U23 World League

Theatre of Dreams
Spectators: 7523 (Terracing: 5643, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Vassilis Lazarakis took the kick off in the first half of the match. Delmar Playo hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. A collision led to Maravilla getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Delmar Playo hit a great ball. 14 minutes into the match, Enzo Martinez had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alkis Kalaboukas. GREEK ARMY's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Enzo Martinez was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. A collision led to GREEK ARMY getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Petros Rafailidis hit a great ball. When Eutichios Keskembes fell near the penalty area in the 19th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored GREEK ARMY's protests and gave Eutichios Keskembes a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to GREEK ARMY getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Eutichios Keskembes hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in GREEK ARMY's zone, Enzo Martinez stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alkis Kalaboukas came out of the goal and Enzo Martinez tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a defensive mix-up in GREEK ARMY's zone, Enzo Martinez stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alkis Kalaboukas came out of the goal and Enzo Martinez tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Enzo Martinez scored 2-0 in the 33rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alkis Kalaboukas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 36th match minute, GREEK ARMY was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vassilis Lazarakis to maneuver through the defense. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Enzo Martinez during the 39th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Maravilla's Enzo Martinez got a free kick in the 39th minute. When Delmar Playo was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 42 minutes had been played. After a rather tough play, Maravilla's Zhuo Hao Peng got a free kick in the 44th minute. Petros Rafailidis charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Petros Rafailidis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 46th match minute, GREEK ARMY was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Petros Rafailidis to maneuver through the defense. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Enzo Martinez to make the kick off. Enzo Martinez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alkis Kalaboukas having to interfere. After 63 minutes, Ernesto Urtsua mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Maravilla and the GREEK ARMY players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Maravilla getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Ernesto Urtsua hit a great ball. A collision led to Maravilla getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Enzo Martinez hit a great ball. Alkis Kalaboukas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Enzo Martinez in the 87th minute of play. Enzo Martinez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Maravilla's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.