Greece – Haiti 3:1 (end) | Portugal – France 5:2 (end)
final
Portugal
5:2 (4:0, 0:1, 1:1)
France
Wednesday 07.06.2017, 16:30 • Tipsport arena, Pardubice • World Cup (men) • Round of 16
     
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    Yesterday the group stages of the men part of the tournament have ended. Today, the cross-over round starts. Portugal will play France.
     
    Portugal played their last game yesterday against Italy and won 6:1. Matthew David and Ricardo Pires have the most points, David with three goals and one assists, Pires has it the other way around.
    Statistics from the last game:

    Italy – Portugal 1:6

    Goals and assists: 39. Fiore (Verrelli, Pagendam) – 3. Cabral (Camara, Pires), 14. MacBeth (Senra, Camara), 26. Monteiro (Duarte, Cerqueira), 30. David (Pires), 40. Pires (David), 41. Creador

    Portugal: Cruz (Medeiros) – Aragao, Carreira, Cerqueira, B. Creador, C. Creador, R. Leal, Queiroga, Rocha – J. Cabral, P. Cabral, Camara, Carvalho, David, Duarte, Gallant, Goncalves, M. Leal, MacBeth, Monteiro, Pires, Pontes, Senra
     
    France´s last game was interesting, first the opening faceoff got delay for one hour because of the rain in Pardubice and then the match got postoped to 23:30 local time. Haiti on the other side decided to forfeit the match, France won 1:0 because of that.
    Martin Domian has the most points for the French side, he has seven points, three goals and four assists.
     
    Starting lineups:

    Portugal: Medeiros (Cruz) – Aragao, Carreira, Cerqueira, Brian Creador, Chris Creador, Ryan Leal, Queiroga, Rocha, Justin Cabral, Pedro Cabral, Camara, Carvalho, David, Duarte, Gallant, Goncalves, Matthew Leal, MacBeth, Monteiro, Pires, Pontes, Senra

    France: Lion (Laferte) – Ballet, Bornand, Colotti, Dissegna, Dumont, Favarin, Proutat, Abramov, Bacul, Benbekhti, Capet, Domian, Leroux, Martel, Peltier, Slupski, Tanguy, Wallet

    Referees: Kostuba, Sulo.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    00:32
    France got the first attack, Jess Tanguy got the ball on the right, got infront of the net where Medeiros poked it away from his stick.
     
    00:45
    Icing Portugal.
     
    00:58
    Medeiros has his first save of the game after a shot from the left side, which he covered.
     
    01:25
    First attack for Portugal, Jeff Gallant got the ball between the circles, turned around and managed to get a shot off, blocked by the defender.
     
    02:05
    Rocha´s shot from the blue line didn´t hit the target, French defence then cleared the ball only for icing.
     
    02:52
    Tanguy pressed the defender well and forced him to shoot the ball out of play, the game will continue after a faceoff on the right of Medeiros.
     
    02:55
    Favarin shot from the blue line, Medeiros saves with his glove.
     
    03:51
    After a fight for the ball in the corner behind Lion´s net, the French goalkeeper managed to cover the ball next to his goal with his glove.
     
    04:27
    Hard slapshot from the left only hit Lion´s pad.
     
    04:28
    Penalty for France (Norbert Abramov – 2 min., Holding an Opponent).
     
    05:04
    First shot of the Portuguese powerplay from the blue line, Lion saves again.
     
    05:10
    Dominic Martel won the ball in the middle third, got between the circles and shot, didn´t hit the target.
     
    05:48
    Offside Portugal.
     
    06:12
    Another stop by the French defence, this time it was Marc Slupski.
     
