World League

Saint Etienne Arena
Spectators: 7359 (Terracing: 5594, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 50) Cyprus Eagles AFC's Nontas Markas 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. The audience was convinced that Nontas Markas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Claudio Normando was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. In the 10thth minute of the game Konstantinos Ikonomopoulos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Saint Etienne FC's Claudio Normando was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Angelo Enaut's late challenge caught a Cyprus Eagles AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Angelo Enaut helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Saint Etienne FC's Angelo Enaut got a free kick in the 11th minute. In the 16th minute Nontas Markas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Claudio Normando saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cyprus Eagles AFC were furious when Markos Chatzinathanail was red carded, 19 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After a rather tough play, Cyprus Eagles AFC's Markos Chatzinathanail got a free kick in the 20th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Cyprus Eagles AFC's zone, Maximino Errapel stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pavlos Fotiadis came out of the goal and Maximino Errapel tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emanuel Gigliotti in the 25th 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 26th minute, Sakis Melisofagos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Emanuel Gigliotti came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Saint Etienne FC 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 Emanuel Gigliotti couldn't finish the play. 34 minutes into the match, Cyprus Eagles AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Tolek Wojno came free, but Pavlos Fotiadis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pavlos Fotiadis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Emanuel Gigliotti in the 35th minute. 37 minutes into the match, Cyprus Eagles AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Maximino Errapel came free, but Pavlos Fotiadis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With splendid footwork Maximino Errapel arrived in front of goal to shoot 1-0 by the left pole in the game's 37th minute. Claudio Normando didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Leonidas Stathis went, in the 41st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. With a little luck, Cyprus Eagles AFC's Pavlos Fotiadis got control of the ball when Maximino Errapel tried to sneak it across the goal line. Claudio Normando made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonidas Stathis in the 49th minute of play.

Nontas Markas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Claudio Normando having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Markos Katselis in the 56th minute of play forced Saint Etienne FC's goalkeeper Claudio Normando to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 58 minutes into the match, Saint Etienne FC's goal looked a bit too open when Markos Katselis came free, but Claudio Normando reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 59 minutes into the match, Saint Etienne FC's goalkeeper Claudio Normando had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nontas Markas. Pavlos Fotiadis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tolek Wojno, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Leonidas Stathis hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Sakis Melisofagos hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Sakis Melisofagos hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Pavlos Fotiadis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tolek Wojno, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 72 minutes of play, Cyprus Eagles AFC's Nontas Markas made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Claudio Normando was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Tolek Wojno in the 76th 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 78th minute, Aquiles Jeraldo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Aquiles Jeraldo kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. With his leg Claudio Normando managed to avoid a goal in the 89thth minute, when Cyprus Eagles AFC's Nontas Markas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Claudio Normando made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Nontas Markas sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Cyprus Eagles AFC getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Markos Katselis hit a great ball. 96 minutes into the match, Cyprus Eagles AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Emanuel Gigliotti came free, but Pavlos Fotiadis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.