U21 World League

Crypto.com Stadium
Spectators: 7511 (Terracing: 5634, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Justo Romo started the match with the kick off. After 2 played minutes Vakoufi Utd got a freekick which was hit by Makis Karoubalis. Justo Romo took the ball and in the 4 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Petros Vasdekis. Petros Vasdekis 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. 9 minutes into the match, Vakoufi Utd's Christos Ouzounidis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rafael Martino narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Petros Vasdekis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Justo Romo, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. In the 18th minute, Rafael Lidon left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Club Sportivo Italiano fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. In the 23rd minute, Justo Romo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Petros Vasdekis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Petros Vasdekis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jesus Frichoso, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Club Sportivo Italiano's zone, Babbis Thomaidis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rafael Martino came out of the goal and Babbis Thomaidis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 32 minutes, Nektarios Korakakis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Vakoufi Utd's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nektarios Korakakis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Club Sportivo Italiano's Jesus Frichoso in the 35th minute got a chance for a shot 35th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Vakoufi Utd's goalie prevented a goal. 38 minutes into the match, Elvio Machado had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Petros Vasdekis. Vakoufi Utd's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Elvio Machado was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Club Sportivo Italiano's Jesus Frichoso got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Christos Ouzounidis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Petros Vasdekis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jesus Frichoso, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nektarios Korakakis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Pablo Berart dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Petros Vasdekis, 0-5. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jesus Frichoso got free with Petros Vasdekis in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A hard shot 57 in the game by Jesus Frichoso from a close distance when the talented Petros Vasdekis managed to make a qualified save. Vakoufi Utd's players were relieved. Jesus Frichoso could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Petros Vasdekis made a huge save. After 61 minutes Vakoufi Utd's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Elvio Machado who took care of the corner kick. Elvio Machado made a great header on Club Sportivo Italiano's corner, it was just that Vakoufi Utd's Petros Vasdekis managed to reach the ball for a save. The attack was good, but when Justo Romo in the 61st minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Petros Vasdekis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rafael Lidon in the 63rd minute. 64 minutes into the match, Elvio Machado notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of Vakoufi Utd's Petros Vasdekis. Petros Vasdekis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 68 minutes into the match, Vakoufi Utd's goalkeeper Petros Vasdekis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jesus Frichoso. In the 71st minute, Alexandros Tsekouras hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vakoufi Utd's Petros Vasdekis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Justo Romo in the 72nd minute of play. Petros Vasdekis didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Club Sportivo Italiano's Justo Romo shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-7 in the ordered_time% minute. Petros Vasdekis was out of position in the 82 minute of play, and Rafael Lidon capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Rafael Lidon really showed his touch with that goal: 0-8. Pablo Berart scored 0-9 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Petros Vasdekis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafael Lidon in the 88th minute of play forced Vakoufi Utd's goalkeeper Petros Vasdekis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Club Sportivo Italiano's Rafael Martino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nektarios Korakakis in the 95th minute of play. When the final whistle sounded Club Sportivo Italiano left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Vakoufi Utd.