U23 World League

RÖK Arena
Spectators: 7523 (Terracing: 5643, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) Francisco Novaes started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 3 minutes into the match, GOD OF WAR's goalkeeper Giannis Papadosifakis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Wesley Sena. After 6 played minutes GOD OF WAR got a freekick which was hit by Anthimos Stratoulis. 9 minutes into the match, Juninho Souto notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of GOD OF WAR's Giannis Papadosifakis. Giannis Papadosifakis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Adriano Fernandez took the ball and in the 13 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Giannis Papadosifakis. Giannis Papadosifakis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Yan Pirani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Konstantinos Kounenakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 26th minute, Fondas Katralikakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Giannis Papadosifakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adriano Fernandez, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. 34 minutes into the match, Adriano Fernandez had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Giannis Papadosifakis. GOD OF WAR's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adriano Fernandez was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Argyris Staboulis's late challenge caught a RÖK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Argyris Staboulis helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to GOD OF WAR getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Argyris Staboulis hit a great ball. 39 minutes into the game, Adriano Fernandez recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Giannis Papadosifakis. Adriano Fernandez showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 4-0. RÖK's Yan Pirani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Konstantinos Kounenakis in the 42nd minute of play. Thanasis Toris scored 4-1 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Yan Pirani, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-1 at half-time.

Giannis Papadosifakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juninho Souto in the 54th minute of the match. 58 minutes into the match, Adriano Fernandez notched a goal, 5-1, to the right of GOD OF WAR's Giannis Papadosifakis. Giannis Papadosifakis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 65th match minute, RÖK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Juninho Souto to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to GOD OF WAR getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Anthimos Stratoulis hit a great ball. After some careless play in the GOD OF WAR defense, Wesley Sena kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Giannis Papadosifakis. The GOD OF WAR fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Giannis Papadosifakis should have stopped the shot. Giannis Papadosifakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francisco Novaes in the 79th minute of the match. In the 81st minute, Konstantinos Kounenakis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Yan Pirani was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-2. After a rather tough play, GOD OF WAR's Thanasis Toris got a free kick in the 91st minute. Giannis Papadosifakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adriano Fernandez in the 96th minute of play. RÖK were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of GOD OF WAR for a fine match.