World League

Crypto.com Stadium
Spectators: 7623 (Terracing: 5718, Seating: 1753, VIP seats: 152) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Herbert Mietus got the match started through his kick off. Mariusz Majkowski was a little too slow when Andreas Korpetis got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 3rd minute. The score was now 1-0. Andreas Korpetis scored 2-0 in the 5th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mariusz Majkowski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Mariusz Majkowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Birkan Balıkçı, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. 16 minutes into the match, Roman Tim Tfaruk's goal looked a bit too open when Huang Tian Ao came free, but Mariusz Majkowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mariusz Majkowski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Andreas Korpetis's shot from short distance in the 17th minute. Vakoufi Utd were awarded a corner in the 18th minute after Roman Tim Tfaruk's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Konstantinos Tsevas took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Konstantinos Tsevas got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Mariusz Majkowski quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Mariusz Majkowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Konstantinos Tsevas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mariusz Majkowski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Andreas Korpetis went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. The audience was convinced that Konstantinos Tsevas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mariusz Majkowski was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. Gaston Jerrald fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mariusz Majkowski having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Roman Tim Tfaruk's zone, Konstantinos Tsevas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mariusz Majkowski came out of the goal and Konstantinos Tsevas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 32nd minute, Grzegorz Solak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 33rd minute Konstantinos Tsevas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mariusz Majkowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Charis Raftopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Witold Knopek in the 34th minute of play. Mariusz Majkowski 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 39th minute. Andreas Korpetis's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 40thth minute, Mariusz Majkowski skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Mariusz Majkowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Birkan Balıkçı in the 42nd minute of the match. 44 minutes into the game, Andreas Korpetis recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Mariusz Majkowski. Andreas Korpetis showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 7-0. 46 minutes into the game, Vakoufi Utd's Andreas Korpetis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mariusz Majkowski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 8-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 8-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Andreas Korpetis to make the kick off. Mariusz Majkowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Konstantinos Tsevas in the 54th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Birkan Balıkçı in the 55th minute of play forced Roman Tim Tfaruk's goalkeeper Mariusz Majkowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roman Tim Tfaruk's Mariusz Majkowski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yu Peng Qiang in the 56th minute of play. When Grzegorz Solak fell near the penalty area in the 57th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Roman Tim Tfaruk's protests and gave Grzegorz Solak a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Roman Tim Tfaruk's Grzegorz Solak got a free kick in the 57th minute. In the 59th minute Aykut Berksan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mariusz Majkowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mariusz Majkowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andreas Korpetis in the 61st minute of play. In the 62nd minute of the match Aykut Berksan sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mariusz Majkowski skillfully saved the ball. Herbert Mietus sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mariusz Majkowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andreas Korpetis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 66th match minute, Roman Tim Tfaruk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Grzegorz Solak to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gaston Jerrald in the 68th minute of play forced Roman Tim Tfaruk's goalkeeper Mariusz Majkowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 70th minute, Birkan Balıkçı made a precise shot to the right of Mariusz Majkowski. Roman Tim Tfaruk's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 10-0. After 73 minutes of play, Vakoufi Utd's Gaston Jerrald made it 11-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mariusz Majkowski was left in no man's land by his defense there! 75 minutes into the match, Roman Tim Tfaruk's goal looked a bit too open when Birkan Balıkçı came free, but Mariusz Majkowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Herbert Mietus fell near the penalty area in the 76th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Roman Tim Tfaruk's protests and gave Herbert Mietus a yellow card for diving instead. 78 minutes into the match, Aykut Berksan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mariusz Majkowski. Roman Tim Tfaruk's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aykut Berksan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 12-0. Mariusz Majkowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andreas Korpetis in the 82nd minute of play. If Ibai Llanos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 83 minutes into the game, Vakoufi Utd's Andreas Korpetis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mariusz Majkowski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 13-0. 86 minutes into the game, Vakoufi Utd's Andreas Korpetis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mariusz Majkowski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 14-0. 89 minutes into the match, Andreas Korpetis notched a goal, 15-0, to the right of Roman Tim Tfaruk's Mariusz Majkowski. Mariusz Majkowski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some careless play in the Roman Tim Tfaruk defense, Andreas Korpetis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mariusz Majkowski. The Roman Tim Tfaruk fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mariusz Majkowski should have stopped the shot.