World League

Nest V55
Spectators: 7478 (Terracing: 5610, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) 3 minutes into the match, Bater Cuca notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Seahawks V55's Iordanis Kopanakis. Iordanis Kopanakis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bater Cuca during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Bater Cuca hit a great ball. João Francisco Loyola was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Giotis Lazarellis. After 9 minutes of play, ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Bater Cuca made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Iordanis Kopanakis was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Bater Cuca came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ 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 Bater Cuca couldn't finish the play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bater Cuca in the 15th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Iordanis Kopanakis saved Seahawks V55 from getting behind. In the 16th minute, Grigoris Papaggelou fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Iordanis Kopanakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bater Cuca in the 23rd minute of the match. After some careless play in the Seahawks V55 defense, Güray Arıkhan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Iordanis Kopanakis. The Seahawks V55 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Iordanis Kopanakis should have stopped the shot. In the 30th minute, Bater Cuca made a precise shot to the right of Iordanis Kopanakis. Seahawks V55's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. 35 minutes into the match, Otávio Meirelles had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Iordanis Kopanakis. Seahawks V55's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Otávio Meirelles was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. Iordanis Kopanakis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Otávio Meirelles's shot from short distance in the 38th minute. 47 minutes into the game, Bater Cuca cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-7. Iordanis Kopanakis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Disappointed in the 0-7 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Bater Cuca made the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute, ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Otávio Meirelles ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Iordanis Kopanakis. Iordanis Kopanakis yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-8. Iordanis Kopanakis made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Güray Arıkhan sent off a good shot on target. Iordanis Kopanakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonel Botelho in the 60th minute of play. João Francisco Loyola made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manolis Kalergis in the 62nd minute of play. In the 65th minute, Bater Cuca left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-9. Güray Arıkhan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Iordanis Kopanakis made a huge save. After a rather tough play, ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Bater Cuca got a free kick in the 71st minute. After 72 played minutes, Seahawks V55's Giotis Lazarellis shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper João Francisco Loyola came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Seahawks V55 reached it. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Grigoris Papaggelou during the 79th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Grigoris Papaggelou kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. Iordanis Kopanakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Otávio Meirelles in the 83rd minute of the match. Baltazar de Castro was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 89 minutes into the match. João Francisco Loyola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manolis Kalergis in the 90th minute of the match. Birol Gezer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cristóvão Campidelis's late challenge caught a Seahawks V55's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cristóvão Campidelis helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Cristóvão Campidelis got a free kick in the 95th minute. The Seahawks V55 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ were clearly better and deserved to take the win.