World League

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Spectators: 7518 (Terracing: 5639, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Kaj Hård got the match started through his kick off. Stamatis Ifantis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kaj Hård in the 3rd minute of play. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by ERGOTELIS's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Atakan Pepe was slow to take the kick. During this time spikarna's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on spikarna's corner Birger Bergström fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Stamatis Ifantis quite easily take care of the ball. With a little luck, ERGOTELIS's Stamatis Ifantis got control of the ball when Kaj Hård tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match clock showed 11 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Kaj Hård sped through ERGOTELIS's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Stamatis Ifantis. spikarna's Lars Norberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Panagiotis Agapakis in the 13th minute of play. After 17 played minutes spikarna got a freekick which was hit by Witomir Ziomkowski. In the 19th minute the ball was on its way in behind spikarna's goalkeeper Lars Norberg, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When ERGOTELIS's Babbis Kourentas in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye spikarna's goalie prevented a goal. Sven Nordkvist received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Stamatis Ifantis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 29th minute Panagiotis Agapakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lars Norberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ERGOTELIS were awarded a corner in the 32th minute after spikarna's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Panagiotis Agapakis took the corner. When ERGOTELIS's Babbis Kourentas in the 35th minute got a chance for a shot 35th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye spikarna's goalie prevented a goal. Lars Norberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Panagiotis Agapakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

ERGOTELIS's Lazaros Routsis was substituted for Thodoris Kefaloukos. ERGOTELIS made a substitution. Sakis Sanidomenos replaced Panagiotis Agapakis. The wind increased when Babbis Kourentas made the kick off in the second half. Thrasivoulos Kyriakoulis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Lars Norberg made a huge save. When Hugo Orlando Urbina fell near the penalty area in the 62nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ERGOTELIS's protests and gave Hugo Orlando Urbina a yellow card for diving instead. spikarna's Ola Gustafsson was substituted for Sven Nordkvist. In the 64th match minute, ERGOTELIS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hugo Orlando Urbina to maneuver through the defense. Stamatis Ifantis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kaj Hård in the 68th minute of play. In the 71st match minute, ERGOTELIS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nichifor Juravschi to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to ERGOTELIS getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Eusebiu Apostu hit a great ball. Stamatis Ifantis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kaj Hård's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. After 81 played minutes ERGOTELIS's Babbis Kourentas stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Lars Norberg stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing spikarna of the goal. 84 minutes into the game, Thrasivoulos Kyriakoulis recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Lars Norberg. Thrasivoulos Kyriakoulis showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-1. 90 minutes into the match, ERGOTELIS's Sakis Sanidomenos sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lars Norberg narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ola Gustafsson in the 91st minute of play forced ERGOTELIS's goalkeeper Stamatis Ifantis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 93rd minute, Ola Gustafsson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The spikarna fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1.