U23 World League

Aerodrome 7
Spectators: 7464 (Terracing: 5599, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tommy Lövskog made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rdth minute of the game Paris Latousakis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Aero Björndalen's Niklas Brun was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Aero Björndalen's Niklas Brun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vaggelis Giannakidis in the 9th minute of play. After 15 minutes of play, Aero Björndalen's Tommy Lövskog made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kostas Periandros was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 19th minute Vaggelis Giannakidis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Niklas Brun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Avraam Maggioros's late challenge caught a Aero Björndalen's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Avraam Maggioros helped the player get up and apologised. In the 21st match minute, Pagos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Avraam Maggioros to maneuver through the defense. Pagos FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 25th minute, when Stig Wästerberg scored to the left of an out of position Kostas Periandros, making the score, 2-0. In the 29th minute Paris Latousakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Niklas Brun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 30 minutes into the match, Paris Latousakis notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Aero Björndalen's Niklas Brun. Niklas Brun was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Jonathan Wiklund hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 38th minute of the game. One of Aero Björndalen:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Pagos FC:s goal. In the 39th minute there was a penalty for Pagos FC. Spyros Kyrimlis stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Niklas Brun. 2-2. After a rather tough play, Aero Björndalen's Stig Wästerberg got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Niklas Brun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paris Latousakis in the 45th minute of play.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Vaggelis Giannakidis to make the kick off. Paris Latousakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Niklas Brun tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 54th minute, Pagos FC's Kostas Karalexopoulos dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-3. The crowd rose to their feet as Pagos FC's Vaggelis Giannakidis slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Niklas Brun. That made the score 2-4 after 59 minutes of play. In the 67th minute of the match, Paris Latousakis tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Niklas Brun saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 69th minute, Paris Latousakis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Niklas Brun was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-5. 73 minutes into the match, Aero Björndalen's goal looked a bit too open when Nikos Micheloudakis came free, but Niklas Brun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 75th minute, Gottfrid Adelsköld left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Aero Björndalen fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-5. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kostas Karalexopoulos got free with Niklas Brun in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Aero Björndalen's Niklas Brun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vaggelis Giannakidis in the 85th minute of play. A collision led to Pagos FC getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Giorgos Tsigas hit a great ball. The Pagos FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Pagos FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.