U23 World League

Wolves Arena
Spectators: 7495 (Terracing: 5622, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Eustratios Psomiadis started the match with the kick off. When Sotiris Dimitros fell near the penalty area in the 4th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored BE COOL's protests and gave Sotiris Dimitros a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, BE COOL's Sotiris Dimitros got a free kick in the 4th minute. Miltos Mouratidis's late challenge caught a Carpathian Wolves's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Miltos Mouratidis helped the player get up and apologised. In the 7th minute, Miltos Mouratidis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 12th minute, Codrin Aalexoaiei left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Carpathian Wolves fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. After some careless play in the BE COOL defense, Doru Ghiondea kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nikos Kyriakou. The BE COOL fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nikos Kyriakou should have stopped the shot. In the 21st minute of the match Sabin Ciomag sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Nikos Kyriakou skillfully saved the ball. Nicodim Arghirescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miltos Mouratidis in the 25th minute of play. Codrin Aalexoaiei kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. A collision led to BE COOL getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Lambros Spetsarias hit a great ball. Nicodim Arghirescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eustratios Psomiadis, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Ionică Alb hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. 39 minutes into the match, Carpathian Wolves's goal looked a bit too open when Miltos Mouratidis came free, but Nicodim Arghirescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 40 minutes into the match, Carpathian Wolves's goal looked a bit too open when Eustratios Psomiadis came free, but Nicodim Arghirescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nicodim Arghirescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lambros Spetsarias in the 42nd minute of play. Codrin Aalexoaiei could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Nikos Kyriakou made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Codrin Aalexoaiei got free with Nikos Kyriakou in the 46th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Miltos Mouratidis got his second yellow card in the match during the 46th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 47th minute, Miltos Mouratidis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Doru Ghiondea was the one to do the kick off. Doru Ghiondea scored 3-0 in the 52nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nikos Kyriakou, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Ionică Alb came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the Carpathian Wolves 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 Ionică Alb couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Carpathian Wolves getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Ionică Alb hit a great ball. Lambros Spetsarias received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Nicodim Arghirescu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. During the 63rd minute of the match Ionică Alb completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Ionică Alb a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. BE COOL's Nikos Kyriakou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Codrin Aalexoaiei in the 72nd minute of play. Lambros Spetsarias recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 75th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Nikos Kyriakou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Codrin Aalexoaiei in the 79th minute of play. Nikos Kyriakou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Codrin Aalexoaiei in the 82nd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Carpathian Wolves's zone, Lambros Spetsarias stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nicodim Arghirescu came out of the goal and Lambros Spetsarias tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 89th minute, Dimitris Saltsidis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Moise Pandele's late challenge caught a BE COOL's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Moise Pandele helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Carpathian Wolves's Moise Pandele got a free kick in the 91st minute. Carpathian Wolves walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.