    06:42
    Goal for Team Portugal!
    Few seconds after their power play ended, the Portuguese side takes the lead! JUSTIN CABRAL got the ball between the circles and found the space between Lion´s pad! Assisted by Ricardo Pires
    06:42 J. Cabral (POR) - 1:0
     
    07:11
    Goal for Team Portugal!
    29 seconds. That´s how long it took Portugal to get another one! Shot from the right side was saved by Lion, the ball then got infront of the net for ERIC CAMARA to slot it past Lion. Assisted by Nicholas Senra and Chris Cerqueira.
    07:11 Camara (POR) - 2:0
     
    08:12
    Danny Rocha´s shot from the blue line went off Lion´s pads into the stands.
     
    08:42
    Pass by Ricardo Pires in the attacking third only found the leg of one of the French players, but he gave it away instantly.
     
    10:01
    Great pass from the right side found Tony Monteiro infront of the goal, whose shot hit Lion.
     
    10:58
    Goal for Team Portugal!
    It´s three for Portugal. Senra got the ball, went around the net and found his teammate behind the goal. ERIC CAMARA was that teammate and he beat Lion with a shot to the right post. Assisted by Nicholas Senra
    10:58 Camara (POR) - 3:0
     
    11:54
    France wanted to answer, but didn´t succed for now, shot from the blue line blocked by the defender.
     
    12:33
    Penalty for France (Hugo Dissegna – 2 min., Holding an Opponent).
     
    13:02
    Goal for Team Portugal!
    Fourth Portuguese goal, this time in powerplay. Adam Carreira shot from the blue line, ball got deflected by Eric Camara, ball then went through Lion´s legs and after that MATTHEW DAVID found the loose ball and managed to slot it home for Portugal. Assisted by Eric Camara and Adam Carreira.
    13:02 David (POR) - 4:0
     
    14:13
    Penalty for Portugal (Tony Monteiro – 2 min., Tripping).
     
    15:00
    1st period finished.
     
    The first period of this match has come to an end, Portugal is dominating and it could be seen at the result, France is losing 0:4.
     
    Shots on goal after the first period: 13-4
     
    15:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    15:36
    France´s attack ended after Joe Pontes intercepted the pass and cleared the ball to the Portuguese third.
     
    16:01
    Goal for Team France!
    But now France score! Hugo Dissegna started the ball in his own half and passed to Abramov. Abramov found JESS TANGUY on the left side and he beat Medeiros with a shot to the top right corner. Assisted by Hugo Dissegna and Norbert Abramov
    16:01 Tanguy (FRA) - 4:1
     
    17:03
    France on the attack once again, this team MacBeth got the ball next to his goal. Portugal then went on a counterattack, Lion covers the ball with his glove.
     
    18:13
    Jeff Gallant got to the ball between the circles, held it for a while and then got a shot of, ball got deflected of the defender and out of the rink.
     
    18:56
    Cerqueira got to the ball infront of the defender and started Portugal´s attack.
     
    19:22
    Portuguese shot from the blue line hit the barrier behind the goal and went out of play.
     
    20:14
    France´s counter attack was led by Leroux, who squared the ball into the middle for Benbekthi, who didn´t manage to get a shot of.
     
    20:35
    Penalty for France (Gael Benbekhti – 2 min., Tripping).
     
    20:37
    French defence cleared the ball right after the faceoff.
     
    21:07
    Penalty for France (Nicolas Favarin – 2 min., Slashing).
     
    21:21
    Shot by Goncalves from the left only hit the side netting.
     
    22:13
    Goncalves in action again, this time he was passing to the left, only hit the stick of a French defender.
     
    23:01
    Monteiro´s slapshot from the left barrier hit Lion´s pad.
     
    23:49
    Bacul with Abramov didn´t succed with pressing the Portuguese defence in the attacking third.
     
    24:43
    Penalty for Portugal (Dustin MacBeth – 2 min., Interference).
     
    25:02
    Alexandre Leroux won the ball in the goal crease, and found his teammate on the left.
     
    25:43
    Martin Domian´s effort from a tough angle saved by Medeiros.
     
    26:43
    Portugal defence clears the ball behind Lion´s net, Portugal is at full strength.
     
