U23 World League

NINHO DOS FALCÕES
Spectators: 7658 (Terracing: 5745, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 152) A collision led to FALCÕES VERDES getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Elano Senna hit a great ball. In the 7th minute, Giannis Nekos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dalmo Sergipano was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Dalmo Sergipano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Charis Droumalias in the 15th minute of play. Dalmo Sergipano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Grigoris Papaggelou went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. After 22 minutes of play, FALCÕES VERDES's Murillo Toledo made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Iordanis Kopanakis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Clóvis Marinho took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 26th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Iordanis Kopanakis. Seahawks V55's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Iordanis Kopanakis was out of position in the 27 minute of play, and Isaltino Castro capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Isaltino Castro really showed his touch with that goal: 2-2. In the 32nd minute Manolis Kalergis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dalmo Sergipano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Iordanis Kopanakis came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by FALCÕES VERDES's Murillo Toledo. But to his dismay, Murillo Toledo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. Iordanis Kopanakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonel Braga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Murillo Toledo was the one to do the kick off. Sakis Kritikos charged in rather forcefully in the 51st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sakis Kritikos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 51st minute, Sakis Kritikos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. FALCÕES VERDES's Isaltino Castro got a good chance for a goal in the 52nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 54 minutes into the match, Seahawks V55's goal looked a bit too open when Elano Senna came free, but Iordanis Kopanakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 55 minutes into the match, Seahawks V55's goal looked a bit too open when Elano Senna came free, but Iordanis Kopanakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 59th minute, Elano Senna left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FALCÕES VERDES fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-2. Seahawks V55's Iordanis Kopanakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elano Senna in the 63rd minute of play. Isaltino Castro scored 7-2 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Iordanis Kopanakis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Dalmo Sergipano made an important save on a dangerous shot by Grigoris Papaggelou in the 72nd minute. When Isaltino Castro came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the FALCÕES VERDES fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Isaltino Castro couldn't finish the play. Grigoris Papaggelou could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Dalmo Sergipano made a huge save. In the 83rd minute, Seahawks V55's Manolis Kalergis ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Dalmo Sergipano. Dalmo Sergipano yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 7-3. The supporters of FALCÕES VERDES booed when Seahawks V55 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Thanos Kalfoglou didn't get a good kick on the ball. 93 minutes into the match, FALCÕES VERDES's goalkeeper Dalmo Sergipano had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Grigoris Papaggelou. Dalmo Sergipano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grigoris Papaggelou, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. FALCÕES VERDES fully deserved thier win.