U21 World League

Castro Del Corfu
Spectators: 7652 (Terracing: 5741, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) José Maria Teixeira made the kick off and thus started the match. Joel Bueno made an important save on a dangerous shot by Giorgos Maragozis in the 3rd minute. 7 minutes into the match, Red Dragon FC - DMZ's goalkeeper Joel Bueno had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Giorgos Maragozis. The crowd rose to their feet as Marinos Katsiaros kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Joel Bueno. That made the score 1-0 in the 11 minute of play. After 18 minutes, José Maria Teixeira mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Red Dragon FC - DMZ and the Kerkyra FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 18 played minutes Red Dragon FC - DMZ got a freekick which was hit by José Maria Teixeira. Leonidas Eleftherakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emílio Ceresso, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. 28 minutes into the match, Emílio Ceresso had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Leonidas Eleftherakis. Kerkyra FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Emílio Ceresso was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Leonidas Eleftherakis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Emílio Ceresso went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. In the 36th minute Marinos Katsiaros shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joel Bueno saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 38 minutes into the match, Red Dragon FC - DMZ's goalkeeper Joel Bueno had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marinos Katsiaros. If Stathis Livathinos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 45th minute Emílio Ceresso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonidas Eleftherakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Stathis Livathinos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Emílio Ceresso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonidas Eleftherakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Emílio Ceresso received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Leonidas Eleftherakis came out and tried to block the shot, but Emílio Ceresso slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 53rd minute. After a defensive mix-up in Kerkyra FC's zone, Emílio Ceresso stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Leonidas Eleftherakis came out of the goal and Emílio Ceresso tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giorgos Maragozis in the 62nd minute of play forced Red Dragon FC - DMZ's goalkeeper Joel Bueno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emílio Ceresso hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Joel Bueno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stathis Livathinos in the 67th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when José Maria Teixeira got free with Leonidas Eleftherakis in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 77 minutes into the game, Anastasios Kazatzidis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Kerkyra FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Red Dragon FC - DMZ the free kick. In the 77th match minute, Kerkyra FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anastasios Kazatzidis to maneuver through the defense. Joel Bueno showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paraskevas Labrakoglou, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Red Dragon FC - DMZ's Joel Bueno played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paraskevas Labrakoglou in the 90th minute of play. Red Dragon FC - DMZ's Joel Bueno played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marinos Katsiaros in the 92nd minute of play. Leonidas Eleftherakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emílio Ceresso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.