U21 World League

Estadio Antonio Rios
Spectators: 7448 (Terracing: 5587, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) 4 minutes into the match, Gloria Verdinegra AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Panagiotis Stravocheris came free, but Generoso Sasoin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gloria Verdinegra AFC's Generoso Sasoin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diogenis Priovolos in the 5th minute of play. 10 minutes into the match, Gloria Verdinegra AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Diogenis Priovolos came free, but Generoso Sasoin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Diogenis Priovolos in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Generoso Sasoin saved Gloria Verdinegra AFC from getting behind. When Juan Azibar fell near the penalty area in the 15th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Gloria Verdinegra AFC's protests and gave Juan Azibar a yellow card for diving instead. In the 15th minute, Juan Azibar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Gloria Verdinegra AFC defense, Diogenis Priovolos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Generoso Sasoin. The Gloria Verdinegra AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Generoso Sasoin should have stopped the shot. Gloria Verdinegra AFC's Generoso Sasoin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diogenis Priovolos in the 23rd minute of play. Vassilis Banasidis hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. ΠΑΟΚ FC's Makis Tselementes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Horacio Iztal in the 28th minute of play. Gloria Verdinegra AFC's Generoso Sasoin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diogenis Priovolos in the 30th minute of play. Generoso Sasoin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diogenis Priovolos in the 32nd minute of the match. Generoso Sasoin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diogenis Priovolos in the 34th minute of play. 35 minutes into the game, Horacio Iztal was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Gloria Verdinegra AFC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ΠΑΟΚ FC the free kick. In the 37th minute of the game Angelino Xabel made a throw-in which Valentin Pacho played forward. Diogenis Priovolos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Generoso Sasoin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 42 minutes of play, ΠΑΟΚ FC's Vassilis Banasidis made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Generoso Sasoin was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Leonardo Pepillo to strike the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Gloria Verdinegra AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Vassilis Banasidis came free, but Generoso Sasoin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 57 played minutes Gloria Verdinegra AFC got a freekick which was hit by Samuel Intxixu. Generoso Sasoin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vassilis Banasidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. After 65 minutes of play Gloria Verdinegra AFC's Juan Azibar was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 71 minutes, Diogenis Priovolos made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. Gloria Verdinegra AFC's Generoso Sasoin tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 75th minute, Christos Banasas reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Generoso Sasoin. The goal made the score 0-4. Vassilis Banasidis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Panagiotis Stravocheris in the 86th minute of play forced Gloria Verdinegra AFC's goalkeeper Generoso Sasoin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valentin Pacho kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. With a little luck, Gloria Verdinegra AFC's Generoso Sasoin got control of the ball when Diogenis Priovolos tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 96th match minute, Gloria Verdinegra AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Angelino Xabel to maneuver through the defense. The Gloria Verdinegra AFC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. ΠΑΟΚ FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.