U23 World League

Suzuki Arena
Spectators: 7623 (Terracing: 5718, Seating: 1753, VIP seats: 152) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Konstantinos Lazaropoulos started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes, Konstantinos Chiotis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the tHe SOnS of rAGnar and the Korona Kielce players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 3rd minute, Konstantinos Chiotis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jacek Kielb fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Loukas Kirmizas having to interfere. Korona Kielce's Gary Ingram played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Konstantinos Lazaropoulos in the 6th minute of play. Loukas Kirmizas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Darren Boyle, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Loukas Kirmizas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Darren Boyle in the 9th minute of the match. Loukas Kirmizas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Darren Boyle in the 10th minute of play. Jacek Kielb blasted a shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Loukas Kirmizas having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felix Bailey in the 19th minute of play forced tHe SOnS of rAGnar's goalkeeper Loukas Kirmizas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 20th match minute, tHe SOnS of rAGnar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thanos Kotitsas to maneuver through the defense. Konstantinos Chiotis lost his temper 36 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 36th minute, one of tHe SOnS of rAGnar:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for tHe SOnS of rAGnar. Loukas Kirmizas made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Jacek Kielb sent off a good shot on target. When Thanos Kotitsas fell near the penalty area in the 40th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored tHe SOnS of rAGnar's protests and gave Thanos Kotitsas a yellow card for diving instead. The crowd rose to their feet as Korona Kielce's Darren Boyle slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Loukas Kirmizas. That made the score 2-0 after 43 minutes of play. A hard shot 46 in the game by Darren Boyle from a close distance when the talented Loukas Kirmizas managed to make a qualified save. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's players were relieved. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Chaz Parkinson in the 52nd minute of play forced tHe SOnS of rAGnar's goalkeeper Loukas Kirmizas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Loukas Kirmizas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Felix Bailey, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Loukas Kirmizas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nial Todd's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. Loukas Kirmizas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felix Bailey, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 63 played minutes Korona Kielce got a freekick which was hit by Tommy Porter. In the 64th minute, Tommy Porter hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 69thth minute of the game Felix Bailey who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Loukas Kirmizas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 71st minute of the match Korona Kielce got a corner. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Chaz Parkinson ran over to the corner to take the kick. Korona Kielce's Darren Boyle was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Loukas Kirmizas in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 74th minute Jacek Kielb shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Loukas Kirmizas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 76 minutes into the match, tHe SOnS of rAGnar's goal looked a bit too open when Felix Bailey came free, but Loukas Kirmizas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Loukas Kirmizas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Darren Boyle in the 77th minute of play. Loukas Kirmizas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nial Todd went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. 83 minutes into the match, Darren Boyle had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Loukas Kirmizas. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Darren Boyle was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Loukas Kirmizas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Felix Bailey's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. Loukas Kirmizas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Simon Wray, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Loukas Kirmizas came out of the goal in the 91st minute to try and stop a shot by Korona Kielce's Jacek Kielb. But to his dismay, Jacek Kielb quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. Loukas Kirmizas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Bailey in the 94th minute of the match. 96 minutes into the match, tHe SOnS of rAGnar's goal looked a bit too open when Jacek Kielb came free, but Loukas Kirmizas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.