World League

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Spectators: 10850 (Terracing: 8139, Seating: 2495, VIP seats: 216) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Demis Stoltidis took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes into the match, Östen Högman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Thibaut Courtois. Tabachana F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Östen Högman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Thibaut Courtois showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Barbosa in the 7th minute of the match. 9 minutes into the match, Tabachana F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Sebastian Käller came free, but Thibaut Courtois reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vincent Kellbom in the 15th minute of play forced Tabachana F.C.'s goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thibaut Courtois made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vincent Kellbom in the 16th minute of play. Thibaut Courtois didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sebastian Käller went, in the 17th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. In the 20th minute Östen Högman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thibaut Courtois saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Tabachana F.C. getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Stathis Kaligoulas hit a great ball. Thibaut Courtois made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastian Käller in the 23rd minute of play. In the 24th minute Östen Högman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thibaut Courtois saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 25 minutes into the match, Tabachana F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Vincent Kellbom came free, but Thibaut Courtois reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thibaut Courtois came out of the goal in the 27th minute to try and stop a shot by Kind of Blue's Vincent Kellbom. But to his dismay, Vincent Kellbom quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. Thibaut Courtois took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vincent Kellbom, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 33rd minute Sebastian Käller shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thibaut Courtois saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 35 minutes, Michalis Kalamaridis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tabachana F.C. and the Kind of Blue players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Kind of Blue booed when Tabachana F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Michalis Kalamaridis didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 37th minute the ball was on its way in behind Tabachana F.C.'s goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Demis Stoltidis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Wilhelm Galle tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thibaut Courtois showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Östen Högman, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Thibaut Courtois took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sebastian Käller, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 45 minutes into the match, Tabachana F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Vincent Kellbom came free, but Thibaut Courtois reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Östen Högman advanced and headed the ball into goal, 0-5 in the 49th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Vincent Kellbom to make the kick off. When Fanis Eleftheropoulos came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the Tabachana F.C. 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 Fanis Eleftheropoulos couldn't finish the play. 58 minutes into the match, Tabachana F.C.'s goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Östen Högman. Thibaut Courtois made an important save on a dangerous shot by Östen Högman in the 62nd minute. Wilhelm Galle showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Panos Pachopoulos in the 64th minute of the match. When Vassilis Tournas fell near the penalty area in the 64th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tabachana F.C.'s protests and gave Vassilis Tournas a yellow card for diving instead. After 64 played minutes Tabachana F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Vassilis Tournas. 66 minutes into the match, Tabachana F.C.'s goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Östen Högman. In the 66th match minute, Tabachana F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Panos Pachopoulos to maneuver through the defense. After 68 minutes of play, Kind of Blue's Östen Högman made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Thibaut Courtois was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 71st minute, Vincent Kellbom 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. Kind of Blue's Kjell Tingberg was substituted for Sebastian Käller. Kind of Blue's Zhuo Ke Le was substituted for Östen Högman. Joel Barbosa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thibaut Courtois made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Anastasios Pallini sent off a good shot on target. Tabachana F.C.'s Thibaut Courtois played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anastasios Pallini in the 78th minute of play. Thibaut Courtois made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kjell Tingberg in the 79th minute of play. Tabachana F.C.'s Thibaut Courtois played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anastasios Pallini in the 81st minute of play. 82 minutes into the match, Tabachana F.C.'s goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Anastasios Pallini. Tabachana F.C.'s Thibaut Courtois proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save Tabachana F.C. from getting a goal against them. When the match had gone on for 87 minutes, Anastasios Pallini took a quick shot and it went in 0-7 without a chance for Thibaut Courtois to make any attempt to save it. 91 minutes into the game, one of Tabachana F.C.:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Kind of Blue a penalty, 92 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Håkan Mild, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Tabachana F.C.'s Thibaut Courtois. 0-8. 96 minutes into the match, Tabachana F.C.'s goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zhuo Ke Le. Zhuo Ke Le came free with the goalkeeper in the 97th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Thibaut Courtois could save by the left post. The corner led to Kind of Blue's Anastasios Pallini getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Kind of Blue's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.