U23 World League

SPARTA® Stadium
Spectators: 7541 (Terracing: 5657, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Anthimos Farmakatos started the match with the kick off. A collision led to Zlatan BK getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Jon Kielberg hit a great ball. 6 minutes into the match, GOD OF WAR's goal looked a bit too open when Valentin Salqvist came free, but Nikitas Kontopanos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Valentin Salqvist took the ball and in the 8 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nikitas Kontopanos. Nikitas Kontopanos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 16th minute Kim Njurenius shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikitas Kontopanos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kim Njurenius in the 17th minute of play forced GOD OF WAR's goalkeeper Nikitas Kontopanos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Billy Pihl was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Anthimos Farmakatos showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-2 in the 20 minute of play. 22 minutes into the match, GOD OF WAR's goal looked a bit too open when Kim Njurenius came free, but Nikitas Kontopanos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 23 minutes into the match, Valentin Salqvist notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of GOD OF WAR's Nikitas Kontopanos. Nikitas Kontopanos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Nikitas Kontopanos didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Zlatan BK's Kim Njurenius shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-4 in the ordered_time% minute. After a rather tough play, Zlatan BK's Robin Stolpe got a free kick in the 29th minute. After 32 played minutes GOD OF WAR got a freekick which was hit by Panos Tsiabras. In the 33rd minute of the match Thor Månsson sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Nikitas Kontopanos skillfully saved the ball. Nikitas Kontopanos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gunnar Wester, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Sakis Kamarinopoulos fell near the penalty area in the 35th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored GOD OF WAR's protests and gave Sakis Kamarinopoulos a yellow card for diving instead. Sakis Kamarinopoulos hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. Lars Örtlund sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nikitas Kontopanos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gunnar Wester, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nikitas Kontopanos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentin Salqvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nikitas Kontopanos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentin Salqvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 44 minutes into the game, Fanis Paouris was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. GOD OF WAR's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Zlatan BK the free kick. Nikitas Kontopanos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lars Örtlund, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Nikitas Kontopanos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gunnar Wester, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The GOD OF WAR players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Zlatan BK were winning 1-4.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Kim Njurenius stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Nikitas Kontopanos came out of the goal in the 51st minute to try and stop a shot by Zlatan BK's Valentin Salqvist. But to his dismay, Valentin Salqvist quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-5. 56 minutes into the match, Kim Njurenius had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nikitas Kontopanos. GOD OF WAR's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kim Njurenius was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-6. After 59 minutes of play, Zlatan BK's Kim Njurenius made it 1-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nikitas Kontopanos was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 62 played minutes GOD OF WAR got a freekick which was hit by Sakis Kamarinopoulos. 66 minutes into the match, Valentin Salqvist dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Nikitas Kontopanos, 1-8. The audience was convinced that Tom Andberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nikitas Kontopanos was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. Nikitas Kontopanos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gunnar Wester, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Kim Njurenius kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Nikitas Kontopanos. That made the score 1-9 in the 76 minute of play. After a rather tough play, Zlatan BK's Tom Andberg got a free kick in the 80th minute. Nikitas Kontopanos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lars Örtlund in the 84th minute of play. Nikitas Kontopanos was out of position in the 85 minute of play, and Gunnar Wester capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Gunnar Wester really showed his touch with that goal: 1-10. After 88 played minutes GOD OF WAR got a freekick which was hit by Sakis Kamarinopoulos. Zlatan BK's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.