U23 World League

Castro Del Corfu
Spectators: 7740 (Terracing: 5806, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Vassilis Katsourinis kicked off to start the match. Loukas Kois showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matthew Murguia in the 3rd minute of the match. Vassilis Mavreas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Edgardo Fuica made a huge save. After some careless play in the Kerkyra FC defense, Matthew Murguia kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Loukas Kois. The Kerkyra FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Loukas Kois should have stopped the shot. Kerkyra FC's Loukas Kois played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matthew Murguia in the 11th minute of play. 16 minutes into the match, Kerkyra FC's goal looked a bit too open when Matthew Murguia came free, but Loukas Kois reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 18 minutes into the match, Anthonio Zeppeli had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Loukas Kois. Kerkyra FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Anthonio Zeppeli was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. The supporters of Kerkyra FC booed when ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anthonio Zeppeli didn't get a good kick on the ball. Edgardo Fuica made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vassilis Katsourinis in the 25th minute. In the 28thth minute of the game Giorgos Maragozis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s Edgardo Fuica was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Loukas Kois showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lino Raymond, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. In the 37thth minute of the game Lino Raymond who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Kerkyra FC's Loukas Kois was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Edgardo Fuica showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vassilis Mavreas, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. After 46 minutes of play, ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s Anthonio Zeppeli made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Loukas Kois was left in no man's land by his defense there!

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Matthew Murguia to make the kick off. Loukas Kois made an important save on a dangerous shot by Anthonio Zeppeli in the 52nd minute. Matthew Murguia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Loukas Kois made a huge save. With a little luck, Kerkyra FC's Loukas Kois got control of the ball when Matthew Murguia tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Matthew Murguia got free with Loukas Kois in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, Kerkyra FC's Loukas Kois got control of the ball when Matthew Murguia tried to sneak it across the goal line. Loukas Kois made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lino Raymond in the 65th minute of play. Kerkyra FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 66th minute, when Matthew Murguia scored to the left of an out of position Loukas Kois, making the score, 0-6. ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s Nunez Ugartondo was substituted for Januário Gouveia. ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s Edgardo Fuica played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giorgos Maragozis in the 72nd minute of play. Loukas Kois showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ximenes Arganzua, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Loukas Kois made an important save on a dangerous shot by Anthonio Zeppeli in the 76th minute. In the 77th minute of the match, Lino Raymond tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Loukas Kois saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After a rather tough play, Kerkyra FC's Fanis Nioras got a free kick in the 79th minute. In the 84th minute, Anthonio Zeppeli reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Loukas Kois. The goal made the score 0-7. Ximenes Arganzua received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Loukas Kois came out and tried to block the shot, but Ximenes Arganzua slotted it home off the left post making it 0-8 in the 92nd minute. The ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦ supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦ would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.