U23 World League

Arena Bruno Marco
Spectators: 8423 (Terracing: 6318, Seating: 1937, VIP seats: 168) Alkaios Bougiouklis made the kick off and thus started the match. ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣'s Chupan Estad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alkaios Bougiouklis in the 8th minute of play. Vassilis Sapounas kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ni Xiong Bin in the 12th minute of play forced Liverpool F.C. YNWA's goalkeeper Efthimis Psaris to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Chupan Estad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alkaios Bougiouklis in the 14th minute of play. Ni Xiong Bin might have been able to make a better finish in the 16th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Efthimis Psaris. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ni Xiong Bin ran back to his position shaking his head. Efthimis Psaris showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ni Xiong Bin in the 16th minute of the match. A collision led to Liverpool F.C. YNWA getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Anthimos Stergiotis hit a great ball. In the 20th minute of the match Liverpool F.C. YNWA got a corner. ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Panos Zounis ran over to the corner to take the kick. ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣'s Ni Xiong Bin got a good chance for a goal in the 24th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 26th minute, Ni Xiong Bin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Efthimis Psaris was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Ruiz Ballet's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Efthimis Psaris firmly grabbed it by the left post. ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Aureo Bustamante in the 30th minute. Liverpool F.C. YNWA's Efthimis Psaris played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ni Xiong Bin in the 33rd minute of play. After some careless play in the Liverpool F.C. YNWA defense, Ni Xiong Bin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Efthimis Psaris. The Liverpool F.C. YNWA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Efthimis Psaris should have stopped the shot. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

Ni Xiong Bin blasted a shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Efthimis Psaris having to make a save. Chupan Estad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isidoros Karataidis in the 56th minute of the match. 58 minutes into the game, Vassilis Sapounas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Liverpool F.C. YNWA's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣ the free kick. Vassilis Sapounas hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣'s Kong Zheng Xing was substituted for Ayi Sarumpaet. ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣ made a substitution. Roberto Spöerer replaced Ni Xiong Bin. Vassilis Sapounas hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Efthimis Psaris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kong Zheng Xing in the 61st minute of play. Efthimis Psaris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roberto Spöerer in the 63rd minute of play. In the 65th minute Roberto Spöerer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Efthimis Psaris saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Efthimis Psaris showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kong Zheng Xing in the 66th minute of the match. A collision led to ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣ getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Yerko Son hit a great ball. Efthimis Psaris showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kong Zheng Xing, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Efthimis Psaris showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kong Zheng Xing, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. In the 76th minute Alkaios Bougiouklis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chupan Estad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Alkaios Bougiouklis came up free with the goalie in the 78th minute, the Liverpool F.C. YNWA 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 Alkaios Bougiouklis couldn't finish the play. Chupan Estad took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isidoros Karataidis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kong Zheng Xing in the 86th minute of play forced Liverpool F.C. YNWA's goalkeeper Efthimis Psaris to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 90 minutes into the match, Liverpool F.C. YNWA's goal looked a bit too open when Kong Zheng Xing came free, but Efthimis Psaris reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 91st minute, Kong Zheng Xing ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Efthimis Psaris was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. After 96 minutes of play, ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣'s Kong Zheng Xing made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Efthimis Psaris was left in no man's land by his defense there! ♠ ♥ Barrio PiriPoker ♦ ♣'s supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.