U23 World League

Urquiza Arena
Spectators: 7459 (Terracing: 5595, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nikos Kalkavouras started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Viento Norte FC's goal looked a bit too open when Giannis Tzanetos came free, but David Sendoa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ricardo Ciceron charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ricardo Ciceron the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Viento Norte FC getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Ricardo Ciceron hit a great ball. David Sendoa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fanis Kokkinopoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. After a rather tough play, Viento Norte FC's Bruno Guillem got a free kick in the 11th minute. David Sendoa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antonis Papagrigoriou, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. In the 13th match minute, Viento Norte FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Godofredo Benitez to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in ΟΦΗ's zone, Godofredo Benitez stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Theofanis Marinakis came out of the goal and Godofredo Benitez tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Godofredo Benitez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Theofanis Marinakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giannis Tzanetos in the 24th minute of play forced Viento Norte FC's goalkeeper David Sendoa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Santo Cutberto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Theofanis Marinakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Santo Cutberto, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. After 37 played minutes Viento Norte FC got a freekick which was hit by Godofredo Benitez. David Sendoa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Babbis Prokos in the 42nd minute of the match. In the 46th minute, Nikos Kalkavouras made a precise shot to the right of David Sendoa. Viento Norte FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1.

The wind increased when Santo Cutberto made the kick off in the second half. Godofredo Benitez hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Giannis Tzanetos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. David Sendoa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Giannis Tzanetos recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 59th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to ΟΦΗ getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Giannis Tzanetos hit a great ball. In the 63rd minute, Andres Blanco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 68th match minute, ΟΦΗ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Babbis Prokos to maneuver through the defense. David Sendoa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikos Kalkavouras in the 71st minute of the match. David Sendoa stood somewhat misplaced when Nikos Kalkavouras came free in front of goal and shot 0-2 to the left of him in the 73 minute. David Sendoa was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Nikos Kalkavouras showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-3 in the 76 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikos Kalkavouras in the 80th minute of play forced Viento Norte FC's goalkeeper David Sendoa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. David Sendoa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fanis Kokkinopoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. ΟΦΗ's Theofanis Marinakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santo Cutberto in the 84th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikos Kalkavouras in the 87th minute of play forced Viento Norte FC's goalkeeper David Sendoa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 89thth minute of the game Nikos Kalkavouras who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Viento Norte FC's David Sendoa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Babbis Prokos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without David Sendoa having to interfere. In the 95th minute, Fanis Kokkinopoulos fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post.