World League

ERGOTELIS MARTINEGO
Spectators: 7493 (Terracing: 5621, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) ERGOTELIS were furious when Velizar Dzhevov was red carded, 3 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. 2 minutes into the game, one of ERGOTELIS:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After some careless play in the ERGOTELIS defense, Atakan Pepe kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Stamatis Ifantis. The ERGOTELIS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Stamatis Ifantis should have stopped the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Evelio Gregory got free with Lars Norberg in the 6th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 7th minute of the match ERGOTELIS got a corner. spikarna'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 corner ended in Panagiotis Agapakis almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but spikarna's Lars Norberg did a great save. 12 minutes into the match, ERGOTELIS's goal looked a bit too open when Sven Nordkvist came free, but Stamatis Ifantis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Atakan Pepe recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Stamatis Ifantis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Witomir Ziomkowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Panagiotis Agapakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Atakan Pepe blasted a shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Stamatis Ifantis having to make a save. Evelio Gregory struck a weak shot in the 23rd minute. Lars Norberg didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ERGOTELIS. ERGOTELIS's Stamatis Ifantis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Atakan Pepe in the 25th minute of play. Witomir Ziomkowski 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. 35 minutes into the match, ERGOTELIS's goal looked a bit too open when Atakan Pepe came free, but Stamatis Ifantis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Evelio Gregory got free with Lars Norberg in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Aimilios Agapidis hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. spikarna's Atakan Pepe couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 44th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for ERGOTELIS. ERGOTELIS made a substitution. Lazaros Routsis replaced Thodoris Kefaloukos. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kaj Hård to make the kick off. Lars Norberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thrasivoulos Kyriakoulis, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Eusebiu Apostu hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. The supporters of spikarna booed when ERGOTELIS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eusebiu Apostu didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Atakan Pepe came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the spikarna 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 Atakan Pepe couldn't finish the play. Hugo Orlando Urbina kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Witomir Ziomkowski in the 62nd minute of play forced ERGOTELIS's goalkeeper Stamatis Ifantis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 68th minute spikarna were awarded a corner. Atakan Pepe went to the cornerflag to take it. 72 minutes into the match, Thrasivoulos Kyriakoulis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lars Norberg. spikarna's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Thrasivoulos Kyriakoulis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. The throw-in from Sune Offendahl in the 78th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by ERGOTELIS's Hugo Orlando Urbina. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thrasivoulos Kyriakoulis in the 79th minute of play forced spikarna's goalkeeper Lars Norberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 80 minutes into the match, spikarna's Kaj Hård sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Stamatis Ifantis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Eusebiu Apostu hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. With a little luck, ERGOTELIS's Stamatis Ifantis got control of the ball when Kaj Hård tried to sneak it across the goal line. Witomir Ziomkowski succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-2 in the 91st playminute. ERGOTELIS's Stamatis Ifantis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 97th minute of the match, managed to save ERGOTELIS from getting a goal against them. Stamatis Ifantis made a fantastic save in the 97th minute, when Atakan Pepe sent off a good shot on target. ERGOTELIS's defense didn't have a chance, in the 98th minute, when Atakan Pepe scored to the left of an out of position Stamatis Ifantis, making the score, 1-3. spikarna's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.