U23 World League

Orotina
Spectators: 7642 (Terracing: 5733, Seating: 1757, VIP seats: 152) In the 8th minute, OROTINENSE's Songurhan Mete dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Tolis Stergiotis hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Iordache Opincaru in the 12th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Giorgos Nifitsas prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a little luck, TZITZIFIES's Giorgos Nifitsas got control of the ball when Songurhan Mete tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 14th minute, Jacek Walczak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When OROTINENSE's Iordache Opincaru in the 18th minute got a chance for a shot 18th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye TZITZIFIES's goalie prevented a goal. After a rather tough play, TZITZIFIES's Nikos Akrividis got a free kick in the 19th minute. Giorgos Nifitsas acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 21st minute, took the ball on the long shot from Jacek Walczak. With a little luck, TZITZIFIES's Giorgos Nifitsas got control of the ball when Songurhan Mete tried to sneak it across the goal line. Giorgos Nifitsas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jacek Walczak in the 24th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Iordache Opincaru got free with Giorgos Nifitsas in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to TZITZIFIES getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Vlassis Prattis hit a great ball. With his leg Giorgos Nifitsas managed to avoid a goal in the 35thth minute, when OROTINENSE's Songurhan Mete fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Liu Yong Yong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tolis Stergiotis in the 39th minute of play. When Songurhan Mete fell near the penalty area in the 49th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored OROTINENSE's protests and gave Songurhan Mete a yellow card for diving instead. After 49 played minutes OROTINENSE got a freekick which was hit by Songurhan Mete.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Giorgos Dogramadzhiev to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Tolis Stergiotis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Liu Yong Yong was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. In the 61st minute, Jacek Walczak made a precise shot to the right of Giorgos Nifitsas. TZITZIFIES's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. In the 63rd match minute, TZITZIFIES was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vlassis Prattis to maneuver through the defense. Giorgos Nifitsas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iordache Opincaru in the 64th minute of the match. Giorgos Nifitsas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Songurhan Mete in the 72nd minute of play. Songurhan Mete's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Giorgos Nifitsas read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 75th minute of play. With his leg Liu Yong Yong managed to avoid a goal in the 76thth minute, when TZITZIFIES's Trifon Chalkias fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. With a little luck, OROTINENSE's Liu Yong Yong got control of the ball when Giorgos Dogramadzhiev tried to sneak it across the goal line. 83 minutes into the game, OROTINENSE's Songurhan Mete nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Giorgos Nifitsas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-1. Giorgos Nifitsas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Songurhan Mete, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. The supporters of TZITZIFIES booed when OROTINENSE was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 97 match minutes in a wonderful position. Parvan Hadzhipetkov didn't get a good kick on the ball.