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Match Review BEL - FRA 5-4

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BEL V FRA HighlightsPosted July 1, 2015

A blistering tempo and athletic heroics were the signature characteristics of this quarter final encounter between two European rivals, fourth-ranked Belgium and 18th-ranked France.

Despite moments of Gallic magic, it was the experience and consistency of the Belgium team that paid out in the end, as they ran out 5-4 winners. The entertaining match did not reflect the 14 place difference between the teams.

The first half seemed to indicate a runaway victory for the Red Lions, as first Florent van Aubel and then a fabulous shoulder-high deflection by Sebastien Dockier gave Belgium a 2-0 lead with just a few minutes of the half remaining.

The French response was sparked by a family affair as Tom Genestet saved a ferocious shot off the line and the rebound eventually found its way to his brother Martin Genestet who slammed it past Vincent Vanasch into the Belgium goal.

In reply, Belgium's immediate counter-attack – led by Loick Luypaert – forced a penalty corner, but Martin Zylbermann was equal to the challenge. Again a quick counter saw a diving Jean-Laurent Kieffer get his stick on the end of a French cross to send the teams into half-time all equal at 2-2.

Belgium took the game by the scruff of the neck in the early part of the second half, and Emmanuel Stockbroekx sent the host team back into the lead with a fine solo effort and then John-John Dohmen made it 4-2, a crafty poacher's goal at the far post following a penalty corner.

Again, a French revival threatened to rock the Red Lions as Aristide Coisne brought the score back to 4-3 with a superbly taken shot from the right-hand side of the circle.

Tom Boon re-established a two-goal cushion as he wriggled and weaved his way through the French defence before slotting the ball under Zylbermann. A video referral ruled the goal legitimate.

Still France were not out of it. Martin Genestet scored his second after sloppy defence by the Belgiums allowed the ball to bounce invitingly for the Frenchman. He snapped up the chance and the last five minutes were fraught with tension, as France sought the equaliser and Belgium's defence showed some signs of cracking under the pressure.

A final penalty corner to France had the large Belgium contingent's hearts in their mouths, but Victor Charlet's rasping shot went wide and Belgium left the field 5-4 winners, with a semi-final date with India to look forward to on Friday.

Martin Genestet, who scored two goals for France, including one with help from both his brothers, said: "Today I am thinking about the disappointment of the team, not my two goals. Now I will help keep the younger players focused for our next game against Malaysia. But we must take heart, we played very well today."

Captain of Belgium and one of the goal scorers, John-John Dohmen said: "We are so excited to have won in front of our home crowd. But they (France) made it difficult for us. They came back again and again. It was tough mentally."

Goals

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
BEL	1	8	van AUBEL Florent	PC	1 - 0
BEL	15	9	DOCKIER Sébastien	FG	2 - 0
FRA	26	22	GENESTET Martin	FG	2 - 1
FRA	30	5	KIEFFER Jean-Laurent	FG	2 - 2
BEL	33	15	STOCKBROEKX Emmanuel	FG	3 - 2
BEL	42	7	DOHMEN John-John	PC	4 - 2
FRA	45	24	COISNE Aristide	FG	4 - 3
BEL	46	27	BOON Tom	FG	5 - 3
FRA	54	22	GENESTET Martin	FG	5 - 4

Cards

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Type
FRA	24	8	MARTIN BRISAC Simon	G
BEL	30	19	DENAYER Felix	G
FRA	42	19	SCHEEFER Francois	G
BEL	56	11	KEUSTERS Amaury	Y
BEL	60	9	DOCKIER Sébastien	Y

BEL

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green	Yellow
Bench	3	GUCASSOFF Jeremy
X	4	van DOREN Arthur
Bench	6	THIERY Dorian
X	7	DOHMEN John-John	1
X	8	van AUBEL Florent	1
X	9	DOCKIER Sébastien	1		1
4	11	KEUSTERS Amaury			1
6	12	BOCCARD Gauthier
X	15	STOCKBROEKX Emmanuel	1
5	17	BRIELS Thomas
X	19	DENAYER Felix		1
X	21	VANASCH Vincent
X	22	GOUGNARD Simon
X	25	LUYPAERT Loïck
X	27	BOON Tom	1
4	28	TRUYENS Jérôme
X	29	van STRYDONCK Elliot
5	32	COSYNS Tanguy
		Team Manager	PIRENNE Eric
		Head Coach	DELMEE Jeroen
		Stand-In Manager	BEUNEN Mick
		Physiotherapist	MERTENS Tom
		Medical Doctor	van DONINCK Yves
		Assistant Coach	GOLDBERG Philippe

FRA

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green
X	4	PETERS-DEUTZ Cristoforo
5	5	KIEFFER Jean-Laurent	1
X	6	GENESTET Tom
6	7	GENESTET Hugo
X	8	MARTIN BRISAC Simon		1
7	9	SANCHEZ Olivier
X	11	MASSON Charles
5	14	BAUMGARTEN Gaspard
X	15	DERONT Guillaume
5	16	GOYET François
X	18	FORGUES Jean-Baptiste
6	19	SCHEEFER Francois		1
X	20	CHARLET Victor
X	22	GENESTET Martin	2
X	24	COISNE Aristide	1
X	25	LYON Romain
Bench	29	SAUNIER Corentin
X	31	ZYLBERMANN Martin
		Team Manager	FRANCOIS Antoine
		Head Coach	FOULARD Gael
		Assistant Coach	REYNAUD Bertrand
		Stand-In Manager	HOEBEN Gerold
		Medical Doctor	POPINEAU Christophe
		Physiotherapist	LE BRIS Sebastien

DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified

Match Officials

Role	Official
Umpire 1	STAGNO Nathan
Umpire 2	LIZANA Eduardo
Reserve Umpire	PULLMAN Tim
Video Umpire	SIMMONDS Gary
Judge 1	WARRIS Rogier
Judge 2	McKAY Iain
Technical Officer	DECKENBROCK Christian

Pool A

Pool B

Pool A

Pool B

BEL V FRA ( QF 4 ) Hockey World League Semi-Final Antwerp 2015