U21 World League

琉球大学体育场
Spectators: 7455 (Terracing: 5592, Seating: 1714, VIP seats: 149) Timos Santorineos started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 5th minute of the match 陈寒振 sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Giorgos Nifitsas skillfully saved the ball. 贺锋烽 charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 贺锋烽 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 16thth minute of the game Tolis Stergiotis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but 大汉•钓鱼岛's 严益竞 was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to 大汉•钓鱼岛 getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. 高源骋 hit a great ball. 严益竞 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tolis Stergiotis in the 21st minute of the match. 严益竞 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isidoros Argyrakos in the 23rd minute of the match. 严益竞 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timos Santorineos in the 28th minute of play. 大汉•钓鱼岛's 严益竞 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tolis Stergiotis in the 29th minute of play. In the 33rd minute the ball was on its way in behind 大汉•钓鱼岛's goalkeeper 严益竞, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 39 minutes into the match, 大汉•钓鱼岛's goal looked a bit too open when Timos Santorineos came free, but 严益竞 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, TZITZIFIES's Tolis Stergiotis got a free kick in the 42nd minute.

陈寒振 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Giorgos Nifitsas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 56 minutes into the match, Timos Santorineos notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of 大汉•钓鱼岛's 严益竞. 严益竞 was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 61 minutes, Timos Santorineos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the TZITZIFIES and the 大汉•钓鱼岛 players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to 大汉•钓鱼岛 getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. 贺锋烽 hit a great ball. Isidoros Chatzidis hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. In the 70th match minute, 大汉•钓鱼岛 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 孙凌勇 to maneuver through the defense. 高源骋's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Giorgos Nifitsas read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 73rd minute of play. Timos Santorineos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but 严益竞 made a huge save. When Charilaos Kyriakou fell near the penalty area in the 77th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored TZITZIFIES's protests and gave Charilaos Kyriakou a yellow card for diving instead. Charilaos Kyriakou hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. In the 78th minute 陈寒振 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Giorgos Nifitsas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Giorgos Nifitsas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 陈寒振 in the 80th minute of play. In the 81st minute Timos Santorineos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 严益竞 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 86 minutes of play, TZITZIFIES's Tolis Stergiotis made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 严益竞 was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by 高源骋 during the 93rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 93 played minutes 大汉•钓鱼岛 got a freekick which was hit by 高源骋. After having played for 96 minutes, Timos Santorineos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. TZITZIFIES's supporters crossed their fingers, but Timos Santorineos 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 was over TZITZIFIES could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than 大汉•钓鱼岛 throughout the match.