U23 World League

Tierra de Campeones
Spectators: 7550 (Terracing: 5664, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Sokratis Kagiasis made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, 【E ➣VERON 11's Leonardo Bordat got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Bernie Veloz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcos Eliazar in the 4th minute of play. In the 5th minute, Gregorio Golani left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 【E ➣VERON 11 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Americo Salamon kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. In the 24th match minute, 【E ➣VERON 11 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Americo Salamon to maneuver through the defense. Bernie Veloz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Filippos Antoniou's shot from short distance in the 28th minute. In the 31st minute Sokratis Kagiasis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernie Veloz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 36 played minutes 【E ➣VERON 11 got a freekick which was hit by Gregorio Golani. A collision led to 【E ➣VERON 11 getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Gregorio Golani hit a great ball. In the 38thth minute of the game Sokratis Kagiasis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but 【E ➣VERON 11's Bernie Veloz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Bernie Veloz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sokratis Kagiasis's shot from short distance in the 38th minute. 40 minutes into the match, 【E ➣VERON 11's goal looked a bit too open when Aleksey Efimov came free, but Bernie Veloz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

52 minutes into the game, Benito Arixo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 【E ➣VERON 11's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Kolopetinitsa the free kick. In the 52nd match minute, 【E ➣VERON 11 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benito Arixo to maneuver through the defense. After 59 played minutes Kolopetinitsa got a freekick which was hit by Filippos Antoniou. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aleksey Efimov got free with Bernie Veloz in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Benito Quintana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bernie Veloz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Aleksey Efimov in the 73rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benito Quintana in the 87th minute of play forced Kolopetinitsa's goalkeeper Stergios Samartzis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alkis Athanasiou could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Bernie Veloz made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aleksey Efimov got free with Bernie Veloz in the 94th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Kolopetinitsa were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.