U23 World League

Crypto.com Stadium
Spectators: 7637 (Terracing: 5729, Seating: 1756, VIP seats: 152) Octavio Aballe made the kick off and thus started the match. With a little luck, Deportivo Empate's Cordairo Abad got control of the ball when Andreas Korpetis tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Mikel Abello had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 9th minute Mikel Abastas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Petros Vasdekis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mikel Abastas scored 0-1 in the 9th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Petros Vasdekis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Firme Abastas kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Vakoufi Utd's Andreas Korpetis got a free kick in the 17th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Octavio Aballe in the 18th minute of play forced Vakoufi Utd's goalkeeper Petros Vasdekis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 19 minutes into the match, Vakoufi Utd's goal looked a bit too open when Mikel Abastas came free, but Petros Vasdekis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Vakoufi Utd getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Nektarios Korakakis hit a great ball. Viktoras Natsikas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Cordairo Abad made a huge save. The supporters of Vakoufi Utd booed when Deportivo Empate was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Firme Abastas didn't get a good kick on the ball. 26 minutes into the match, Viktoras Natsikas notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Deportivo Empate's Cordairo Abad. Cordairo Abad was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mikel Abastas kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Cordairo Abad was out of position in the 37 minute of play, and Konstantinos Tsevas capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Konstantinos Tsevas really showed his touch with that goal: 3-1. Cordairo Abad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konstantinos Tsevas in the 39th minute of the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

The wind increased when Andreas Korpetis made the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Konstantinos Tsevas made a precise shot to the right of Cordairo Abad. Deportivo Empate's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. 61 minutes into the match, Andreas Korpetis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cordairo Abad. Deportivo Empate's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Andreas Korpetis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konstantinos Tsevas in the 69th minute of play forced Deportivo Empate's goalkeeper Cordairo Abad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Deportivo Empate booed when Vakoufi Utd was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nektarios Korakakis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Andreas Korpetis scored 6-1 in the 73rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cordairo Abad, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 76 played minutes Vakoufi Utd got a freekick which was hit by Christos Ouzounidis. Petros Vasdekis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Octavio Aballe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gonza Abendano hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Cordairo Abad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andreas Korpetis in the 80th minute of play. In the 93rd minute, Gonza Abendano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 94 minutes into the game, Andreas Korpetis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-1. Cordairo Abad was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. For all the effort they put into the match, the Deportivo Empate players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Vakoufi Utd.