U23 World League

Tserna-Reka-V55
Spectators: 7545 (Terracing: 5660, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) Ermis Kontominas made the kick off and thus started the match. A collision led to RO Army V55 getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Vassilis Stergioudas hit a great ball. Thodoris Tabakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hermengildo Gorka, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. After 4 minutes, Gilberto Fonda mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the HFA FC and the RO Army V55 players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of HFA FC booed when RO Army V55 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vassilis Stergioudas didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, HFA FC's Gilberto Fonda got a free kick in the 9th minute. Dario Ciceron hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in HFA FC's zone, Daniel Prodan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Atilano Ted came out of the goal and Daniel Prodan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 18 minutes into the match, HFA FC's goal looked a bit too open when Sokratis Symeonakis came free, but Atilano Ted reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 18 minutes into the game, Ladislao Gaufred was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. HFA FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave RO Army V55 the free kick. In the 19th minute, Ladislao Gaufred hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Atilano Ted was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Daniel Prodan. Atilano Ted showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Iosif Pantelatos, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. In the 22nd minute, Gilberto Fonda hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With his leg Atilano Ted managed to avoid a goal in the 26thth minute, when RO Army V55's Fanis Kapernekas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Thodoris Tabakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ubaldo Guifre in the 28th minute of the match. Atilano Ted showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sokratis Symeonakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fanis Kapernekas got free with Atilano Ted in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, RO Army V55's Renos Stefanou got a free kick in the 36th minute. In the 40th minute, Dimitris Stathakos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vassilis Stergioudas kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. In the 42nd minute Hermengildo Gorka shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thodoris Tabakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Renos Stefanou kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. 48 minutes into the game, Ubaldo Guifre cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Thodoris Tabakis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The RO Army V55 players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. HFA FC were winning 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ubaldo Guifre to strike the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the RO Army V55 defense, Cayetano Esdras kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Thodoris Tabakis. The RO Army V55 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Thodoris Tabakis should have stopped the shot. After having played for 60 minutes, Sebastian Turi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. HFA FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sebastian Turi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, RO Army V55's Sokratis Symeonakis got a free kick in the 63rd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hermengildo Gorka during the 69th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 72 minutes into the match, Fanis Kapernekas notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of HFA FC's Atilano Ted. Atilano Ted was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gilberto Fonda hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. In the 80th minute Fanis Kapernekas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Atilano Ted saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 82nd minute Fanis Kapernekas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Atilano Ted saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 84th minute Iosif Pantelatos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Atilano Ted saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Gilberto Fonda kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Thodoris Tabakis. That made the score 2-3 in the 87 minute of play. If Cayetano Esdras had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 94th match minute, HFA FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gilberto Fonda to maneuver through the defense. In the 96th minute, Iosif Pantelatos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The RO Army V55 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-3. RO Army V55 were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.