World League

Crypto.com Stadium
Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Konstantinos Tsevas got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute, Arif Çelebi Ergener left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The NovaStella FK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Vakoufi Utd's Andreas Korpetis got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Viktor Häll made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nestoras Soulidis in the 9th minute of play. In the 10th minute of the match Vakoufi Utd got a corner. NovaStella FK's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Mauricio Chago ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 18th minute, Arif Çelebi Ergener got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Andreas Korpetis in the 19thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Viktor Häll, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Viktor Häll made a fantastic save in the 21st minute, when Andreas Korpetis sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Andreas Korpetis got free with Viktor Häll in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Charis Raftopoulos didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when NovaStella FK's Inocencio Lorien shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Charis Raftopoulos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Inocencio Lorien's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. Viktor Häll made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Andreas Korpetis sent off a good shot on target. In the 44th minute NovaStella FK were awarded a corner. Inocencio Lorien went to the cornerflag to take it. Andreas Korpetiss short, quick shot in the 46thth minute got Viktor Häll to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Inocencio Lorien in the 48th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Charis Raftopoulos prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Inocencio Lorien stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Charis Raftopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcu Pantelimon in the 53rd minute of the match. Viktor Häll showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andreas Korpetis, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Inocencio Lorien in the 57th minute of play forced Vakoufi Utd's goalkeeper Charis Raftopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Charis Raftopoulos made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Inocencio Lorien sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Vakoufi Utd getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Cristi Bădescu hit a great ball. Vakoufi Utd made a substitution. Themis Pepper replaced Nestoras Soulidis. Vakoufi Utd's Pablo Boni was substituted for Wu Yi Feng. A collision led to Vakoufi Utd getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Cristi Bădescu hit a great ball. Inocencio Lorien received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Charis Raftopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, NovaStella FK's Reine Lidberg got a free kick in the 79th minute. After recieving a nice pass, Vakoufi Utd's Mauricio Chago tried to score from far away in the 79th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. With a little luck, Vakoufi Utd's Charis Raftopoulos got control of the ball when Inocencio Lorien tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to Vakoufi Utd getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Aykut Berksan hit a great ball. After having played for 89 minutes, Konstantinos Tsevas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Vakoufi Utd's supporters crossed their fingers, but Konstantinos Tsevas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Charis Raftopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arif Çelebi Ergener, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. The supporters of Vakoufi Utd booed when NovaStella FK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pelle Nyman didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 94th minute, Konstantinos Tsevas got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched NovaStella FK eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.