U21 World League

Fortaleza Bichera
Spectators: 7655 (Terracing: 5743, Seating: 1760, VIP seats: 152) Aris Voutsas started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. La Bichineta's Silvio Totakoxe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vassilis Banasidis in the 3rd minute of play. In the 7th minute, Aris Voutsas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Silvio Totakoxe was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Silvio Totakoxe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aris Voutsas, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Bruno Bastian received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Makis Tselementes came out and tried to block the shot, but Bruno Bastian slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 21st minute. Makis Tselementes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Octavio Phelipe in the 27th minute of the match. After 28 minutes ΠΑΟΚ FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Esteban Guter who took care of the corner kick. In the 29th match minute, ΠΑΟΚ FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christos Banasas to maneuver through the defense. In the 31st minute, Basilio Cugat reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Makis Tselementes. The goal made the score 2-3. If Aris Voutsas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd rose to their feet as Basilio Cugat kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Makis Tselementes. That made the score 3-3 in the 38 minute of play. Octavio Phelipe fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Makis Tselementes having to interfere. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Octavio Phelipe made a kick off. When Christos Banasas came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the ΠΑΟΚ 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 Christos Banasas couldn't finish the play. Silvio Totakoxe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aris Voutsas, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Bruno Bastian kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. La Bichineta's Silvio Totakoxe proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save La Bichineta from getting a goal against them. Luciano Paez took the ball and in the 66 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Makis Tselementes. Makis Tselementes dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-3. Makis Tselementes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Bastian in the 74th minute of play. When Petros Kounadopoulos fell near the penalty area in the 76th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ΠΑΟΚ FC's protests and gave Petros Kounadopoulos a yellow card for diving instead. Petros Kounadopoulos hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Raimundo Lon's late challenge caught a ΠΑΟΚ FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Raimundo Lon helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to La Bichineta getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Raimundo Lon hit a great ball. In the 84th minute of the match La Bichineta got a corner. ΠΑΟΚ FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Esteban Guter ran over to the corner to take the kick. La Bichineta's Esteban Guter was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Makis Tselementes in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Silvio Totakoxe was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Aris Voutsas showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 4-5 in the 87 minute of play. 92 minutes into the match, Octavio Phelipe had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Makis Tselementes. ΠΑΟΚ FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Octavio Phelipe was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-5. Makis Tselementes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Octavio Phelipe, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.