U23 World League

ARENA DO TERROR
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Egídio Vaz made the kick off which started today's match. After 4 played minutes TOCO Y ME VOY F.C. -DMZ- got a freekick which was hit by Edson Ortiz. Petros Labiris lost his temper 7 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. A collision led to MICE F.C. getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Petros Labiris hit a great ball. Chatziioannou Theofilakis struck a weak shot in the 14th minute. Yan Monteiro didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for MICE F.C.. A collision led to MICE F.C. getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Easton Krasakis hit a great ball. Kosmas Spyrakis took the ball and in the 21 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Yan Monteiro. Yan Monteiro dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. MICE F.C.'s Chatziioannou Theofilakis got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Yan Monteiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chatziioannou Theofilakis in the 25th minute of the match. If Aimilios Koupepes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Chatziioannou Theofilakis took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Yan Monteiro. Yan Monteiro dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Chatziioannou Theofilakis 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. Yan Monteiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chatziioannou Theofilakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. After having played for 41 minutes, Easton Krasakis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. MICE F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Easton Krasakis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 44 played minutes MICE F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Easton Krasakis.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Chatziioannou Theofilakis to make the kick off. Chatziioannou Theofilakis might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Yan Monteiro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Chatziioannou Theofilakis ran back to his position shaking his head. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Edson Ortiz during the 65th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to TOCO Y ME VOY F.C. -DMZ- getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Edson Ortiz hit a great ball. In the 68thth minute of the game Chatziioannou Theofilakis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but TOCO Y ME VOY F.C. -DMZ-'s Yan Monteiro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Chatziioannou Theofilakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Yan Monteiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Easton Krasakis scored 0-3 in the 73rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Yan Monteiro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. TOCO Y ME VOY F.C. -DMZ-'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 81st minute, when Chatziioannou Theofilakis scored to the left of an out of position Yan Monteiro, making the score, 0-4. Thodoris Georgakos hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. After 85 played minutes MICE F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Vladimiros Pardalakis. After a defensive mix-up in TOCO Y ME VOY F.C. -DMZ-'s zone, Aimilios Koupepes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Yan Monteiro came out of the goal and Aimilios Koupepes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Easton Krasakis 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. When Chatziioannou Theofilakis came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the MICE F.C. 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 Chatziioannou Theofilakis couldn't finish the play.