U23 World League

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Spectators: 7491 (Terracing: 5619, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) DeportivoIndependienteMDP's Adolfo Bastiaro started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After having played for 11 minutes, Chrisostomos Bourdas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's supporters crossed their fingers, but Chrisostomos Bourdas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 14th minute, one of tHe SOnS of rAGnar: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 tHe SOnS of rAGnar. tHe SOnS of rAGnar:s Marios Kamarinopoulos showed great skill when he stopped Tomás Haitz:s penalty. Apostolos Morikis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Nicasio Sendoa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aquilino Rey scored 0-1 in the 23rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marios Kamarinopoulos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Apostolos Morikis in the 30th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Nicasio Sendoa prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Marios Kamarinopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adolfo Bastiaro in the 38th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jonas Paul during the 39th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 40 played minutes DeportivoIndependienteMDP got a freekick which was hit by Jonas Paul. In the 47th minute Apostolos Morikis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicasio Sendoa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Chrisostomos Bourdas made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Apostolos Morikis in the 51st minute of play forced DeportivoIndependienteMDP's goalkeeper Nicasio Sendoa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Apostolos Morikis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 54 played minutes DeportivoIndependienteMDP got a freekick which was hit by Jonas Paul. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Thanos Kotitsas during the 60th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Adolfo Bastiaro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marios Kamarinopoulos having to interfere. In the 66th minute Aquilino Rey shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marios Kamarinopoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 68th minute, one of DeportivoIndependienteMDP: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 DeportivoIndependienteMDP. DeportivoIndependienteMDP:s Nicasio Sendoa showed great skill when he stopped Nikos Lagonikakis:s penalty. DeportivoIndependienteMDP's Nicasio Sendoa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chrisostomos Bourdas in the 72nd minute of play. Adolfo Bastiaro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Apostolos Morikis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 84th minute, Apostolos Morikis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nicasio Sendoa was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. 88 minutes into the match, DeportivoIndependienteMDP's goal looked a bit too open when Chrisostomos Bourdas came free, but Nicasio Sendoa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Apostolos Morikis in the 90th minute of play forced DeportivoIndependienteMDP's goalkeeper Nicasio Sendoa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, DeportivoIndependienteMDP's Santiago Roano got a free kick in the 92nd minute. Despite being the better team, tHe SOnS of rAGnar failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.