U23 World League

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Spectators: 7514 (Terracing: 5636, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Teodoro Bezerra got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lazaros Tsakrilis in the 5th minute of play forced Shark FC - FSCMZ's goalkeeper Glauco Velloso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edinho Simões blasted a shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Anastasios Perakis having to make a save. Glauco Velloso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Panos Ntountas in the 10th minute of the match. 13 minutes into the match, Shark FC - FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Panos Ntountas came free, but Glauco Velloso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Glauco Velloso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Panos Ntountas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Glauco Velloso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Theofilos Touboulis in the 15th minute of play. In the 17th minute Panos Ntountas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Glauco Velloso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 20 minutes into the match, Shark FC - FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Lazaros Tsakrilis came free, but Glauco Velloso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Glauco Velloso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Panos Ntountas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 29th match minute, Olympiacos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lazaros Tsakrilis to maneuver through the defense. After 35 minutes, Teodoro Bezerra mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Shark FC - FSCMZ and the Olympiacos FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Lazaros Tsakrilis kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Theofilos Touboulis to strike the kick off in the second half. Soulis Partalis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Glauco Velloso having to interfere. Glauco Velloso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Theofilos Touboulis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Olympiacos FC getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Nikiforos Valaoras hit a great ball. Theofilos Touboulis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 70th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Percival Matorin's late challenge caught a Olympiacos FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Percival Matorin helped the player get up and apologised. After 71 played minutes Shark FC - FSCMZ got a freekick which was hit by Percival Matorin. In the 73rd minute, Soulis Partalis fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Glauco Velloso, passed just outside the right post. David Sharkin's late challenge caught a Olympiacos FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. David Sharkin helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Shark FC - FSCMZ's David Sharkin got a free kick in the 74th minute. In the 78th minute, one of Olympiacos FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Olympiacos FC. Olympiacos FC:s Anastasios Perakis showed great skill when he stopped Rui Mandrak:s penalty. Rui Mandrak did an outstanding performance 80 minutes into the match, when he by himself got past the opposing team's defense and with a quick scored 1-0 to the right of an irritated Anastasios Perakis in the goal. 84 minutes into the match, Lazaros Tsakrilis dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Glauco Velloso, 1-1. Lazaros Tsakrilis hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Lazaros Tsakrilis received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Glauco Velloso came out and tried to block the shot, but Lazaros Tsakrilis slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 95th minute. Olympiacos FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.