U23 World League

STIL Arena
Spectators: 7464 (Terracing: 5599, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Atle Sundstrøm kicked off to start the match. Ivar Espelid showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filippos Alexiadis, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Ivar Espelid showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filippos Alexiadis, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Kostas Periandros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Atle Sundstrøm in the 13th minute of the match. Telis Valsaris scored 0-1 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ivar Espelid, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match had gone on for 21 minutes, Charalambos Lelopoulos put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Ivar Espelid. Ivar Espelid made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Telis Valsaris in the 25th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, Pagos FC's Filippos Alexiadis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ivar Espelid narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Pagos FC's Telis Valsaris was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ivar Espelid in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filippos Alexiadis in the 32nd minute of play forced Skytta Toppidrettslag's goalkeeper Ivar Espelid to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Skytta Toppidrettslag's Guld Kalvenes got a free kick in the 33rd minute. 39 minutes into the match, Charalambos Lelopoulos notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Skytta Toppidrettslag's Ivar Espelid. Ivar Espelid was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Skytta Toppidrettslag's Ivar Espelid played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alekos Papachristou in the 45th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Filippos Alexiadis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Ivar Espelid tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Akis Dadamis hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Skytta Toppidrettslag's zone, Alekos Papachristou stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ivar Espelid came out of the goal and Alekos Papachristou tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When %teams%'s Filippos Alexiadis was free in front of goal, he didn't hesitate to shoot 0-4 just inside the left pole, 68 minutes into the game. Ivar Espelid was annoyed at himself for letting in the shot. 86 minutes into the match, Filippos Alexiadis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ivar Espelid. Skytta Toppidrettslag's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Filippos Alexiadis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. After a rather tough play, Pagos FC's Gerasimos Maros got a free kick in the 89th minute. After 92 played minutes Pagos FC got a freekick which was hit by Fanis Papafanopoulos. Ivar Espelid was out of position in the 95 minute of play, and Manolis Nikologiannis capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Manolis Nikologiannis really showed his touch with that goal: 0-6. When the match was over Pagos FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Skytta Toppidrettslag throughout the match.