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Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nikola Ribić made the kick off which started today's match. APOELHELLAS's attentive Alkeides Avgerinos managed to snatch the ball when Efrain Moruga made a throw-in in the 4th minute of the game. Lykaon Belesis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 15 minutes into the game, Hugo Ferrant threw the ball into play from the sideline. APOELHELLAS's Alkeides Avgerinos quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Lykaon Belesis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. Lykaon Belesis's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Benito Sanz firmly grabbed it by the left post. Alan Moruga hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. The throw-in from Hugo Ferrant in the 27th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by APOELHELLAS's 刘战弘. Alkeides Avgerinos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Costa Rica's zone, Lykaon Belesis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Benito Sanz came out of the goal and Lykaon Belesis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Alkeides Avgerinos recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 37th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Axel Tasis hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. After 42 minutes of play, APOELHELLAS's Aglauros Sakellariou made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Benito Sanz was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 46 played minutes, Costa Rica's Hugo Ferrant shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Tobias Øverland came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Costa Rica reached it.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Axel Tasis was the one to do the kick off. 53 minutes into the game, APOELHELLAS's Alkeides Avgerinos nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Benito Sanz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. The throw-in from Hugo Ferrant in the 62nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by APOELHELLAS's 刘战弘. APOELHELLAS's 刘战弘 quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Hugo Ferrant, made in the 65th minute of the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lautaro Puig during the 66th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Costa Rica booed when APOELHELLAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alkeides Avgerinos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tobias Øverland acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 69th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Axel Tasis. When Nikola Ribić came up free with the goalie in the 70th minute, the APOELHELLAS 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 Nikola Ribić couldn't finish the play. Lykaon Belesis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tobias Øverland had great luck who in the 81stth minute grab hold of the ball when Axel Tasis from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Eliseo Noboa hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. In the 84th minute, Lykaon Belesis got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 87 minutes into the match, Lykaon Belesis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lykaon Belesis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. In the 89th minute, Lautaro Puig hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Nikola Ribić had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lykaon Belesis went, in the 95th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score.