World League

TANTALOS ANGAVANAKIS
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nontas Markas started the match with the kick off. When ★艺术✘杀戮★'s 梅镇昆 in the 3rd minute got a chance for a shot 3rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Cyprus Eagles AFC's goalie prevented a goal. Pavlos Fotiadis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Evelio Azevedo in the 10th minute of play. ★艺术✘杀戮★'s 梅镇昆 got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Dimitris Karagiannidis hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. In the 26th minute of the match ★艺术✘杀戮★ got a corner. Cyprus Eagles AFC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Evelio Azevedo ran over to the corner to take the kick. 28 minutes into the match, Cyprus Eagles AFC's Konstantinos Ikonomopoulos sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that 周源笑 narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 36th minute 梅镇昆 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pavlos Fotiadis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pavlos Fotiadis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 梅镇昆, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. The audience was convinced that 罗森克's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pavlos Fotiadis was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. 46 minutes into the game, 梅镇昆 cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Pavlos Fotiadis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The Cyprus Eagles AFC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. ★艺术✘杀戮★ were winning 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell 罗森克 to make the kick off. After 52 played minutes ★艺术✘杀戮★ got a freekick which was hit by 罗森克. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evelio Azevedo in the 54th minute of play forced Cyprus Eagles AFC's goalkeeper Pavlos Fotiadis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pavlos Fotiadis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 罗森克 in the 64th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evelio Azevedo in the 71st minute of play forced Cyprus Eagles AFC's goalkeeper Pavlos Fotiadis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 75th minute 罗森克 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pavlos Fotiadis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 周源笑 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Konstantinos Ikonomopoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 宋默升 struck a weak shot in the 77th minute. Pavlos Fotiadis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ★艺术✘杀戮★. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Konstantinos Ikonomopoulos managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cyprus Eagles AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Konstantinos Ikonomopoulos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 周源笑 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 周源笑 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Konstantinos Ikonomopoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 梅镇昆 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 84th minute of the match, but Pavlos Fotiadis made a huge save. Nikos Pathekas's late challenge caught a ★艺术✘杀戮★'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nikos Pathekas helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Cyprus Eagles AFC getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Nikos Pathekas hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling 李桦克 in the 96th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Pavlos Fotiadis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. ★艺术✘杀戮★ made a substitution. 彭南国 replaced 罗森克. When the match was over ★艺术✘杀戮★ could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Cyprus Eagles AFC throughout the match.