Friendly League

ALICO ARENA
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Florida Gulf Coast's Lukáš Katačić 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. A sloppy throw-in by Éluard Marcellin in the 3rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Florida Gulf Coast's John James. Lukáš Katačić blasted a shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Vivien Canale having to make a save. In the 6th minute, Florida Gulf Coast's Lukáš Katačić dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Lukáš Katačić fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vivien Canale having to interfere. In the 12th play minute Lukáš Katačić came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Vivien Canale. 2-0. When Sixto Bitxintxo came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the Florida Gulf Coast fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Sixto Bitxintxo couldn't finish the play. After some careless play in the Stade Ygossais defense, Lukáš Katačić kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vivien Canale. The Stade Ygossais fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vivien Canale should have stopped the shot. In the 31st minute of the match John James shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Vivien Canale showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Lukáš Katačić received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Vivien Canale tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as John James kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Vivien Canale. That made the score 5-0 in the 38 minute of play. In the 41st minute, Sixto Bitxintxo made a precise shot to the right of Vivien Canale. Stade Ygossais's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-0. Edgard Blaison fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luis Nardo having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 6-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Edgard Blaison made the kick off in the second half. Lukáš Katačić's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Vivien Canale read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 54th minute of play. In the 57th minute, John James left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Florida Gulf Coast fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0. 61 minutes into the game, Sixto Bitxintxo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 8-0. Vivien Canale was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the match clock showed 70 minutes, the score became 9-0 when Lukáš Katačić sped through Stade Ygossais's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Vivien Canale. Lukáš Katačić fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vivien Canale having to interfere. Geoffrey Gand made in the 77th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Marc-Antoine Vermeulen immediately put the ball in play. After some careless play in the Stade Ygossais defense, Lukáš Katačić kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vivien Canale. The Stade Ygossais fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vivien Canale should have stopped the shot. 84 minutes into the match, Lukáš Katačić had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vivien Canale. Stade Ygossais's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lukáš Katačić was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 11-0. When the match had gone on for 89 minutes, Lukáš Katačić put it in 12-0 from a short distance just to the right of Vivien Canale. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lukáš Katačić in the 92nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vivien Canale saved Stade Ygossais from getting behind. Lukáš Katačić's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Vivien Canale read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 93rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lukáš Katačić in the 96th minute of play forced Stade Ygossais's goalkeeper Vivien Canale to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the referee ended the match the Florida Gulf Coast players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.