U21 World League

Gionála Stadium
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Timos Santorineos made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of Symba booed when TZITZIFIES was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Timos Santorineos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Kais Mokadem might have been able to make a better finish in the 12th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Evaggelos Kostantelos. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kais Mokadem ran back to his position shaking his head. 16 minutes into the match, Symba's Heithem Kaâbi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Evaggelos Kostantelos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Isidoros Chatzidis fell near the penalty area in the 17th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored TZITZIFIES's protests and gave Isidoros Chatzidis a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Symba booed when TZITZIFIES was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Isidoros Chatzidis didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Symba getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Yassine Mhedhebi hit a great ball. Ammar Aziza kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. Evaggelos Kostantelos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kais Mokadem in the 31st minute of play. 33 minutes into the match, Symba's goal looked a bit too open when Timos Santorineos came free, but Habib Khcharem reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Symba's Sabri Ghigani got a free kick in the 34th minute. Habib Khcharem showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timos Santorineos in the 39th minute of the match. After 43 minutes, Timos Santorineos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the TZITZIFIES and the Symba players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 43rd minute, Timos Santorineos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Isidoros Chatzidis was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 46 minutes had been played. A collision led to TZITZIFIES getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Isidoros Chatzidis hit a great ball. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kais Mokadem to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the game, Yassine Mhedhebi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Symba's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave TZITZIFIES the free kick. 59 minutes into the game, TZITZIFIES's Timos Santorineos nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Habib Khcharem made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. The audience was convinced that Timos Santorineos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Habib Khcharem was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. Isidoros Argyrakos hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Timos Santorineos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Habib Khcharem having to interfere. When the match clock showed 71 minutes, the score became 3-1 when Timos Santorineos sped through Symba's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Habib Khcharem. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Kais Mokadem managed to get in a good position for a shot. Symba's supporters rose to their feet, but Kais Mokadem was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Evaggelos Kostantelos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Kais Mokadem received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Evaggelos Kostantelos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kais Mokadem in the 95thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Evaggelos Kostantelos, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. TZITZIFIES's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.