World League

ERGOTELIS MARTINEGO
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) ERGOTELIS's Babbis Kourentas 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. Guo Han Di stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Babbis Kourentas's shot from short distance in the 5th minute. Muhammed-Emir Benice fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stamatis Ifantis having to interfere. Guo Han Di took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Babbis Kourentas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 11th minute, Zhao Yao Ying made a precise shot to the right of Stamatis Ifantis. ERGOTELIS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. The audience was convinced that Babbis Kourentas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Guo Han Di was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. In the 25th minute of the match ERGOTELIS got a corner. Oldham Athletic's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Panagiotis Agapakis ran over to the corner to take the kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Babbis Kourentas got free with Guo Han Di in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Stamatis Ifantis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sune Axelsson in the 28th minute of play. 29 minutes had been played when some careless play by ERGOTELIS's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gösta Brolin was slow to take the kick. During this time Oldham Athletic's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Gösta Brolin almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ERGOTELIS's Stamatis Ifantis did a great save. Stamatis Ifantis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zhao Yao Ying in the 33rd minute of the match. Stamatis Ifantis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sune Axelsson in the 35th minute of the match. Guo Han Di showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Babbis Kourentas in the 37th minute of the match. In the 38thth minute of the game Babbis Kourentas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Oldham Athletic's Guo Han Di was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 40th minute Zhao Yao Ying shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stamatis Ifantis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match clock showed 40 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Zhao Yao Ying sped through ERGOTELIS's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Stamatis Ifantis. If Zhao Yao Ying had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Guo Han Di made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Babbis Kourentas in the 45th minute of play.

ERGOTELIS made a substitution. Lazaros Routsis replaced Thodoris Kefaloukos. ERGOTELIS's Sakis Sanidomenos was substituted for Panagiotis Agapakis. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Zhao Yao Ying was the one to do the kick off. Stamatis Ifantis made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Zhao Yao Ying sent off a good shot on target. 56 minutes into the match, Oldham Athletic's goal looked a bit too open when Thrasivoulos Kyriakoulis came free, but Guo Han Di reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Babbis Kourentas in the 61st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Guo Han Di prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 62 minutes Oldham Athletic's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sakis Sanidomenos who took care of the corner kick. Thrasivoulos Kyriakoulis made a great header on ERGOTELIS's corner, it was just that Oldham Athletic's Guo Han Di managed to reach the ball for a save. Guo Han Di stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Thrasivoulos Kyriakoulis's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. Guo Han Di showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Babbis Kourentas, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hugo Orlando Urbina during the 65th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Hugo Orlando Urbina hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Thrasivoulos Kyriakoulis managed to get in a good position for a shot. ERGOTELIS's supporters rose to their feet, but Thrasivoulos Kyriakoulis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Guo Han Di breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Oldham Athletic made a substitution. Cristian-Federico Dolić replaced Sune Axelsson. Guo Han Di showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Babbis Kourentas in the 71st minute of the match. In the 74th minute, Velizar Dzhevov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gösta Brolin's shot from long distance in the 75th minute was not bad at all, but ERGOTELIS's Stamatis Ifantis knew what was happening and pushed the ball into his arms just before it hit the right post. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Thrasivoulos Kyriakoulis in the 80th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Guo Han Di saved Oldham Athletic from getting behind. Cristian-Federico Dolić took the ball and in the 83 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Stamatis Ifantis. Stamatis Ifantis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Zhao Yao Ying's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Stamatis Ifantis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 85th minute of play. Zhao Yao Ying could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Stamatis Ifantis made a huge save. When Oldham Athletic's Braulio Hodei in 89 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Stamatis Ifantis guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. After 94 minutes ERGOTELIS's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gösta Brolin who took care of the corner kick. Stamatis Ifantis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian-Federico Dolić, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Oldham Athletic's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.