U21 World League

☆Stamford † Bridge★
Spectators: 7652 (Terracing: 5741, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Charilaos Sapounakis took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute, Nicolas Mendes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 6 minutes, Christos Dimitriou managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ☘️☆VaMpI®3 † DyNaStY★☘️'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Christos Dimitriou was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Glauco Soeiro made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Charilaos Sapounakis sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Elite™- FC Galácticos's Amílton Reis got a free kick in the 10th minute. Elite™- FC Galácticos's Amílton Reis quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Nikiforos Kyriazis, made in the 12th minute of the game. João Pedro Xavier's late challenge caught a ☘️☆VaMpI®3 † DyNaStY★☘️'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. João Pedro Xavier helped the player get up and apologised. In the 13th minute, João Pedro Xavier hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 20 played minutes ☘️☆VaMpI®3 † DyNaStY★☘️ got a freekick which was hit by Aggelos Kapranidis. An unexpectedly hard shot by Charilaos Sapounakis in the 24th minute of play forced Elite™- FC Galácticos's goalkeeper Glauco Soeiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 27th minute Nicolas Mendes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fanis Mitilineos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 27th minute, Argyris Kousas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 39th match minute, ☘️☆VaMpI®3 † DyNaStY★☘️ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Argyris Kousas to maneuver through the defense. In the 41st minute the ball was on its way in behind ☘️☆VaMpI®3 † DyNaStY★☘️'s goalkeeper Fanis Mitilineos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, ☘️☆VaMpI®3 † DyNaStY★☘️'s Nikiforos Kyriazis got a free kick in the 47th minute. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Eurico Arósio stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by João Pedro Goiano in the 53rd minute of play forced ☘️☆VaMpI®3 † DyNaStY★☘️'s goalkeeper Fanis Mitilineos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 54th minute Charilaos Sapounakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Glauco Soeiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 56th minute ☘️☆VaMpI®3 † DyNaStY★☘️ were awarded a corner. Fanis Karadimos went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Fanis Karadimos almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Elite™- FC Galácticos's Glauco Soeiro did a great save. Amílton Reis kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Gino Santos's late challenge caught a ☘️☆VaMpI®3 † DyNaStY★☘️'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gino Santos helped the player get up and apologised. Gino Santos kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. Elite™- FC Galácticos's Charles Vidal got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Fanis Ntovas during the 79th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, ☘️☆VaMpI®3 † DyNaStY★☘️'s Fanis Ntovas got a free kick in the 79th minute. Aggelos Kapranidis kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. The supporters of ☘️☆VaMpI®3 † DyNaStY★☘️ booed when Elite™- FC Galácticos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nicolas Mendes didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Amílton Reis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 94 minutes into the game, Charilaos Sapounakis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Glauco Soeiro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. There was no doubt that ☘️☆VaMpI®3 † DyNaStY★☘️ were the better team. ☘️☆VaMpI®3 † DyNaStY★☘️'s players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.