U21 World League

ERGOTELIS MARTINEGO
Spectators: 7541 (Terracing: 5657, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) In the 3rd match minute, FC Truseni was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ruslan Cretu to maneuver through the defense. After recieving a nice pass, ERGOTELIS's Kostas Makrodimitris tried to score from far away in the 3rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 4th minute, Kostas Makrodimitris hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nikos Savakis might have been able to make a better finish in the 10th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vadim Macovei. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nikos Savakis ran back to his position shaking his head. When Ruslan Cretu fell near the penalty area in the 16th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Truseni's protests and gave Ruslan Cretu a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, FC Truseni's Ruslan Cretu got a free kick in the 16th minute. In the 17th minute, Kostas Makrodimitris sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and FC Truseni's Vadim Macovei didn't even have to move. 18 minutes into the match, Nikos Savakis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vadim Macovei. FC Truseni's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nikos Savakis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 22nd minute Iosif Creangã shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Panos Drambas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vadim Macovei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nikos Savakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 41st minute Iosif Creangã shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Panos Drambas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. FC Truseni's Iosif Creangã got a good chance for a goal in the 42nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 45 minutes into the match, ERGOTELIS's goal looked a bit too open when Iosif Creangã came free, but Panos Drambas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ERGOTELIS's Panos Drambas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iosif Creangã in the 47th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nikos Savakis to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the game, Nikos Savakis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Vadim Macovei was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 56 minutes into the match, FC Truseni's Mircea Dadu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Panos Drambas narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 60th match minute, FC Truseni was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eugen Tabãrã to maneuver through the defense. In the 61st minute, Mihail Cepoi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When ERGOTELIS's Lefteris Kaligeros in the 62nd minute got a chance for a shot 62nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Truseni's goalie prevented a goal. Iosif Creangã could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 69th minute of the match, but Panos Drambas made a huge save. Theagenis Voulgarakis's late challenge caught a FC Truseni's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Theagenis Voulgarakis helped the player get up and apologised. After 70 played minutes ERGOTELIS got a freekick which was hit by Theagenis Voulgarakis. 73 minutes into the match, ERGOTELIS's goalkeeper Panos Drambas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tudor Cobzar. In the 73rd match minute, ERGOTELIS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thrasivoulos Tsiblidis to maneuver through the defense. After 79 minutes of play, FC Truseni's Iosif Creangã made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Panos Drambas was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mihail Cepoi hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Panos Drambas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Iosif Creangã, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kostas Makrodimitris kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. A hard shot by Eugen Tabãrã from long distance, 90 minutes into the match, got Panos Drambas's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Panos Drambas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mircea Dadu in the 92nd minute of play. Mircea Dadu did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-3 to the left of a surprised Panos Drambas 93 minutes into the match.