the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 24 minutes into the match, Tours Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Sebati Erendiz came free, but Felix Jovanovic reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kazım Koçarslan had great luck who in the 28thth minute grab hold of the ball when Willy Sauvestre from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. 29 minutes into the match, Willy Sauvestre had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kazım Koçarslan. Ruzgar Gibi Geçti's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Willy Sauvestre was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Kazım Koçarslan was a little too slow when Willy Sauvestre got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 31st minute. The score was now 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Willy Sauvestre in the 35th minute of play forced Ruzgar Gibi Geçti's goalkeeper Kazım Koçarslan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 38 minutes into the match, Marcel Singer notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Ruzgar Gibi Geçti's Kazım Koçarslan. Kazım Koçarslan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Kazım Koçarslan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alain Dennemont, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gökalp Ateşoğlu made a kick off. Emre Sadiray received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Felix Jovanovic came out and tried to block the shot, but Emre Sadiray slotted it home off the left post making it 3-1 in the 54th minute. Tours Football Club's Désiré Charvin managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Seyfi Erçevik in the 59 minute of the game. 59 minutes into the match, Ruzgar Gibi Geçti's goal looked a bit too open when Willy Sauvestre came free, but Kazım Koçarslan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kazım Koçarslan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Willy Sauvestre in the 64th minute of the match. 69 minutes into the game, Seyfi Erçevik threw the ball into play from the sideline. Tours Football Club's René Grégori quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Felix Jovanovic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emre Sadiray in the 73rd minute of play. Felix Jovanovic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emre Sadiray in the 76th minute of play. Felix Jovanovic didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sebati Erendiz went, in the 81st minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. Tours Football Club's defense didn't have a chance, in the 83rd minute, when Mehmet Bilge Humbaracıbaşı scored to the left of an out of position Felix Jovanovic, making the score, 3-3. Gökalp Ateşoğlu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Felix Jovanovic tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tours Football Club:s Felix Jovanovic showed great skill when he stopped Özmen Okkan:s penalty.