U23 World League

Gamms Stadium
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) 『盛世メ名門』Guerrier Panda's Mathis Bras started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Octave Follain showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Napoleon Borkowski in the 5th minute of the match. 7 minutes into the match, 『盛世メ名門』Guerrier Panda's goal looked a bit too open when Napoleon Borkowski came free, but Octave Follain reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With 16 minutes on the clock, Flavien Lebleu commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in 『盛世メ名門』Guerrier Panda fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 16th minute. Penalty! Octave Follain had in the 19thth minute some difficulties stopping Wit Gaszynski's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 『盛世メ名門』Guerrier Panda's Victorien Pereira managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Adam Hodyl in the 21 minute of the game. Waldemar Zjawin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mathis Bras in the 23rd minute of play. 26 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC LongeR's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Norbert Mattei was slow to take the kick. During this time 『盛世メ名門』Guerrier Panda's players had a chance to rest. Waldemar Zjawin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mathis Bras, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. 『盛世メ名門』Guerrier Panda's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Norbert Mattei in the 34th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Arnold Bouillaud heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Waldemar Zjawin was out of position in the 37 minute of play, and Mathis Bras capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Mathis Bras really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. With a little luck, FC LongeR's Waldemar Zjawin got control of the ball when Mathis Bras tried to sneak it across the goal line. The supporters of FC LongeR booed when 『盛世メ名門』Guerrier Panda was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pierre-Emmanuel Chalier didn't get a good kick on the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Napoleon Borkowski to make the kick off. Octave Follain made an important save on a dangerous shot by Robert Robak in the 56th minute. Waldemar Zjawin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mathis Bras in the 57th minute of play. Mathis Bras blasted a shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Waldemar Zjawin having to make a save. If Mathis Bras had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanks to some nice moves Robert Robak could shoot a difficult shot in the 72nd minute, which Octave Follain however easily saved by the left post. Edgar Czech charged in rather forcefully in the 73rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Edgar Czech the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. When Edgar Czech was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 77 minutes had been played. Norbert Mattei kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. Wit Gaszynski missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 82 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Octave Follain right hand side. In the 84th minute, Mathis Bras ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Waldemar Zjawin was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 88th minute, Mathis Bras managed to get in a good position for a shot. 『盛世メ名門』Guerrier Panda's supporters rose to their feet, but Mathis Bras was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Waldemar Zjawin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that Mathis Bras's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Waldemar Zjawin was relentless in the 92nd minute of the game.