U21 World League

The Funk Factory
Spectators: 7528 (Terracing: 5647, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Gerasimos Patsionidis made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 3rd minute, Damon Breasley hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thodoris Tabakis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nathan Calver in the 5th minute. In the 9th minute Sokratis Symeonakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bert Malacarne saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Humphry Sawbridge hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Bert Malacarne came out of the goal in the 23rd minute to try and stop a shot by RO Army V55's Ermis Kontominas. But to his dismay, Ermis Kontominas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. 29 minutes into the match, Gerasimos Patsionidis notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Sexolution FC's Bert Malacarne. Bert Malacarne was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Thodoris Tabakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Darryl Markcrow, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 35 minutes into the game, Gerasimos Patsionidis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Bert Malacarne was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Bert Malacarne showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sokratis Symeonakis in the 37th minute of the match. In the 39th minute, Damon Breasley hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, RO Army V55's Daniel Prodan tried to score from far away in the 40th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Bert Malacarne showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gerasimos Patsionidis in the 43rd minute of the match. In the 43rd minute, Damon Breasley hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bert Malacarne took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fanis Kapernekas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gerasimos Patsionidis in the 48th minute of play forced Sexolution FC's goalkeeper Bert Malacarne to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Humphry Sawbridge to strike the kick off in the second half. Bert Malacarne made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerasimos Patsionidis in the 53rd minute of play. 55 minutes into the match, Sokratis Symeonakis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bert Malacarne. Sexolution FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sokratis Symeonakis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. In the 62nd minute, RO Army V55's Fanis Kapernekas dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-6. The supporters of Sexolution FC booed when RO Army V55 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fanis Kapernekas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fanis Kapernekas's late challenge caught a Sexolution FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fanis Kapernekas helped the player get up and apologised. After 72 played minutes RO Army V55 got a freekick which was hit by Fanis Kapernekas. With a little luck, Sexolution FC's Bert Malacarne got control of the ball when Fanis Kapernekas tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 77th minute, Fanis Kapernekas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bert Malacarne was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-8. Nathan Calver charged in rather forcefully in the 80th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nathan Calver the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gerasimos Patsionidis got free with Bert Malacarne in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Thodoris Tabakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lauder Trevena in the 89th minute of the match. The supporters of Sexolution FC booed when RO Army V55 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daniel Prodan didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 96th match minute, RO Army V55 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gerasimos Patsionidis to maneuver through the defense. When the final whistle sounded RO Army V55 left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Sexolution FC.