U23 World League

Estadio las Palmeras
Spectators: 7765 (Terracing: 5825, Seating: 1786, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mike Cai got the match started through his kick off. After 4 played minutes Paralia Athens got a freekick which was hit by Petru Văidianu. 8 minutes into the match, Paralia Athens's goalkeeper Virgil Olariu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Maximiliano Cebo. Anthony Sacchi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mike Cai in the 14th minute of play. In the 17th minute Hernan Beat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Virgil Olariu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Paralia Athens's Virgil Olariu got control of the ball when Maximiliano Cebo tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 24th minute, Vasile Enciulescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV's Maximiliano Cebo in the 28th minute got a chance for a shot 28th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Paralia Athens's goalie prevented a goal. A collision led to Paralia Athens getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Aron Nedelcea hit a great ball. Paralia Athens's Virgil Olariu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hernan Beat in the 34th minute of play. Maximiliano Cebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Virgil Olariu made a huge save. Anthony Sacchi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mike Cai, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Mike Cai's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anthony Sacchi was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mike Cai in the 42nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Anthony Sacchi saved SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV from getting behind. Maximiliano Cebo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Virgil Olariu having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Hernan Beat made a kick off. Virgil Olariu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hernan Beat, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Virgil Olariu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Turi in the 58th minute of the match. Vasile Enciulescu's late challenge caught a SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vasile Enciulescu helped the player get up and apologised. After 67 played minutes Paralia Athens got a freekick which was hit by Vasile Enciulescu. Virgil Olariu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hernan Beat, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Daniel Turi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Paralia Athens's Gürkan Akaydın was substituted for Ke Zhou Yuan. 82 minutes into the match, Paralia Athens's goal looked a bit too open when Hernan Beat came free, but Virgil Olariu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A hard shot 85 in the game by Mike Cai from a close distance when the talented Anthony Sacchi managed to make a qualified save. SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV's players were relieved. Mike Cai had several of the SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 85 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-1 score and a disappointed Anthony Sacchi as he didn't even see the shot coming. Paralia Athens's Virgil Olariu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Francis Sarmiento in the 91st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mike Cai in the 92nd minute of play forced SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV's goalkeeper Anthony Sacchi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Virgil Olariu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hernan Beat in the 95th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gürkan Akaydın in the 96th minute of play forced SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV's goalkeeper Anthony Sacchi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anthony Sacchi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gürkan Akaydın in the 96th minute of play. SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.