U23 World League

Le champ de tir.
Spectators: 10810 (Terracing: 8109, Seating: 2486, VIP seats: 215) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. J.P. Kapar started the match with the kick off. Eddy Million scored 1-0 in the 6th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tam Ponga, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 9th minute, Anton Bengtsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rolf Björkdal hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Tam Ponga made a fantastic save in the 17th minute, when J.P. Kapar sent off a good shot on target. With his leg Tam Ponga managed to avoid a goal in the 19thth minute, when Roncourt's J.P. Kapar fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Roncourt's J.P. Kapar was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 19th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. In the 23rd minute Thierry Lhermite shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tam Ponga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 24 minutes into the match, BK Tåfjutt's goal looked a bit too open when Thierry Lhermite came free, but Tam Ponga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Roncourt's Eddy Million in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye BK Tåfjutt's goalie prevented a goal. Roncourt's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Thierry Lhermite in the 28th minute. J.P. Kapar kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. The supporters of Roncourt booed when BK Tåfjutt was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ulf Lindqvist didn't get a good kick on the ball. BK Tåfjutt's Tam Ponga proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save BK Tåfjutt from getting a goal against them. In the 40th minute, Roncourt's Eddy Million ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Tam Ponga. Tam Ponga yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Kant Spel made a kick off. The Roncourt fans' excitement grew in the 53rd match minute when Roncourt's Eddy Million looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Tam Ponga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eddy Million in the 58th minute of play. When Eddy Million came up free with the goalie in the 60th minute, the Roncourt 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 Eddy Million couldn't finish the play. Roncourt made a substitution. Lv Xiao Zhi replaced Eddy Million. A sloppy throw-in by Ulf Lindqvist in the 63rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Roncourt's Alex Baudino. In the 64th minute Lv Xiao Zhi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tam Ponga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tam Ponga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lv Xiao Zhi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tam Ponga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from J.P. Kapar in the 68th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Thierry Lhermite's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tam Ponga was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. 76 minutes had been played when some careless play by BK Tåfjutt's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Thierry Lhermite was slow to take the kick. During this time Roncourt's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Roncourt's corner Thierry Lhermite fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Tam Ponga quite easily take care of the ball. 82 minutes into the game, Thierry Lhermite cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. Tam Ponga was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. BK Tåfjutt's Claes Telin quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Judas Bricaud, made in the 84th minute of the game. When Roncourt's Lv Xiao Zhi in the 86th minute got a chance for a shot 86th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye BK Tåfjutt's goalie prevented a goal. After 88th play minutes Lv Xiao Zhi shot 7-0, a short shot which went by Tam Ponga and just under the crossbar into goal. Tam Ponga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from J.P. Kapar in the 90th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lv Xiao Zhi in the 92nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tam Ponga prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Lv Xiao Zhi got free in front of the goal in the 92nd minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Tam Ponga was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lv Xiao Zhi in the 96th minute of play forced BK Tåfjutt's goalkeeper Tam Ponga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roncourt's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.