World League

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Spectators: 7555 (Terracing: 5668, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) Andreas Korpetis started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a rather tough play, Deportivo Kadorna's Segundo Bastiaro got a free kick in the 3rd minute. The supporters of Deportivo Kadorna booed when Vakoufi Utd was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wu Yi Feng didn't get a good kick on the ball. Charis Raftopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Densill 杨天剑 in the 6th minute of the match. Deportivo Kadorna's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Konstantinos Tsevas 7 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-0. Vakoufi Utd's Charis Raftopoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Melchor Tome in the 18th minute of play. Birkan Balıkçı did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-0 to the left of a surprised Gianluca Pagliuca 24 minutes into the match. Charis Raftopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Long Jing Liang, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. In the 27th minute of the match Deportivo Kadorna got a corner. Vakoufi Utd's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Densill 杨天剑 ran over to the corner to take the kick. Deportivo Kadorna's Densill 杨天剑 was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Charis Raftopoulos in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Vakoufi Utd's Charis Raftopoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Melchor Tome in the 31st minute of play. Charis Raftopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Melchor Tome, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. If Norberto Tiadoro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

After 49 played minutes Vakoufi Utd got a freekick which was hit by Birkan Balıkçı. A collision led to Deportivo Kadorna getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Melchor Tome hit a great ball. Densill 杨天剑 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Charis Raftopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gianluca Pagliuca came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by Vakoufi Utd's Konstantinos Tsevas. But to his dismay, Konstantinos Tsevas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Through an outstanding action, after 69 minutes, Charis Raftopoulos successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Gianluca Pagliuca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yu Peng Qiang in the 76th minute of the match. 77 minutes into the match, Vakoufi Utd's goalkeeper Charis Raftopoulos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Norberto Tiadoro. A nice corner shot did that Black Gamboa got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Charis Raftopoulos quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Gianluca Pagliuca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Birkan Balıkçı, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Carl Beck managed to get in a good position for a shot. Deportivo Kadorna's supporters rose to their feet, but Carl Beck was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Charis Raftopoulos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Gianluca Pagliuca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andreas Korpetis, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. After 90 minutes of play, Vakoufi Utd's Birkan Balıkçı made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gianluca Pagliuca was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gianluca Pagliuca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andreas Korpetis in the 93rd minute of play. Vakoufi Utd's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.