World League

Arena Prezulo
Spectators: 10814 (Terracing: 8111, Seating: 2487, VIP seats: 216) Demis Stoltidis started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After some fancy dribbling in the 7th minute, Marquinhos Santos managed to get in a good position for a shot. PREZULO FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Marquinhos Santos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Thibaut Courtois breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 11th minute, PREZULO FC's Marquinhos Santos ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Thibaut Courtois. Thibaut Courtois yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Marquinhos Santos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thibaut Courtois having to interfere. Jarbas Quadros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Panos Pachopoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jarbas Quadros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Panos Pachopoulos in the 18th minute of play. Paschalis Atmatzidis made in the 19th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Stergios Siontis. Marquinhos Santos blasted a shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Thibaut Courtois having to make a save. In the 23rd minute, Fanis Eleftheropoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thibaut Courtois made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marquinhos Santos in the 27th minute. In the 29th minute, one of Tabachana F.C.:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Tabachana F.C.. Jarbas Quadros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Panos Pachopoulos in the 32nd minute of the match. In the 33rd match minute, Tabachana F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paschalis Atmatzidis to maneuver through the defense. Thibaut Courtois made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marquinhos Santos in the 35th minute of play. Thibaut Courtois made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marquinhos Santos in the 38th minute of play. Marquinhos Santos succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-0 in the 43rd playminute. 47 minutes into the match, PREZULO FC's Jonathan Otto sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Thibaut Courtois narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Marquinhos Santos to strike the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Tabachana F.C. getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Stathis Kaligoulas hit a great ball. In the 53rd minute of the match Shi Xi Zhen sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Thibaut Courtois skillfully saved the ball. In the 54th minute, Marquinhos Santos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The PREZULO FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. 58 minutes into the game, PREZULO FC's Marquinhos Santos nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Thibaut Courtois made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Jonathan Otto managed to get in a good position for a shot. PREZULO FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Jonathan Otto was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Thibaut Courtois breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. PREZULO FC's Isaac Ferreira was substituted for Santiago Eriksen. PREZULO FC made a substitution. Betão de Brito replaced Jonathan Otto. Fanis Eleftheropoulos hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Thibaut Courtois showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Isaac Ferreira, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Thibaut Courtois showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Betão de Brito, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. After some careless play in the Tabachana F.C. defense, Isaac Ferreira kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Thibaut Courtois. The Tabachana F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Thibaut Courtois should have stopped the shot. Thibaut Courtois showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Isaac Ferreira, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. 78 minutes had been played when some careless play by Tabachana F.C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Shi Xi Zhen was slow to take the kick. During this time PREZULO FC's players had a chance to rest. PREZULO FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Shi Xi Zhen in the 79th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Isaac Ferreira in the 81st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Thibaut Courtois saved Tabachana F.C. from getting behind. Thibaut Courtois took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marquinhos Santos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thibaut Courtois made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marquinhos Santos in the 86th minute of play. 91 minutes into the game, Stergios Siontis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Tabachana F.C.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave PREZULO FC the free kick. After 91 played minutes Tabachana F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Stergios Siontis. In the 94th minute, Betão de Brito left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The PREZULO FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. PREZULO FC fully deserved thier win.