U23 World League

Gladde-ArenA
Spectators: 7658 (Terracing: 5745, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 152) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Panagiotis Sousanis started the match with the kick off. Emil Trulsson hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Ekhemos Kezdoglou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eugeniusz Cichewski in the 8th minute of play. If Emil Trulsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ekhemos Kezdoglou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eugeniusz Cichewski in the 15th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's Nessos Mestas got a free kick in the 17th minute. With his leg Ekhemos Kezdoglou managed to avoid a goal in the 18thth minute, when IFK Gladdarna's Emil Trulsson fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Ekhemos Kezdoglou made a fantastic save in the 20th minute, when Emil Trulsson sent off a good shot on target. Alpheios Kyritsis kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Emil Trulsson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Ekhemos Kezdoglou made a huge save. Ekhemos Kezdoglou took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eugeniusz Cichewski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Leukothoe Lipsanos kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's Ekhemos Kezdoglou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eugeniusz Cichewski in the 30th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Urbasa Sirvent got free with Ekhemos Kezdoglou in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some careless play in the ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ defense, Urbasa Sirvent kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ekhemos Kezdoglou. The ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ekhemos Kezdoglou should have stopped the shot. IFK Gladdarna's Kurt Ekberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lefteris Christodoulou in the 35th minute of play. Ekhemos Kezdoglou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emil Trulsson in the 36th minute of play. Frans Koopmans succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-0 in the 40th playminute. ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's Ekhemos Kezdoglou proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to save ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Eugeniusz Cichewski kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ekhemos Kezdoglou. That made the score 4-0 in the 45 minute of play.

ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's Ekhemos Kezdoglou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emil Trulsson in the 53rd minute of play. Ekhemos Kezdoglou took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emil Trulsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 55 minutes into the match, ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's goal looked a bit too open when Emil Trulsson came free, but Ekhemos Kezdoglou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 58th minute Eugeniusz Cichewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ekhemos Kezdoglou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. IFK Gladdarna's David Arenstedt was substituted for Frans Koopmans. Ekhemos Kezdoglou came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by IFK Gladdarna's Cam Bahč. But to his dismay, Cam Bahč quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. Ekhemos Kezdoglou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emil Trulsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. IFK Gladdarna's Kurt Ekberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Akis Kiriakopoulos in the 71st minute of play. After some careless play in the ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ defense, Emil Trulsson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ekhemos Kezdoglou. The ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ekhemos Kezdoglou should have stopped the shot. 81 minutes into the match, ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's goal looked a bit too open when Emil Trulsson came free, but Ekhemos Kezdoglou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eugeniusz Cichewski in the 83rd minute of play forced ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's goalkeeper Ekhemos Kezdoglou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ekhemos Kezdoglou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cam Bahč in the 85th minute of the match. IFK Gladdarna's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Urbasa Sirvent in the 86th minute. A well done corner resulted in Snorre Snabb drilling the ball in to score 7-0 behind ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's goalkeeper. Ekhemos Kezdoglou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emil Trulsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. When IFK Gladdarna's Emil Trulsson in the 94th minute got a chance for a shot 94th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's goalie prevented a goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Emil Trulsson in the 94th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ekhemos Kezdoglou saved ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ from getting behind. IFK Gladdarna's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.