U21 World League

ΠΑΟΚ F.C. ARENA
Spectators: 7472 (Terracing: 5605, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Diogenis Priovolos started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Thrasivoulos Moisiadis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Filippos Serametakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 17th minute Marios Georgiadis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilias Peristeropoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marios Georgiadis in the 19th minute of play forced ΠΑΟΚ FC's goalkeeper Ilias Peristeropoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ΠΑΟΚ FC's Ilias Peristeropoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marios Georgiadis in the 20th minute of play. In the 22nd minute, Vladimiros Pardalakis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The MICE F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After a defensive mix-up in ΠΑΟΚ FC's zone, Marios Georgiadis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ilias Peristeropoulos came out of the goal and Marios Georgiadis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 34th match minute, ΠΑΟΚ FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dimitris Skevofilakas to maneuver through the defense. After 37 played minutes ΠΑΟΚ FC got a freekick which was hit by Panos Mastrantoniou. Marios Georgiadis kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. 43 minutes into the match, ΠΑΟΚ FC's goal looked a bit too open when Marios Georgiadis came free, but Ilias Peristeropoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Vladimiros Pardalakis made a kick off. Kostas Triantopoulos kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. In the 55th minute, Vladimiros Pardalakis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The MICE F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Marios Georgiadis in the 58th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ilias Peristeropoulos prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 65th match minute, ΠΑΟΚ FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thomas Papagiotopoulos to maneuver through the defense. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 68th minute of the game. One of MICE F.C.:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of ΠΑΟΚ FC:s goal. Thomas Papagiotopoulos charged in rather forcefully in the 78th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Thomas Papagiotopoulos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 78th minute, Thomas Papagiotopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 80th minute Vladimiros Pardalakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilias Peristeropoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ΠΑΟΚ FC's Ilias Peristeropoulos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save ΠΑΟΚ FC from getting a goal against them.