    28:14
    Tritan Dumont (FRA) tripped his opponent and gets two minutes in the penalty box.
     
    29:19
    After a long period of time in the attacking half Chris Cerqueira managed to get a shot away, Lion saves.
    29:19
     
    29:42
    Just Cabral´s wrist shot from the left circle ends up in the French goalie´s glove.
     
    30:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    Middle period has come to and end, Portugal didn´t score a goal, France did once, so the score is 4:1 for Portugal.
     
    30:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    30:05
    Last period has started, Portugal on the ball.
     
    30:43
    Justin Cabral´s first time shot from the left side hit the defender. France then went to attack, they were stopped by the referee´s whistle, offside.
     
    31:22
    Lukas Bacul won the ball in the middle period, got it forward then lost it after Queiroga´s tackle.
     
    32:02
    Penalty for France (Alexandre Capet – 2 min., Holding the stick).
    Penalty for Portugal (Tony Monteiro – 2 min., Slashing).
     
    32:42
    Shot from the blue line by Jess Tanguy went over the bar.
     
    32:57
    Goal for Team Portugal!
    And after that Portugal score. Matthew Leal got to the ball on the right side and sent a great pass to the goal crease, where ERIC CAMARA managed to tap the ball for the fifth Portuguese shot. Assisted by Matthew Leal.
    32:57 Camara (POR) - 5:1
     
    33:41
    Matthew David found Senra on the left, who then sent Luon to the ground, shot to the left, Lion amazingly saves with his pad.
     
    35:15
    French players defended themselves and started the attack. Shot from the blue line saved by Medeiros.
     
    37:01
    Portugal starting the attack from their own goal.
     
    37:13
    Justin Cabral wanted to get around his defender, the ball went too far from his stick and to the French defender right after.
     
    38:29
    Jason Queiroga´s effort from the half way line hit Lion, the ball then went to the stick of a Portuguese player.
     
    39:49
    French defence cleared the ball only as far as Brian Creador, who managed to keep the ball in the offensive zone.
     
    40:25
    Goal for Team France!
    MARTIN DOMIAN got the ball from Hugo Dissegna after Portugal lost it in the attacking third, controlled it and sent it past Medeiros. Assisted by Hugo Dissegna.
    40:25 Domian (FRA) - 5:2
     
    41:14
    Dominic Martel wanted to score another one, didn´t get through his defender.
     
    42:13
    Lion got behind his goal and covered the ball with his glove.
     
    42:50
    Norbert Abramov held the ball for too long and lost it in the attacking third.
     
    44:07
    Portugal with the ball in the attacking third.
     
    44:23
    Lion got the ball in his glove after it deflected from the barrier behind the goal.
     
    Game over.
     
    Game over. Portugal is going to the next round after defeating France and will play Slovakia in the quarter finals.
     
    Best players of the game:
    Marc Slupski (FRA)
    Eric Camara (POR) (18:04:15)
    Commentary by

    David Klier

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 7. J.Cabral (Pires), 8. E.Camara (Cerqueira, Senra), 11. E.Camara (Senra), 14. David (E.Camara, Carreira), 33. E.Camara (M.Leal) – 17. Tanguy (Abramov, Dissegna), 41. Domian (Dissegna)

    Portugal: Medeiros (Cruz) – Aragao, Carreira, Cerqueira, B. Creador, C. Creador, R. Leal, Queiroga, Rocha – J. Cabral, P. Cabral, Camara, Carvalho, David, Duarte, Gallant, Goncalves, M. Leal, MacBeth, Monteiro, Pires, Pontes, Senra
    France: Lion (Laferte) – Ballet, Bornand, Colotti, Dissegna, Dumont, Favarin, Proutat – Abramov, Bacul, Benbekhti, Capet, Domian, Leroux, Martel, Peltier, Slupski, Tanguy, Wallet
    Referees: Kostuba, Sulo