U23 League

Stade de Krafft
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Joël Rétière took the kick off in the first half of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Joël Rétière in the 6th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Felice Di Persio prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 9th minute, Comunardo Colelli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Joël Rétière's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 11thth minute, Felice Di Persio skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. With an all-out effort, Fc Kertzfeld's Felice Di Persio threw himself towards the right post 15 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Gaston Toupin, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Fc Kertzfeld's Helmut Lossimäe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adriaan Say in the 17th minute of play. Felice Di Persio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gaston Toupin, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. 20 minutes in the game, Joël Rétière dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. After 23 minutes, Adriaan Say mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the io.dasola and the Fc Kertzfeld players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 23 played minutes io.dasola got a freekick which was hit by Adriaan Say. Helmut Lossimäe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ali Sayah, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gaston Toupin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Felice Di Persio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anthony Jougla in the 34th minute of the match. Helmut Lossimäe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ali Sayah in the 42nd minute of play. Florent Sorlin took the ball and in the 44 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Felice Di Persio. Felice Di Persio dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Gaston Toupin struck a weak shot in the 48th minute. Felice Di Persio didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Fc Kertzfeld. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Corrado Catena made a kick off. 54 minutes into the match, Joël Rétière had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Felice Di Persio. io.dasola's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joël Rétière was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. io.dasola's Felice Di Persio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anthony Jougla in the 59th minute of play. Anthony Jougla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Felice Di Persio having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Florent Sorlin in the 63rd minute of play forced io.dasola's goalkeeper Felice Di Persio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 65 minutes into the match, Joël Rétière notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of io.dasola's Felice Di Persio. Felice Di Persio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, Fc Kertzfeld's Lin Jing Yong got a free kick in the 68th minute. Fc Kertzfeld made a substitution. Iurie Mardare replaced Florent Sorlin. After 69 played minutes Fc Kertzfeld got a freekick which was hit by Lin Jing Yong. A hard shot by Bruno Ursini from long distance, 70 minutes into the match, got Helmut Lossimäe's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. 72 minutes into the match, Iurie Mardare notched a goal, 5-1, to the right of io.dasola's Felice Di Persio. Felice Di Persio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 78th minute, Joël Rétière made a precise shot to the right of Felice Di Persio. io.dasola's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-1. The attack was good, but when Iurie Mardare in the 83rd minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. io.dasola's Felice Di Persio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iurie Mardare in the 86th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teo Esiquio in the 89th minute of play forced io.dasola's goalkeeper Felice Di Persio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Joël Rétière's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Felice Di Persio was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. Felice Di Persio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Iurie Mardare went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 7-1 was the resulting score. 96 minutes into the game, Fc Kertzfeld's Gaston Toupin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Felice Di Persio made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 8-1. Fc Kertzfeld walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.