World League

TANTALOS ANGAVANAKIS
Spectators: 7495 (Terracing: 5622, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nontas Markas kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Izydor Dranka in the 5th minute of play forced Cyprus Eagles AFC's goalkeeper Pavlos Fotiadis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 5 minutes of play, Jar.C Lipno's Izydor Dranka made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pavlos Fotiadis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Izydor Dranka in the 10th 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. In the 13th match minute, Cyprus Eagles AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Markos Chatzinathanail to maneuver through the defense. In the 15thth minute of the game Mikael Nilsson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cyprus Eagles AFC's Pavlos Fotiadis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 17 played minutes Cyprus Eagles AFC got a freekick which was hit by Markos Chatzinathanail. Pavlos Fotiadis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mikael Nilsson in the 18th minute of play. Konstantinos Ikonomopoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 23 minutes into the match, Jar.C Lipno's goal looked a bit too open when Konstantinos Ikonomopoulos came free, but Wladyslaw Czerwinski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 23 minutes into the match, Konstantinos Ikonomopoulos notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Jar.C Lipno's Wladyslaw Czerwinski. Wladyslaw Czerwinski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mikael Nilsson might have been able to make a better finish in the 26th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pavlos Fotiadis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mikael Nilsson ran back to his position shaking his head. Pavlos Fotiadis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mikael Nilsson in the 26th minute of the match. Cyprus Eagles AFC's Pavlos Fotiadis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Izydor Dranka in the 29th minute of play. Pavlos Fotiadis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mikael Nilsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikael Nilsson in the 33rd 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 Mikael Nilsson in the 35th minute of the match. In the 39th minute Greg Walker 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 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Izydor Dranka, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Cesinha Souto got free with Pavlos Fotiadis in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 59th minute, Konstantinos Ikonomopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 61st match minute, Cyprus Eagles AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nikos Pathekas to maneuver through the defense. Cyprus Eagles AFC's Pavlos Fotiadis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save Cyprus Eagles AFC from getting a goal against them. Pavlos Fotiadis came out of the goal in the 68th minute to try and stop a shot by Jar.C Lipno's Mikael Nilsson. But to his dismay, Mikael Nilsson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. In the 75th minute Greg Walker 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. The audience was convinced that Mikael Nilsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pavlos Fotiadis was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. Nontas Markas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wladyslaw Czerwinski having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jan Malik in the 81st minute of play forced Cyprus Eagles AFC's goalkeeper Pavlos Fotiadis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 83 minutes into the match, Cyprus Eagles AFC's goalkeeper Pavlos Fotiadis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mikael Nilsson. Pavlos Fotiadis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Greg Walker in the 86th minute of the match. In the 89th minute the ball was on its way in behind Cyprus Eagles AFC's goalkeeper Pavlos Fotiadis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Mikolaj Kisielka hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. The supporters of Cyprus Eagles AFC booed when Jar.C Lipno was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mikolaj Kisielka didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the match was over Jar.C Lipno could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Cyprus Eagles AFC throughout the match.