Friendly League

Stade Félix Bollaert
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Arnaud Konieczny took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rdth minute of the game Fabrício Lopes who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Herblay's Tristan Vicente was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Fabrício Lopes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tristan Vicente was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. Baltasar Matias made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arnaud Konieczny in the 7th minute. Herblay's Arnaud Konieczny was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 9th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. If Dimitri Bougault had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 21 minutes of play, Herblay's Antonin Dagorne made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Baltasar Matias was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 24th minute Gervásio Severiano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tristan Vicente saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Enzo Pellecchia kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. The long shot by Abdel Couderc in the 25th minute really tested Baltasar Matias's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. In the 26th minute, César Sampaio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tristan Vicente came out of the goal in the 29th minute to try and stop a shot by VB-Team's Fabrício Lopes. But to his dismay, Fabrício Lopes quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 34th minute, Dimitri Bougault managed to get in a good position for a shot. Herblay's supporters rose to their feet, but Dimitri Bougault was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Baltasar Matias breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. VB-Team's Baltasar Matias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antonin Dagorne in the 36th minute of play. Baltasar Matias had great luck who in the 37thth minute grab hold of the ball when Antonin Dagorne from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. If Antonin Dagorne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tristan Vicente didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when VB-Team's Fabrício Lopes shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-3 in the ordered_time% minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 2-3.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabrício Lopes in the 54th minute of play forced Herblay's goalkeeper Tristan Vicente to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Antonin Dagorne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 57th minute the ball was on its way in behind VB-Team's goalkeeper Baltasar Matias, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 58th minute Herblay were awarded a corner. Dimitri Bougault went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 64thth minute of the game Dimitri Bougault who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but VB-Team's Baltasar Matias was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to Herblay getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Romeo Gleizes hit a great ball. Baltasar Matias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnaud Konieczny in the 71st minute of the match. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when VB-Team's Gervásio Severiano in the 74th minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Tristan Vicente was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for Herblay through an amazing save. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Arnaud Konieczny managed to get in a good position for a shot. Herblay's supporters rose to their feet, but Arnaud Konieczny was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Baltasar Matias breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. VB-Team's Baltasar Matias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arnaud Konieczny in the 79th minute of play. A collision led to VB-Team getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Enzo Pellecchia hit a great ball. 81 minutes into the match, Herblay's Dimitri Bougault sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Baltasar Matias narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After having played for 84 minutes, Hafız Öztekin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. VB-Team's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hafız Öztekin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Baltasar Matias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arnaud Konieczny, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 87th minute Gervásio Severiano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tristan Vicente saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 91 minutes into the match, VB-Team's goal looked a bit too open when Antonin Dagorne came free, but Baltasar Matias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Baltasar Matias stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Antonin Dagorne's shot from short distance in the 92nd minute. The VB-Team supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing VB-Team would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.