National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 15921 (Terracing: 10000, Seating: 5448, VIP seats: 473) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Erli Haaland took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Vassilis Kopsokefalos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of U21 Greece booed when U21 Dominican Republic was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Natanael Gasol didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lesli Sepúlveda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erli Haaland in the 13th minute of the match. 17 minutes into the match, Erli Haaland had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lesli Sepúlveda. U21 Dominican Republic's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Erli Haaland was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After a rather tough play, U21 Dominican Republic's Leonardo Gil got a free kick in the 21st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erli Haaland in the 23rd minute of play forced U21 Dominican Republic's goalkeeper Lesli Sepúlveda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 26 minutes into the match, U21 Dominican Republic's goal looked a bit too open when Ilias Charidis came free, but Lesli Sepúlveda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lesli Sepúlveda stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Argyris Tsaousidis's shot from short distance in the 41st minute. 46 minutes into the match, Argyris Tsaousidis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lesli Sepúlveda. U21 Dominican Republic's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Argyris Tsaousidis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. The U21 Dominican Republic players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. U21 Greece were winning 0-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alejo Veliz to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Alejo Veliz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stergios Samartzis was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. U21 Dominican Republic's Manolo Portillo quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Stathis Giannopoulos, made in the 54th minute of the game. U21 Dominican Republic's Lesli Sepúlveda proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Dominican Republic from getting a goal against them. Alejo Veliz's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Stergios Samartzis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 59th minute of play. 63 minutes into the match, Erli Haaland had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lesli Sepúlveda. U21 Dominican Republic's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Erli Haaland was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. In the 69th minute Leonardo Gil shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stergios Samartzis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 73 minutes, Dimitris Peravrechidis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U21 Greece's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dimitris Peravrechidis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. U21 Dominican Republic made a substitution. Federico Cuenca replaced Alejo Veliz. Lesli Sepúlveda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erli Haaland, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. A sloppy throw-in by Manolo Portillo in the 80th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by U21 Greece's Vassilis Kopsokefalos. U21 Dominican Republic's Lesli Sepúlveda proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save U21 Dominican Republic from getting a goal against them. In the 86th minute of the match, Dimitris Peravrechidis got a very nice opportunity to score, but Lesli Sepúlveda was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After 86 played minutes U21 Dominican Republic got a freekick which was hit by Junior Rentería. U21 Dominican Republic's Maximiliano Lovera was substituted for Washington Camacho. In the 87th minute, Junior Rentería hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dimitris Peravrechidis's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Lesli Sepúlveda read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 92nd minute of play. U21 Greece were awarded a corner in the 94th minute after U21 Dominican Republic's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Argyris Tsaousidis took the corner. A well-hit corner resulted in Sokratis Tsardikos heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely.