World League

Karaiskakis Stadium
Spectators: 7516 (Terracing: 5638, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nils Eklund got the match started through his kick off. After 5 minutes, Alexis Kotsanakis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Olympiacos FC and the Team Xtra personell players grew even worse after the yellow card. Olympiacos FC's Olívio Correia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Niclas Blom in the 6th minute of play. 11 minutes into the match, Team Xtra personell's goalkeeper Ludwig Fransson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Xosé Lim. 12 minutes into the match, Team Xtra personell's goalkeeper Ludwig Fransson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alexis Kotsanakis. Ludwig Fransson made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Alexis Kotsanakis sent off a good shot on target. Niclas Blom took the ball and in the 16 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Olívio Correia. Olívio Correia 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. Martin Ekström hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. Themos Proedropoulos's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Ludwig Fransson firmly grabbed it by the left post. With an all-out effort, Olympiacos FC's Ludwig Fransson threw himself towards the right post 30 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Christos Romanakoglou, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Ludwig Fransson made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Themos Proedropoulos sent off a good shot on target. Ludwig Fransson was a little too slow when Themos Proedropoulos got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 36th minute. The score was now 1-1. Ludwig Fransson made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Themos Proedropoulos sent off a good shot on target. In the 48th minute Themos Proedropoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ludwig Fransson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

Themos Proedropoulos scored 2-1 in the 52nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ludwig Fransson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Olympiacos FC made a substitution. Lakis Xanthis replaced Vaggelis Tassakos. Ludwig Fransson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Themos Proedropoulos in the 70th minute of play. When Rasmus Olsmann fell near the penalty area in the 71st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Team Xtra personell's protests and gave Rasmus Olsmann a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Team Xtra personell getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Rasmus Olsmann hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Themos Proedropoulos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ludwig Fransson was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Themos Proedropoulos in the 74th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ludwig Fransson prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 77 minutes of play, Olympiacos FC's Themos Proedropoulos made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ludwig Fransson was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 79th minute, Rasmus Olsmann hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Themos Proedropoulos in the 80th minute of play forced Team Xtra personell's goalkeeper Ludwig Fransson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Themos Proedropoulos scored 4-1 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ludwig Fransson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Themos Proedropoulos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ludwig Fransson having to interfere. A collision led to Team Xtra personell getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Rasmus Olsmann hit a great ball. Team Xtra personell's Ludwig Fransson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Themos Proedropoulos in the 91st minute of play. When Themos Proedropoulos came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the Olympiacos FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Themos Proedropoulos couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in Team Xtra personell's zone, Alexis Kotsanakis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ludwig Fransson came out of the goal and Alexis Kotsanakis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Olympiacos FC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.