World League

Babbis Chatzios DPLD
Spectators: 7737 (Terracing: 5804, Seating: 1779, VIP seats: 154) 3 minutes into the match, Mean Machine's goal looked a bit too open when Mohamad Salah came free, but Menios Chloros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Stanislav Búlgarov in the 4th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Menios Chloros saved Mean Machine from getting behind. In the 4thth minute of the game Stanislav Búlgarov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mean Machine's Menios Chloros was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 19th minute, Barnaba Gozdowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Menios Chloros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stanislav Búlgarov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 23 played minutes Mean Machine got a freekick which was hit by Nikos Stasinos. In the 24th minute, Ronaldinho Gaúcho 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. Slavey Dochevski made a fantastic save in the 28th minute, when Carles Pujol sent off a good shot on target. Slavey Dochevski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carles Pujol in the 31st minute of play. 32 minutes into the game, Mean Machine's Nedim Emekli nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Slavey Dochevski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. After a rather tough play, Mean Machine's Lakis Mantarinakis got a free kick in the 41st minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nedim Emekli was the one to do the kick off. Slavey Dochevski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nedim Emekli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Carles Pujol received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Slavey Dochevski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 57 minutes into the match, Blue avalanche's goal looked a bit too open when Carles Pujol came free, but Slavey Dochevski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nedim Emekli scored 3-0 in the 66th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Slavey Dochevski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Mean Machine made a substitution. Nikos Kioupouroglou replaced Miltos Makris. Menios Chloros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mohamad Salah, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Slavey Dochevski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carles Pujol, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Nedim Emekli hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. After 78 played minutes Blue avalanche got a freekick which was hit by Omurtag Púrvulov. Seymour Coffman made in the 81st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Mean Machine's Luca Milivojević. A collision led to Blue avalanche getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Delyan Partinov hit a great ball. Blue avalanche's Slavey Dochevski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nedim Emekli in the 83rd minute of play. After 85 minutes Blue avalanche's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Nikos Stasinos who took care of the corner kick. Seymour Coffman made in the 87th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Mohamad Salah immediately put the ball in play. After some careless play in the Blue avalanche defense, Nedim Emekli kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Slavey Dochevski. The Blue avalanche fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Slavey Dochevski should have stopped the shot. When the referee ended the match the Mean Machine players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.