U23 World League

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Spectators: 7527 (Terracing: 5646, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Marin Duna made the kick off and thus started the match. Delmar Hanot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marin Duna in the 3rd minute of the match. When Silvano Harkaitz fell near the penalty area in the 7th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored DON RAMON 72's protests and gave Silvano Harkaitz a yellow card for diving instead. In the 7th match minute, DON RAMON 72 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Silvano Harkaitz to maneuver through the defense. 13 minutes into the match, Marin Duna had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Delmar Hanot. DON RAMON 72's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marin Duna was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. If Marin Duna had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Sokratis Symeonakis charged in rather forcefully in the 21st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sokratis Symeonakis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Sokratis Symeonakis hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Rod Stewart's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thodoris Tabakis was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. In the 26th minute Fanis Kapernekas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Delmar Hanot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rod Stewart could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Thodoris Tabakis made a huge save. Rod Stewart received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Thodoris Tabakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 38th match minute, DON RAMON 72 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Feliciano Cordarin to maneuver through the defense. In the 40thth minute of the game Marin Duna who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but DON RAMON 72's Delmar Hanot was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Delmar Hanot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marin Duna in the 45th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rod Stewart stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Thodoris Tabakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Silvano Harkaitz, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. Rod Stewart's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Thodoris Tabakis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 53rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rod Stewart in the 55th minute of play forced RO Army V55's goalkeeper Thodoris Tabakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thodoris Tabakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roberto Tohias in the 58th minute of the match. After 59 minutes RO Army V55's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Silvano Harkaitz who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Silvano Harkaitz almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but RO Army V55's Thodoris Tabakis did a great save. 61 minutes into the match, DON RAMON 72's Rod Stewart sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Thodoris Tabakis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. DON RAMON 72's Silvano Harkaitz got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 68th minute, Rod Stewart left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The DON RAMON 72 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. In the 71st minute, Silvano Harkaitz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The DON RAMON 72 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Sokratis Symeonakis kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Delmar Hanot. That made the score 2-2 in the 74 minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Rod Stewart managed to get in a good position for a shot. DON RAMON 72's supporters rose to their feet, but Rod Stewart was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Thodoris Tabakis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The RO Army V55 fans' excitement grew in the 80th match minute when RO Army V55's Fanis Kapernekas looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Daniel Prodan was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 92 minutes into the match. In the 92nd minute, one of RO Army V55:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for RO Army V55. In the 93rd minute there was a penalty for DON RAMON 72. Silvano Harkaitz stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Thodoris Tabakis. 3-3.