U23 World League

Lipochσrion Stadium
Spectators: 7789 (Terracing: 5843, Seating: 1791, VIP seats: 155) 3 minutes into the game, Vrasidas Kyrgiakos was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Lipochσrion FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ozanköy u21 the free kick. After 4 played minutes Lipochσrion FC got a freekick which was hit by Vrasidas Kyrgiakos. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ren Xi Chen in the 4th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Panagiotis Kissas saved Lipochσrion FC from getting behind. When Ozanköy u21's Ren Xi Chen in the 9th minute got a chance for a shot 9th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Lipochσrion FC's goalie prevented a goal. Seyhan Atlıhan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Panagiotis Lallos in the 10th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Lipochσrion FC's Panagiotis Lallos slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Seyhan Atlıhan. That made the score 1-0 after 12 minutes of play. Charilaos Pipinakis made in the 17th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Vrasidas Kyrgiakos however managed to control. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Landro in the 25th minute of play forced Lipochσrion FC's goalkeeper Panagiotis Kissas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 25 minutes into the match, Lipochσrion FC's goal looked a bit too open when Martin Landro came free, but Panagiotis Kissas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Seyhan Atlıhan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Panagiotis Lallos, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. 28 minutes into the game, one of Lipochσrion FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Panagiotis Kissas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Anders Eriksson went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Panagiotis Kissas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ren Xi Chen in the 33rd minute of the match. Ozanköy u21's Seyhan Atlıhan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 36th minute of the match, managed to save Ozanköy u21 from getting a goal against them. Ren Xi Chen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Panagiotis Kissas having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dhori Zhobro to make the kick off. A throw-in in the 52nd minute of the game was made by Anders Eriksson with Özdemir Kutluay as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After 56 played minutes Ozanköy u21 got a freekick which was hit by Diego Lugano. The throw-in from Charilaos Pipinakis in the 59th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Ozanköy u21's Martin Landro. 64 minutes into the match, Lipochσrion FC's Dhori Zhobro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Seyhan Atlıhan narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Charilaos Pipinakis hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. In the 73rd minute, Dhori Zhobro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lipochσrion FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Charilaos Pipinakis hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. 79 minutes into the game, one of Lipochσrion FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Anders Eriksson scored 2-2 in the 80th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Panagiotis Kissas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Ren Xi Chen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ren Xi Chen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Panagiotis Kissas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Lipochσrion FC's Panagiotis Kissas got control of the ball when Ren Xi Chen tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Lipochσrion FC's Charilaos Pipinakis got a free kick in the 90th minute.