U23 World League

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Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5626, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Radoslaw Pilarski started the match with the kick off. The supporters of A State Of Trance booed when tHe SOnS of rAGnar was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fotis Katsaros didn't get a good kick on the ball. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Fivos Kotsios played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Radoslaw Pilarski in the 5th minute of play. After a rather tough play, tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Fotis Katsaros got a free kick in the 6th minute. Fivos Kotsios showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Radoslaw Pilarski, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Gwidon Urban scored 0-1 in the 10th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fivos Kotsios, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 14th minute Radoslaw Pilarski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fivos Kotsios saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the A State Of Trance defense, Chrisostomos Bourdas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Izydor Wyrostek. The A State Of Trance fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Izydor Wyrostek should have stopped the shot. Fivos Kotsios made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Radoslaw Pilarski in the 20th minute of play. Fivos Kotsios showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Radoslaw Pilarski, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. In the 30th minute, Apostolos Morikis 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. The supporters of A State Of Trance booed when tHe SOnS of rAGnar was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fotis Katsaros didn't get a good kick on the ball. 34 minutes into the match, Gwidon Urban notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Fivos Kotsios. Fivos Kotsios was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Radoslaw Pilarski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of tHe SOnS of rAGnar booed when A State Of Trance was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gwidon Urban didn't get a good kick on the ball. A throw-in in the 44th minute of the game was made by Fotis Katsaros with Loukas Kanavidis as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Fivos Kotsios played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Radoslaw Pilarski in the 46th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Chrisostomos Bourdas made a kick off. A collision led to A State Of Trance getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Edgar Zworski hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Radoslaw Pilarski got free with Fivos Kotsios in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Radoslaw Pilarski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Fivos Kotsios stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gwidon Urban's shot from short distance in the 60th minute. 61 minutes had been played when some careless play by tHe SOnS of rAGnar's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rafal Cetnar was slow to take the kick. During this time A State Of Trance's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on A State Of Trance's corner Rafal Cetnar fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Fivos Kotsios quite easily take care of the ball. Gwidon Urban received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Fivos Kotsios came out and tried to block the shot, but Gwidon Urban slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 66th minute. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Fivos Kotsios played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Radoslaw Pilarski in the 71st minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Radoslaw Pilarski got free with Fivos Kotsios in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Radoslaw Pilarski recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 74th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 78th minute of the match, Radoslaw Pilarski got a very nice opportunity to score, but Fivos Kotsios was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Fivos Kotsios made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Radoslaw Pilarski in the 86th minute of play. 90 minutes into the match, A State Of Trance's Radoslaw Pilarski sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fivos Kotsios narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Fivos Kotsios took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Radoslaw Pilarski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Radoslaw Pilarski managed to get in a good position for a shot. A State Of Trance's supporters rose to their feet, but Radoslaw Pilarski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fivos Kotsios breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.