World League

Agia Sofia
Spectators: 7687 (Terracing: 5766, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 153) Jerónimo Furtado made the kick off and thus started the match. Jelte Bleiswijk could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Edwin van der Sar made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jelte Bleiswijk got free with Edwin van der Sar in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. União Sport Clube Paredes's Edwin van der Sar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Donzel Goyeneta in the 14th minute of play. 16 minutes into the match, Dabi Saens notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of AEK S.C's Thanasis Koltsidas. Thanasis Koltsidas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 20 minutes into the match, Jerónimo Furtado had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Thanasis Koltsidas. AEK S.C's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jerónimo Furtado was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Alexandre Santana made in the 23rd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Dabi Saens immediately put the ball in play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jakub Szczepanowski in the 24th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Thanasis Koltsidas saved AEK S.C from getting behind. AEK S.C's Thanasis Koltsidas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jerónimo Furtado in the 26th minute of play. Thanasis Koltsidas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dabi Saens in the 33rd minute of the match. Thanasis Koltsidas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dabi Saens in the 36th minute of play. Kevin Carreira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edwin van der Sar having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jelte Bleiswijk got free with Edwin van der Sar in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Kevin Carreira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Edwin van der Sar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

AEK S.C's Thanasis Koltsidas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dabi Saens in the 52nd minute of play. In the 58th minute AEK S.C were awarded a corner. Kevin Carreira went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Kevin Carreira got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Edwin van der Sar quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 59 minutes into the match, União Sport Clube Paredes's goal looked a bit too open when João Francisco de Andrade came free, but Edwin van der Sar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 63 minutes into the match, AEK S.C's goal looked a bit too open when Jerónimo Furtado came free, but Thanasis Koltsidas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, AEK S.C's Thanasis Koltsidas got control of the ball when Alexandre Santana tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 68th minute, Kevin Carreira got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. AEK S.C made a substitution. Thalis Krommidas replaced Donzel Goyeneta. Alexandre Santana could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 79th minute of the match, but Thanasis Koltsidas made a huge save. Thalis Krommidas blasted a shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Edwin van der Sar having to make a save. Jerónimo Furtado could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Thanasis Koltsidas made a huge save. Thalis Krommidas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. AEK S.C made a substitution. Thomas Papatrechas replaced Sakis Tavlaridis. 88 minutes into the match, AEK S.C's Kevin Carreira sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Edwin van der Sar narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 90 minutes into the game, Lourenço Gomes was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. União Sport Clube Paredes's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave AEK S.C the free kick. Lourenço Gomes hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. AEK S.C's Thalis Krommidas couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 91st minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for União Sport Clube Paredes. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jelte Bleiswijk in the 93rd minute of play forced União Sport Clube Paredes's goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Kevin Carreira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The União Sport Clube Paredes players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.