U23 World League

SPARTA® Stadium
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Blas Pierres got the match started through his kick off. After having played for 2 minutes, Argyris Staboulis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. GOD OF WAR's supporters crossed their fingers, but Argyris Staboulis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 4 minutes into the game, GOD OF WAR's Konstantinos Kounenakis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Desiderio Benino made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Desiderio Benino took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fondas Katralikakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 8th minute, Konstantinos Kounenakis reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Desiderio Benino. The goal made the score 2-0. Amancio Totakoxe hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. TheBambiTooFurious's Desiderio Benino proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save TheBambiTooFurious from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Blas Pierres's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Giannis Papadosifakis was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. Argyris Staboulis scored 3-0 in the 25th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Desiderio Benino, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Fragiskos Bouzios kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. Desiderio Benino took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fondas Katralikakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 33 minutes into the match, TheBambiTooFurious's goalkeeper Desiderio Benino had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Argyris Staboulis. After 34 played minutes TheBambiTooFurious got a freekick which was hit by Isidoro Sayveon. Argyris Staboulis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Desiderio Benino made a huge save. A collision led to TheBambiTooFurious getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Benito Calvet hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fondas Katralikakis in the 41st minute of play forced TheBambiTooFurious's goalkeeper Desiderio Benino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Giannis Papadosifakis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Blas Pierres went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Desiderio Benino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fondas Katralikakis in the 53rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thanasis Toris in the 54th minute of play forced TheBambiTooFurious's goalkeeper Desiderio Benino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 57th minute Thanasis Toris shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Desiderio Benino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 60th minute, Konstantinos Kounenakis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The GOD OF WAR fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. 63 minutes into the match, TheBambiTooFurious's goal looked a bit too open when Argyris Staboulis came free, but Desiderio Benino reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Konstantinos Kounenakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Desiderio Benino tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 71st minute, Fondas Katralikakis made a precise shot to the right of Desiderio Benino. TheBambiTooFurious's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-1. In the 75th minute, Thanasis Toris ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Desiderio Benino was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-1. Desiderio Benino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fondas Katralikakis in the 79th minute of the match. In the 81st minute, Konstantinos Kounenakis made a precise shot to the right of Desiderio Benino. TheBambiTooFurious's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 7-1. GOD OF WAR's Giannis Papadosifakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ildefonso Caton in the 86th minute of play. After a rather tough play, TheBambiTooFurious's Fabricio Ruisko got a free kick in the 87th minute. Lakis Laboglou was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 88th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Desiderio Benino didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fondas Katralikakis went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 8-1 was the resulting score. When Konstantinos Kounenakis came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the GOD OF WAR fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Konstantinos Kounenakis couldn't finish the play. Benito Calvet charged in rather forcefully in the 94th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Benito Calvet the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 94th minute, Benito Calvet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. GOD OF WAR's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.