World League

Estadio Medanitos
Spectators: 8423 (Terracing: 6318, Seating: 1937, VIP seats: 168) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Marinos Sidiropoulos kicked off to start the match. A collision led to Liverpool F.C. YNWA getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Jessy Fux hit a great ball. Alisson Becker made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Venancio Prejun sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Venancio Prejun got free with Alisson Becker in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Gonzo Maradona showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tilemachos Romanidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jessy Fux in the 19th minute of play forced Les Tigres's goalkeeper Gonzo Maradona to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alisson Becker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Venancio Prejun in the 24th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lars Rönn during the 28th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Lars Rönn kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. Eelco Sloothaak took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 30th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Gonzo Maradona. Les Tigres's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 31st minute, Serafino Pestaña made a precise shot to the right of Alisson Becker. Liverpool F.C. YNWA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Gonzo Maradona took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tilemachos Romanidis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tytus Lichucki fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gonzo Maradona having to interfere. The supporters of Liverpool F.C. YNWA booed when Les Tigres was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Severino Estevez didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Les Tigres's Enzo Vezin was substituted for Rodolfo Luken. Les Tigres's Grzegorz Sokolski was substituted for Eray Toprak. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Venancio Prejun to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute Ata Bircan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gonzo Maradona saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alisson Becker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edvard Võsandi in the 56th minute of the match. Gonzo Maradona made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Ata Bircan sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Les Tigres's Edvard Võsandi got a free kick in the 60th minute. Alisson Becker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edvard Võsandi in the 63rd minute of play. Venancio Prejun hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. After 68 played minutes Les Tigres got a freekick which was hit by Venancio Prejun. 69 minutes into the match, Les Tigres's goal looked a bit too open when Ata Bircan came free, but Gonzo Maradona reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gonzo Maradona was a little too slow when Tilemachos Romanidis got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 75th minute. The score was now 1-1. Liverpool F.C. YNWA's Panos Zounis was substituted for Mario Napolitano. Ata Bircan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 81st minute of the match, but Gonzo Maradona made a huge save. Gonzo Maradona showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tilemachos Romanidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Gonzo Maradona took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tilemachos Romanidis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Ata Bircan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gonzo Maradona was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. 90 minutes had been played when some careless play by Les Tigres's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tytus Lichucki was slow to take the kick. During this time Liverpool F.C. YNWA's players had a chance to rest. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Ata Bircan managed to get in a good position for a shot. Liverpool F.C. YNWA's supporters rose to their feet, but Ata Bircan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gonzo Maradona breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Les Tigres had won after a very even match.