U23 World League

Karaiskakis Stadium
Spectators: 7779 (Terracing: 5835, Seating: 1789, VIP seats: 155) RoKoCoKo TeaM's Eliseo Bartolome 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. Thiago Messi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paschalis Stavrakos in the 11th minute of play. Andreas Kousoulakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adrian Azubeli in the 14th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Paschalis Stavrakos got free with Thiago Messi in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to RoKoCoKo TeaM getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Abelardo Gamus hit a great ball. After 21 minutes, Manolis Vounatsos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Olympiacos FC and the RoKoCoKo TeaM players grew even worse after the yellow card. Manolis Vounatsos kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Thiago Messi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Panos Ntountas in the 23rd minute of play. In the 24th minute, Adrian Azubeli ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Andreas Kousoulakis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Thiago Messi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paschalis Stavrakos in the 29th minute of play. Andreas Kousoulakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eliseo Bartolome, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Eliseo Bartolome in the 31st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Andreas Kousoulakis saved Olympiacos FC from getting behind. In the 32nd minute Adrian Azubeli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andreas Kousoulakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 33 minutes into the match, Olympiacos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Adrian Azubeli came free, but Andreas Kousoulakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Olympiacos FC's Andreas Kousoulakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eliseo Bartolome in the 40th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrian Azubeli in the 44th minute of play forced Olympiacos FC's goalkeeper Andreas Kousoulakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 46 minutes into the match, RoKoCoKo TeaM's goalkeeper Thiago Messi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Panos Ntountas. In the 48th minute, Adrian Azubeli ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Andreas Kousoulakis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Olympiacos FC's Themos Vranas was substituted for Panos Ntountas.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Themos Vranas to strike the kick off in the second half. After 54 minutes of play Olympiacos FC's Manolis Vounatsos was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Andreas Kousoulakis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eliseo Bartolome in the 56th minute. Thiago Messi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Paschalis Stavrakos went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Olympiacos FC's Andreas Kousoulakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abelardo Gamus in the 61st minute of play. With an all-out effort, RoKoCoKo TeaM's Andreas Kousoulakis threw himself towards the right post 66 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Abelardo Gamus, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Andreas Kousoulakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eliseo Bartolome in the 70th minute of the match. Leandro Valente kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Thiago Messi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paschalis Stavrakos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Paschalis Stavrakos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thiago Messi was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. In the 80th minute, Paschalis Stavrakos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thiago Messi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Giannis Grigorakos, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Themos Vranas kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. In the 92nd minute the ball was on its way in behind RoKoCoKo TeaM's goalkeeper Thiago Messi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. RoKoCoKo TeaM's Thiago Messi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paschalis Stavrakos in the 95th minute of play. Themos Vranas was shown his second yellow card after 96 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 96th minute, Themos Vranas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 98th minute of the match, Apolo Cibran got a very nice opportunity to score, but Andreas Kousoulakis was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. RoKoCoKo TeaM played a much better game than Olympiacos FC and deserved their victory. The Olympiacos FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.