U21 World League

Zini Stadium
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Antonis Klinakis kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute, Sandro Fonseca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Teodosio Niva, 4 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. O.T.E's Stamatis Bravos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Teodosio Niva in the 7th minute of play. Donyo Dragiyski hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. The supporters of O.T.E booed when Cremonese was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Prudencio Ostargi didn't get a good kick on the ball. 15 minutes into the match, Melchor Ondino had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stamatis Bravos. O.T.E's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Melchor Ondino was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. The supporters of Cremonese booed when O.T.E was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Diego Armando Hrabina didn't get a good kick on the ball. Stamatis Bravos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Melchor Ondino in the 21st minute. In the 23rd minute, Antonis Klinakis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The O.T.E fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. O.T.E's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Iosif Glossopoulos in the 36th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Melchor Ondino got free with Stamatis Bravos in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Melchor Ondino in the 41st minute of play forced O.T.E's goalkeeper Stamatis Bravos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Victorio Txema came up free with the goalie in the 47th minute, the Cremonese 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 Victorio Txema couldn't finish the play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Melchor Ondino stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Stamatis Bravos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Melchor Ondino in the 51st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Melchor Ondino in the 55th minute of play forced O.T.E's goalkeeper Stamatis Bravos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 57 played minutes O.T.E got a freekick which was hit by Iosif Glossopoulos. In the 57th minute, Teodosio Niva sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and O.T.E's Stamatis Bravos didn't even have to move. In the 81stth minute of the game Melchor Ondino who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but O.T.E's Stamatis Bravos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in O.T.E's zone, Melchor Ondino stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Stamatis Bravos came out of the goal and Melchor Ondino tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 92nd match minute, O.T.E was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arboleda Soberano to maneuver through the defense. Teodosio Niva missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 93 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Stamatis Bravos right hand side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Diego Armando Hrabina during the 95th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Diego Armando Hrabina kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Teodosio Niva managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cremonese's supporters rose to their feet, but Teodosio Niva was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Stamatis Bravos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Cremonese had played much better football throughout.