U23 World League

GREEN LIONS Stadium
Spectators: 7644 (Terracing: 5736, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 150) 3 minutes into the match, GREEN LIONS's goal looked a bit too open when Flavio Maciel came free, but Vaggelis Pantelidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Filippos Kopelis kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Osvaldo dos Santos. That made the score 1-0 in the 5 minute of play. THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Osvaldo dos Santos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ignatios Papachronakis in the 10th minute of play. 14 minutes into the match, GREEN LIONS's goal looked a bit too open when Marcinho Donato came free, but Vaggelis Pantelidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 15th minute of the match THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ got a corner. GREEN LIONS's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Christiano Albuquerque ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 18th minute, Marcinho Donato got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. If Demis Laggizos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 23 minutes into the match, THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's goal looked a bit too open when Demis Laggizos came free, but Osvaldo dos Santos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ian Netto charged in rather forcefully in the 24th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ian Netto the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ian Netto hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. A collision led to GREEN LIONS getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Kostas Vakaros hit a great ball. When Flavio Maciel came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Flavio Maciel couldn't finish the play. Osvaldo dos Santos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ignatios Papachronakis in the 32nd minute. With his leg Osvaldo dos Santos managed to avoid a goal in the 36thth minute, when GREEN LIONS's Demis Laggizos fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Demis Laggizos was the one to do the kick off. After 52 played minutes GREEN LIONS got a freekick which was hit by Ignatios Papachronakis. After 56 played minutes THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ got a freekick which was hit by Christiano Albuquerque. THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Osvaldo dos Santos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Demis Laggizos in the 57th minute of play. Osvaldo dos Santos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ignatios Papachronakis in the 58th minute of the match. Osvaldo dos Santos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Demis Laggizos in the 59th minute of the match. Osvaldo dos Santos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ignatios Papachronakis in the 61st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, GREEN LIONS's Demis Laggizos got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Demis Laggizos kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Osvaldo dos Santos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ignatios Papachronakis in the 68th minute of play. In the 74th minute, Flavio Maciel got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Osvaldo dos Santos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Demis Laggizos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 82nd match minute, THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Flavio Maciel to maneuver through the defense. Osvaldo dos Santos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filippos Kopelis in the 84th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Demis Laggizos in the 86th minute of play forced THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's goalkeeper Osvaldo dos Santos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 87th minute, Ignatios Papachronakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Flavio Maciel kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. Osvaldo dos Santos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filippos Kopelis in the 94th minute of play. GREEN LIONS walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.