World League

stade des lumières
Spectators: 8007 (Terracing: 6007, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Uwe Birmes took the kick off in the first half of the match. La Acade's Blas Aritza proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 2nd minute of the match, managed to save La Acade from getting a goal against them. Félicien Boidins short, quick shot in the 4thth minute got Blas Aritza to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 5 minutes into the game, Dinaras Stanaitis threw the ball into play from the sideline. La Acade's Stelian Avram quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Kip William sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Dinaras Stanaitis made in the 7th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Junior Quintana however managed to control. An unexpectedly hard shot by Junior Quintana in the 9th minute of play forced La Acade's goalkeeper Blas Aritza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. La Acade's Stelian Avram managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Dinaras Stanaitis in the 13 minute of the game. Kip William might have been able to make a better finish in the 14th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Kryspin Cupial. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kip William ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kip William in the 16th minute of play forced Cosa nostra Lyon's goalkeeper Kryspin Cupial to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 19 minutes into the match, La Acade's goal looked a bit too open when Junior Quintana came free, but Blas Aritza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Félicien Boidin's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Blas Aritza firmly grabbed it by the left post. Cosa nostra Lyon's Kryspin Cupial played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kip William in the 21st minute of play. Joe Plantin's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 23rdth minute, Blas Aritza skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. La Acade's Blas Aritza proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save La Acade from getting a goal against them. 28 minutes into the match, La Acade's Kip William sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Kryspin Cupial narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Joe Plantin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kryspin Cupial showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kip William in the 32nd minute of the match. After 34 played minutes Cosa nostra Lyon got a freekick which was hit by Mehmet Çağrı Hadi. Kryspin Cupial showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kip William in the 36th minute of the match. La Acade's Blas Aritza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Junior Quintana in the 38th minute of play. La Acade's David Abaurre managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Dinaras Stanaitis in the 39 minute of the game. When Kip William came up free with the goalie in the 40th minute, the La Acade 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 Kip William couldn't finish the play. Kryspin Cupial made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kip William in the 45th minute of play. In the 46th minute, Stelian Avram hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Kip William was the one to do the kick off. Mehmet Çağrı Hadi's late challenge caught a La Acade's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mehmet Çağrı Hadi helped the player get up and apologised. Cosa nostra Lyon's defense didn't have a chance, in the 52nd minute, when Kip William scored to the left of an out of position Kryspin Cupial, making the score, 0-1. 55 minutes into the match, Cosa nostra Lyon's goal looked a bit too open when Kip William came free, but Kryspin Cupial reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Félicien Boidin in the 60th minute of play forced La Acade's goalkeeper Blas Aritza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Blas Aritza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Félicien Boidin in the 63rd minute of play. Cosa nostra Lyon's Best Jesus was substituted for Joe Plantin. In the 65th minute of the match Cosa nostra Lyon got a corner. La Acade's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Faudel Dagorne ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 67th minute Junior Quintana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Blas Aritza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Junior Quintana in the 67th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Blas Aritza saved La Acade from getting behind. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Junior Quintana in the 68th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Blas Aritza prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Kryspin Cupial made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Kip William sent off a good shot on target. 75 minutes into the match, Kip William dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Kryspin Cupial, 0-2. Cosa nostra Lyon's Horia Şuplăcan was substituted for Uwe Birmes. Blas Aritza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Junior Quintana in the 80th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Félicien Boidin in the 81st minute of play forced La Acade's goalkeeper Blas Aritza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 82nd minute Junior Quintana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Blas Aritza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 84 minutes into the match, La Acade's goal looked a bit too open when Best Jesus came free, but Blas Aritza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vladimiro Sazon got free with Kryspin Cupial in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Blas Aritza didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Junior Quintana went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. After 94 played minutes Cosa nostra Lyon got a freekick which was hit by Félicien Boidin. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see Cosa nostra Lyon lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.