U23 World League

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Spectators: 7441 (Terracing: 5582, Seating: 1711, VIP seats: 148) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cícero de Andrade kicked off to start the match. Luís Paulo Paraense took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sotos Sissovitis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cícero de Andrade fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kyriakos Lilis having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 14th minute, Cícero de Andrade managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pato City's supporters rose to their feet, but Cícero de Andrade was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kyriakos Lilis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 19th match minute, O.T.E was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Trifon Paliouras to maneuver through the defense. With his leg Luís Paulo Paraense managed to avoid a goal in the 22ndth minute, when O.T.E's Sotos Sissovitis fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 27 minutes into the game, Kostas Georgiou cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Luís Paulo Paraense was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Kostas Georgiou during the 41st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Kostas Georgiou kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Sotos Sissovitis was the one to do the kick off. After 53 minutes of play O.T.E's Kostas Georgiou 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. After a rather tough play, O.T.E's Kostas Georgiou got a free kick in the 54th minute. Omiros Paspalakis kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. Breno Lopez hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. In the 73rd minute, Sotos Sissovitis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 75th minute, Cícero de Andrade left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pato City fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. In the 78th match minute, O.T.E was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sotos Sissovitis to maneuver through the defense. Omiros Paspalakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.