U21 World League

KING GREEN ARENA
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Dimos Violopoulos started the match with the kick off. Diogenis Stravelakis kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. After 6 played minutes, Romanian Gods™'s Basarab Logofeteanu shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Panagiotis Kolleris came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Romanian Gods™ reached it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimos Violopoulos in the 8th minute of play forced Romanian Gods™'s goalkeeper Francisc Trăilă to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 12 minutes into the game, Diogenis Stravelakis recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Francisc Trăilă. Diogenis Stravelakis showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. 15 minutes into the match, Romanian Gods™'s goalkeeper Francisc Trăilă had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dimos Violopoulos. In the 16th minute, Sabin Marian hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Irinel Poenaru hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Panagiotis Kolleris showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Basarab Logofeteanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. After a rather tough play, Trifillia.FC's Konstantinos Kapareliotis got a free kick in the 32nd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Diogenis Stravelakis got free with Francisc Trăilă in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Dimos Violopoulos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Olimpiu Cupșa charged in rather forcefully in the 38th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Olimpiu Cupșa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 38 played minutes Romanian Gods™ got a freekick which was hit by Olimpiu Cupșa. Romanian Gods™'s Francisc Trăilă played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dimos Violopoulos in the 40th minute of play. Irinel Poenaru hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Trifillia.FC's Aris Kravaris slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Francisc Trăilă. That made the score 3-0 after 42 minutes of play. 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Augustin Boșneag stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Francisc Trăilă showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dimos Violopoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Francisc Trăilă made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aris Kravaris in the 58th minute of play. After 59 minutes of play, Trifillia.FC's Dimos Violopoulos made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Francisc Trăilă was left in no man's land by his defense there! 63 minutes into the match, Irinel Poenaru dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Panagiotis Kolleris, 4-1. When Thodoris Mavromatakis fell near the penalty area in the 67th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Trifillia.FC's protests and gave Thodoris Mavromatakis a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Trifillia.FC getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Thodoris Mavromatakis hit a great ball. Thodoris Mavromatakis got his second yellow card in the match during the 70th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 73rd minute, Basarab Logofeteanu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Romanian Gods™ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-2. After 76 played minutes Trifillia.FC got a freekick which was hit by Konstantinos Kapareliotis. Konstantinos Kapareliotis hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Trifillia.FC's zone, Basarab Logofeteanu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Panagiotis Kolleris came out of the goal and Basarab Logofeteanu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Aris Kravaris sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Panagiotis Kolleris showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Basarab Logofeteanu in the 88th minute of the match. Fanis Vourexakis hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. Panagiotis Kolleris was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 96th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Basarab Logofeteanu. Trifillia.FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.