U21 World League

Crypto.com Stadium
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) Trifon Iraklideas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mihăiţă Voina, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. In the 7th minute, Moise Arapașu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Viktoras Natsikas came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the Vakoufi Utd fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Viktoras Natsikas couldn't finish the play. YR☆ Rossoneri™'s Florin Suşu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save YR☆ Rossoneri™ from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Vakoufi Utd's Christos Ouzounidis slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Florin Suşu. That made the score 1-0 after 16 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nektarios Korakakis in the 21st minute of play forced YR☆ Rossoneri™'s goalkeeper Florin Suşu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, YR☆ Rossoneri™'s Marian Drogoreanu got a free kick in the 21st minute. Viktoras Natsikas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Viktoras Natsikas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 28 minutes into the game, Zacharias Papagiannoulis recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Florin Suşu. Zacharias Papagiannoulis showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. In the 35th minute, Viktoras Natsikas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Vakoufi Utd fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Christos Ouzounidis received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Florin Suşu came out and tried to block the shot, but Christos Ouzounidis slotted it home off the left post making it 4-0 in the 40th minute. Stavros Kopidakis hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Marian Drogoreanu to strike the kick off in the second half. Florin Suşu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nektarios Korakakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, YR☆ Rossoneri™'s Moise Arapașu got a free kick in the 59th minute. Florin Suşu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nektarios Korakakis in the 62nd minute of play. In the 63rd match minute, YR☆ Rossoneri™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dinu Bungescu to maneuver through the defense. Florin Suşu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christos Ouzounidis in the 65th minute of play. In the 66th minute Nektarios Korakakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Florin Suşu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vakoufi Utd's Viktoras Natsikas got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Florin Suşu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Viktoras Natsikas went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zacharias Papagiannoulis in the 76th minute of play forced YR☆ Rossoneri™'s goalkeeper Florin Suşu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Florin Suşu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Viktoras Natsikas in the 79th minute of play. After 79 minutes, Zacharias Papagiannoulis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Vakoufi Utd and the YR☆ Rossoneri™ players grew even worse after the yellow card. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marian Drogoreanu got free with Trifon Iraklideas in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Trifon Iraklideas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dinu Bungescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 94 minutes into the game, YR☆ Rossoneri™'s Marian Drogoreanu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Trifon Iraklideas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-1. YR☆ Rossoneri™'s players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.