U23 World League

Arena Corinthians
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Brian Seguela kicked off to start the match. 2 minutes into the game, Matías de Moraes was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. S.C. Corinthians Paulista's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave corsaire nantais the free kick. After 2 played minutes S.C. Corinthians Paulista got a freekick which was hit by Matías de Moraes. 1-0 became the score in the 9th minute when Diego da Cunha elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Luiz Fernando Figueiredo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Éluard Vidal went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 19th minute, Salomon Bordet made a precise shot to the right of Luiz Fernando Figueiredo. S.C. Corinthians Paulista's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Luiz Fernando Figueiredo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Romuald Combret went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, S.C. Corinthians Paulista's Diego da Cunha got a free kick in the 32nd minute. With 36 minutes on the clock, Terry Grangeon commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in corsaire nantais fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 35th minute. Penalty! corsaire nantais:s Melvin Passemard showed great skill when he stopped Diego da Cunha:s penalty. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mickaël Monceau in the 39th minute of play forced S.C. Corinthians Paulista's goalkeeper Luiz Fernando Figueiredo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. S.C. Corinthians Paulista's Luiz Fernando Figueiredo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Francis Brot in the 41st minute of play. In the 43rd minute, Éluard Vidal ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luiz Fernando Figueiredo was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. In the 47th match minute, S.C. Corinthians Paulista was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Geovani Cosme to maneuver through the defense. Disappointed in the 1-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Matías de Moraes to strike the kick off in the second half. Francis Brot kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. Brian Seguela might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Luiz Fernando Figueiredo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Brian Seguela ran back to his position shaking his head. Renatinho Ramalho charged in rather forcefully in the 64th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Renatinho Ramalho the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 64th minute, Renatinho Ramalho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When corsaire nantais's Brian Seguela in the 66th minute got a chance for a shot 66th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye S.C. Corinthians Paulista's goalie prevented a goal. S.C. Corinthians Paulista's Renatinho Ramalho got his second yellow card of the match in the 67th minute. The referee ordered Renatinho Ramalho off the ground. Renatinho Ramalho kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Luiz Fernando Figueiredo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Brian Seguela went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brian Seguela in the 72nd minute of play forced S.C. Corinthians Paulista's goalkeeper Luiz Fernando Figueiredo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Francis Brot got free with Luiz Fernando Figueiredo in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Luiz Fernando Figueiredo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Éluard Vidal in the 76th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brian Seguela in the 80th minute of play forced S.C. Corinthians Paulista's goalkeeper Luiz Fernando Figueiredo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the S.C. Corinthians Paulista defense, Francis Brot kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luiz Fernando Figueiredo. The S.C. Corinthians Paulista fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luiz Fernando Figueiredo should have stopped the shot. S.C. Corinthians Paulista's defense didn't have a chance, in the 86th minute, when Romuald Combret scored to the left of an out of position Luiz Fernando Figueiredo, making the score, 1-7. The crowd rose to their feet as Brian Seguela kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Luiz Fernando Figueiredo. That made the score 1-8 in the 91 minute of play. A collision led to corsaire nantais getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Romuald Combret hit a great ball. When the match was over corsaire nantais could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than S.C. Corinthians Paulista throughout the match.