U23 World League

SPARTA® Stadium
Spectators: 7451 (Terracing: 5590, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Vaggelis Giannakidis kicked off to start the match. Makis Efthimiadis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vaggelis Giannakidis went, in the 10th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. GOD OF WAR's Anthimos Farmakatos was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 17th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Orestis Koskinopoulos came free with the goalkeeper in the 20th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Kostas Periandros could save by the left post. A collision led to GOD OF WAR getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Stamatis Kazatzidis hit a great ball. In the 24th minute, Vaggelis Giannakidis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pagos FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Anthimos Farmakatos was extremely unlucky when he, in the 27th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Makis Efthimiadis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vaggelis Giannakidis went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. In the 39th minute, Paris Latousakis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Makis Efthimiadis was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. Makis Efthimiadis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikos Micheloudakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. When the match had gone on for 44 minutes, Nikos Micheloudakis put it in 1-5 from a short distance just to the right of Makis Efthimiadis. Disappointed in the 1-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Anthimos Farmakatos to strike the kick off in the second half. After 52 minutes, Orestis Koskinopoulos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the GOD OF WAR and the Pagos FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. With a little luck, GOD OF WAR's Makis Efthimiadis got control of the ball when Vaggelis Giannakidis tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paris Latousakis in the 57th minute of play forced GOD OF WAR's goalkeeper Makis Efthimiadis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 58 minutes into the game, Pagos FC's Vaggelis Giannakidis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Makis Efthimiadis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-6. If Nikos Micheloudakis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Makis Efthimiadis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paris Latousakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Makis Efthimiadis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nikos Micheloudakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 66 minutes into the game, Pagos FC's Paris Latousakis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Makis Efthimiadis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-7. Vaggelis Giannakidis scored 1-8 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Makis Efthimiadis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 71st minute, Fanis Paouris hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kostas Karalexopoulos got free with Makis Efthimiadis in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 78 minutes of play, Pagos FC's Nikos Micheloudakis made it 1-9 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Makis Efthimiadis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Makis Efthimiadis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paris Latousakis in the 81st minute of play. In the 81st minute, Paris Latousakis made a precise shot to the right of Makis Efthimiadis. GOD OF WAR's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-10. When the match had gone on for 85 minutes, Paris Latousakis took a quick shot and it went in 1-11 without a chance for Makis Efthimiadis to make any attempt to save it. Makis Efthimiadis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikos Micheloudakis in the 90th minute of play. After some careless play in the Pagos FC defense, Anthimos Farmakatos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Kostas Periandros. The Pagos FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Kostas Periandros should have stopped the shot. The GOD OF WAR fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Pagos FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.