U23 World League

GREEN LIONS Stadium
Spectators: 7657 (Terracing: 5746, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Demis Laggizos started the match with the kick off. Casimiro Johans took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Demis Laggizos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️ booed when GREEN LIONS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christos Kavogiannis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lázaro Gipuzkoa struck a weak shot in the 13th minute. Vaggelis Pantelidis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️. In the 17th minute, Lázaro Gipuzkoa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vaggelis Pantelidis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The supporters of GREEN LIONS booed when ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gustavo Garoa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vaggelis Pantelidis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lázaro Gipuzkoa in the 25th minute of play. When Octavio Rafe fell near the penalty area in the 29th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️'s protests and gave Octavio Rafe a yellow card for diving instead. With a little luck, ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️'s Casimiro Johans got control of the ball when Demis Laggizos tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 33 minutes of play, ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️'s Lázaro Gipuzkoa made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vaggelis Pantelidis was left in no man's land by his defense there! 36 minutes into the match, Lázaro Gipuzkoa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vaggelis Pantelidis. GREEN LIONS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lázaro Gipuzkoa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. A collision led to ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️ getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Lázaro Gipuzkoa hit a great ball. The supporters of ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️ booed when GREEN LIONS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Filippos Kopelis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nicolas Liher charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nicolas Liher the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 46th match minute, ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nicolas Liher to maneuver through the defense.

The wind increased when Lázaro Gipuzkoa made the kick off in the second half. Ignatios Papachronakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Casimiro Johans showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filippos Kopelis, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Marcial Heli could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 57th minute of the match, but Vaggelis Pantelidis made a huge save. ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️ were awarded a corner in the 58th minute after GREEN LIONS's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Santiago Savier took the corner. The audience was convinced that Demis Laggizos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Casimiro Johans was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. 69 minutes into the match, ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️'s goal looked a bit too open when Ignatios Papachronakis came free, but Casimiro Johans reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 72 minutes into the match, Lázaro Gipuzkoa notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of GREEN LIONS's Vaggelis Pantelidis. Vaggelis Pantelidis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Vaggelis Pantelidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lázaro Gipuzkoa in the 75th minute of the match. GREEN LIONS's Dimitris Petriniotis managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Gustavo Garoa in the 80 minute of the game. A collision led to ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️ getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Aurelio Asteri hit a great ball. The supporters of ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️ booed when GREEN LIONS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gerasimos Vasilarakos didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 85th minute Lázaro Gipuzkoa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vaggelis Pantelidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When GREEN LIONS's Ignatios Papachronakis in the 88th minute got a chance for a shot 88th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️'s goalie prevented a goal. In the 89th minute, Filippos Kopelis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lázaro Gipuzkoa got free with Vaggelis Pantelidis in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.