U21 World League

DON CONCETTO PALOMBI
Spectators: 7490 (Terracing: 5618, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Bendito Sea El Fernet's Eustaquio Tiadoro started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Eustaquio Tiadoro during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Bendito Sea El Fernet getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Eustaquio Tiadoro hit a great ball. In the 7th match minute, GREEK ARMY was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marios Dermitzoglou to maneuver through the defense. GREEK ARMY's Themos Batiropoulos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save GREEK ARMY from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stamatis Zindros in the 13th minute of play forced Bendito Sea El Fernet's goalkeeper Tomás Maule to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eustaquio Tiadoro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Themos Batiropoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Baldomiro Guerrero in the 19th minute of the match. In the 20th minute, Cosme Mikelar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Bendito Sea El Fernet getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Angelino Olando hit a great ball. The supporters of Bendito Sea El Fernet booed when GREEK ARMY was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vassilis Lazarakis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice moves Eustaquio Tiadoro could shoot a difficult shot in the 36th minute, which Themos Batiropoulos however easily saved by the left post. After a rather tough play, GREEK ARMY's Nikos Tatsis got a free kick in the 37th minute. Themos Batiropoulos made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Eustaquio Tiadoro sent off a good shot on target. In the 42nd minute the ball was on its way in behind GREEK ARMY's goalkeeper Themos Batiropoulos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Tomás Maule took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vassilis Lazarakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vassilis Lazarakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Tomás Maule tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Themos Batiropoulos made a fantastic save in the 47th minute, when Eustaquio Tiadoro sent off a good shot on target.

The wind increased when Stamatis Zindros made the kick off in the second half. Through an outstanding action, after 51 minutes, Tomás Maule successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Vassilis Lazarakis kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. Tomás Maule didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vassilis Lazarakis went, in the 56th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 59th minute, Stamatis Zindros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mario Tipi during the 60th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 60th match minute, Bendito Sea El Fernet was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mario Tipi to maneuver through the defense. Themos Batiropoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eustaquio Tiadoro in the 64th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Stamatis Zindros during the 67th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 67th minute, Stamatis Zindros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eustaquio Tiadoro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Themos Batiropoulos having to interfere. When Stamatis Zindros came up free with the goalie in the 72nd minute, the GREEK ARMY fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Stamatis Zindros couldn't finish the play. In the 74th minute, Cosme Mikelar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kasper Elssen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tomás Maule having to interfere. In the 85th minute, Eustaquio Tiadoro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Themos Batiropoulos was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Themos Batiropoulos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eustaquio Tiadoro went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. 93 minutes into the match, Marcial Rosio had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Themos Batiropoulos. GREEK ARMY's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marcial Rosio was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. Bendito Sea El Fernet were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of GREEK ARMY for a fine match.