U21 World League

Apollon Stadium
Spectators: 7463 (Terracing: 5598, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Roy Mattsson made the kick off which started today's match. Tolis Mantouvalos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roy Mattsson in the 3rd minute of the match. After 3 played minutes Toutourouki f.c. got a freekick which was hit by Demis Thanos. The audience was convinced that Roy Mattsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tolis Mantouvalos was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. 7 minutes into the match, Toutourouki f.c.'s goal looked a bit too open when Per-Åke Sjöberg came free, but Tolis Mantouvalos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 9 played minutes Saint Glenn Gothenburg got a freekick which was hit by Jack Kruuse. 16 minutes into the game, one of Saint Glenn Gothenburg:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The goalkeeper, Aron Åkerström, was totally fooled by Toutourouki f.c.'s Stefanos Periou, who 18 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Tolis Mantouvalos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jack Kruuse, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 26 minutes into the game, Christos Tsirimonakis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Aron Åkerström was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Roy Mattsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tolis Mantouvalos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roy Mattsson in the 29th minute of the match. Aron Åkerström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christos Tsirimonakis in the 32nd minute of play. 33 minutes into the match, Per-Åke Sjöberg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tolis Mantouvalos. Toutourouki f.c.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Per-Åke Sjöberg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Tolis Mantouvalos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roy Mattsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tolis Mantouvalos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roy Mattsson in the 39th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roy Mattsson in the 41st minute of play forced Toutourouki f.c.'s goalkeeper Tolis Mantouvalos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 42 minutes, Iraklis Moustakas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Toutourouki f.c. and the Saint Glenn Gothenburg players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 42nd minute, Iraklis Moustakas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 44th minute of the match Jonathan Termander sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tolis Mantouvalos skillfully saved the ball. Tolis Mantouvalos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jack Kruuse in the 48th minute of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Christos Tsirimonakis made a kick off. In the 56th minute, Jan-Olof Stålman reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Tolis Mantouvalos. The goal made the score 2-2. When Toutourouki f.c.'s Christos Tsirimonakis in the 61st minute got a chance for a shot 61st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Saint Glenn Gothenburg's goalie prevented a goal. Aron Åkerström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christos Tsirimonakis in the 63rd minute of play. A collision led to Saint Glenn Gothenburg getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Per-Åke Sjöberg hit a great ball. Tolis Mantouvalos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jack Kruuse, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tolis Mantouvalos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jack Kruuse in the 74th minute of the match. Aron Åkerström stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stefanos Periou's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. Saint Glenn Gothenburg's Aron Åkerström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christos Tsirimonakis in the 79th minute of play. 80 minutes into the match, Toutourouki f.c.'s goalkeeper Tolis Mantouvalos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jack Kruuse. In the 82nd minute Vrasidas Liouras shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aron Åkerström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 83 minutes into the match, Saint Glenn Gothenburg's goal looked a bit too open when Christos Tsirimonakis came free, but Aron Åkerström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 86 minutes into the game, Stefanos Periou cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-2. Aron Åkerström was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Tolis Mantouvalos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Per-Åke Sjöberg in the 92nd minute. After 93 minutes, Stefanos Periou mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Toutourouki f.c. and the Saint Glenn Gothenburg players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Toutourouki f.c. getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Stefanos Periou hit a great ball. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Toutourouki f.c. fans cheered their team off the field, for while Saint Glenn Gothenburg had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.