U21 World League

miguel cholita
Spectators: 7554 (Terracing: 5667, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jaume Major took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute, Carmelo Quirze hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 11th minute Roger Martinez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alkis Kalaboukas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nemesio Handi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentinos Vrisimitzakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 14 played minutes Vende Humo got a freekick which was hit by Atilano Lluciano. 17 minutes into the match, Jaume Major dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Alkis Kalaboukas, 1-0. After a defensive mix-up in GREEK ARMY's zone, Pastor Fe stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alkis Kalaboukas came out of the goal and Pastor Fe tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of Vende Humo booed when GREEK ARMY was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stamatis Zindros didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alkis Kalaboukas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jaume Major in the 22nd minute of play. Vende Humo's Nemesio Handi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stamatis Zindros in the 25th minute of play. In the 28th match minute, Vende Humo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Primitivo Joseph to maneuver through the defense. Manos Konstantakos hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Carmelo Quirze kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Alkis Kalaboukas. That made the score 2-0 in the 36 minute of play. When Pastor Fe came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Vende Humo 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 Pastor Fe couldn't finish the play. In the 40th minute Carmelo Quirze shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alkis Kalaboukas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. GREEK ARMY's defense didn't have a chance, in the 41st minute, when Jaume Major scored to the left of an out of position Alkis Kalaboukas, making the score, 3-0. 44 minutes into the match, GREEK ARMY's goalkeeper Alkis Kalaboukas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Primitivo Joseph. With a little luck, GREEK ARMY's Alkis Kalaboukas got control of the ball when Roger Martinez tried to sneak it across the goal line. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Alkis Kalaboukas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pastor Fe in the 54th minute of play. Alkis Kalaboukas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roger Martinez, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. GREEK ARMY's Alkis Kalaboukas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carmelo Quirze in the 56th minute of play. Nemesio Handi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Stamatis Zindros in the 57th minute. The audience was convinced that Pastor Fe's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alkis Kalaboukas was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. In the 59th match minute, GREEK ARMY was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alkaios Leontaras to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jaume Major in the 60th minute of play forced GREEK ARMY's goalkeeper Alkis Kalaboukas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 61st match minute, GREEK ARMY was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Manos Konstantakos to maneuver through the defense. Nemesio Handi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentinos Vrisimitzakis in the 66th minute of play. Alkis Kalaboukas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roger Martinez in the 67th minute of the match. Alkis Kalaboukas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jaume Major, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 73 minutes into the match, Jaume Major had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alkis Kalaboukas. GREEK ARMY's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jaume Major was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. Jaume Major fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alkis Kalaboukas having to interfere. After 90 minutes of play, Vende Humo's Carmelo Quirze made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alkis Kalaboukas was left in no man's land by his defense there! Alkis Kalaboukas didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Vende Humo's Jaume Major shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 8-0 in the ordered_time% minute. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Vende Humo fully deserved thier win.