U23 World League

BE COOL PALACE
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) BE COOL's Pipis Petsanas started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 3 minutes into the match, Miltos Mouratidis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ruben Tile. Akademia Maliqi's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Miltos Mouratidis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Algert Boro during the 6th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, BE COOL's Nikos Travezeas got a free kick in the 14th minute. A collision led to Akademia Maliqi getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Nexhat Zhiva hit a great ball. Nikos Kyriakou stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sefedin Gega's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. Nikos Kyriakou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edlir Ziko in the 27th minute of play. A collision led to BE COOL getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Nikos Travezeas hit a great ball. Sefedin Gega fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikos Kyriakou having to interfere. 39 minutes into the match, Miltos Mouratidis dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ruben Tile, 2-0. 45 minutes into the match, BE COOL's goal looked a bit too open when Sefedin Gega came free, but Nikos Kyriakou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Makis Zacharatos got a throw-in 47 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Pipis Petsanas.

The wind increased when Sefedin Gega made the kick off in the second half. Ruben Tile showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miltos Mouratidis in the 53rd minute of the match. Nikos Kyriakou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sefedin Gega, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. 55 minutes into the match, Akademia Maliqi's goal looked a bit too open when Lambros Spetsarias came free, but Ruben Tile reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miltos Mouratidis in the 58th minute of play forced Akademia Maliqi's goalkeeper Ruben Tile to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Dimitris Saltsidis fell near the penalty area in the 66th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored BE COOL's protests and gave Dimitris Saltsidis a yellow card for diving instead. In the 66th minute, Dimitris Saltsidis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 68 minutes into the match, BE COOL's goalkeeper Nikos Kyriakou had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Edlir Ziko. After 68 minutes of play BE COOL's Dimitris Saltsidis was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. A collision led to BE COOL getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Dimitris Saltsidis hit a great ball. Miltos Mouratidis struck a weak shot in the 75th minute. Ruben Tile didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for BE COOL. After 77 played minutes Akademia Maliqi got a freekick which was hit by Nexhat Zhiva. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miltos Mouratidis in the 80th minute of play forced Akademia Maliqi's goalkeeper Ruben Tile to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sefedin Gega in the 81st minute of play forced BE COOL's goalkeeper Nikos Kyriakou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, BE COOL's Sotiris Dimitros got a free kick in the 82nd minute. A collision led to BE COOL getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Nikos Travezeas hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Miltos Mouratidis managed to get in a good position for a shot. BE COOL's supporters rose to their feet, but Miltos Mouratidis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ruben Tile breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 93 minutes into the match, Sotiris Dimitros had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ruben Tile. Akademia Maliqi's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sotiris Dimitros was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. BE COOL's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.