U21 World League

PIRATAS STADIUM
Spectators: 7545 (Terracing: 5660, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) Tabachana F.C.'s Alexandros Karakotsos started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The supporters of PIRATAS TFP booed when Tabachana F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Efthimis Stamatiadis didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 10 minutes, Pedrão Velasco managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. PIRATAS TFP's supporters crossed their fingers, but Pedrão Velasco was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the match had gone on for 12 minutes, Alexandre da Cunha took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Tilemachos Manouselis to make any attempt to save it. In the 19th minute, Fragiskos Stergakos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tilemachos Manouselis came out of the goal in the 25th minute to try and stop a shot by PIRATAS TFP's Dito Donatello. But to his dismay, Dito Donatello quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Elano Toledo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexandros Karakotsos, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Vassilis Tournas scored 3-1 in the 36th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Elano Toledo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Alexandre da Cunha could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Tilemachos Manouselis made a huge save. In the 44th minute, Waldemar Maranhense hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alexandre da Cunha stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Manuel Vianna kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. 52 minutes into the match, PIRATAS TFP's goal looked a bit too open when Alexis Idrotoglou came free, but Elano Toledo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. PIRATAS TFP's Pedrão Velasco got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 58 minutes into the match, Tabachana F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Dito Donatello came free, but Tilemachos Manouselis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Elano Toledo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vassilis Tournas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 63rd minute, Dito Donatello ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tilemachos Manouselis was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. In the 65th minute, Vassilis Tournas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to PIRATAS TFP getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Manuel Vianna hit a great ball. Alexandre da Cunha took the ball and in the 68 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tilemachos Manouselis. Tilemachos Manouselis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-1. In the 71st minute, Lucas Valladares hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Elano Toledo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexis Idrotoglou, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. 75 minutes into the match, Tabachana F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Dito Donatello came free, but Tilemachos Manouselis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Akis Vasilakopoulos charged in rather forcefully in the 76th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Akis Vasilakopoulos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Tabachana F.C.'s Akis Vasilakopoulos got a free kick in the 77th minute. João Vítor de Medeiros took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 77th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Tilemachos Manouselis. Tabachana F.C.'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. A collision led to Tabachana F.C. getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Akis Vasilakopoulos hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandre da Cunha in the 87th minute of play forced Tabachana F.C.'s goalkeeper Tilemachos Manouselis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alexandros Karakotsos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Elano Toledo having to interfere.