World League

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Spectators: 7555 (Terracing: 5668, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) Jonas Håkansson made the kick off and thus started the match. A collision led to PicksBattle.com getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Ivan Solo hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tommy Bock in the 8th minute of play forced PicksBattle.com's goalkeeper Efthimis Giotopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. PicksBattle.com's Efthimis Giotopoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonas Håkansson in the 9th minute of play. A collision led to PicksBattle.com getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Ahmet Seyfi Koralp hit a great ball. A sloppy throw-in by Vilhelm Bengtsson in the 19th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by PicksBattle.com's Dimitris Kalofolias. After a rather tough play, ViHörs's Håkan Alegren got a free kick in the 20th minute. After 22 minutes of play, ViHörs's Jonas Håkansson made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Efthimis Giotopoulos was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 25th minute Jonas Håkansson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Efthimis Giotopoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Tommy Bock came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the ViHörs 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 Tommy Bock couldn't finish the play. Efthimis Giotopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tord Eliasson in the 27th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Jonas Håkansson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Efthimis Giotopoulos was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jonas Håkansson in the 31st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Efthimis Giotopoulos saved PicksBattle.com from getting behind. PicksBattle.com's Efthimis Giotopoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonas Håkansson in the 35th minute of play. Efthimis Giotopoulos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonas Håkansson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonas Håkansson in the 45th minute of play forced PicksBattle.com's goalkeeper Efthimis Giotopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jonas Håkansson in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Efthimis Giotopoulos saved PicksBattle.com from getting behind. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Roger Flor was the one to do the kick off. Efthimis Giotopoulos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ivar Berg went, in the 51st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. With his leg Efthimis Giotopoulos managed to avoid a goal in the 61stth minute, when ViHörs's Jonas Håkansson fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonas Håkansson in the 64th minute of play forced PicksBattle.com's goalkeeper Efthimis Giotopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jonas Håkansson took the ball and in the 69 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Efthimis Giotopoulos. Efthimis Giotopoulos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Ivar Berg succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-5 in the 72nd playminute. In the 77th match minute, PicksBattle.com was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Enrique Mouricio to maneuver through the defense. After 78 played minutes PicksBattle.com got a freekick which was hit by Panos Kouretas. Ivar Berg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Efthimis Giotopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tord Eliasson received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Efthimis Giotopoulos came out and tried to block the shot, but Tord Eliasson slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 87th minute. Efthimis Giotopoulos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tord Eliasson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched ViHörs eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.