U23 World League

Avenue of glory
Spectators: 7665 (Terracing: 5750, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Chan Clet got the match started through his kick off. 6 minutes into the match, Chan Clet dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Örjan Andersson, 1-0. Antonis Ikonomeas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Örjan Andersson read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 8th minute of play. Green Horses's Wlodzimierz Rawa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bennvar Nikkinen in the 11th minute of play. After 17 minutes, Arturo Sandoval mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Plan B and the Green Horses players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 17th match minute, Plan B was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arturo Sandoval to maneuver through the defense. Wlodzimierz Rawa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Folke Flink in the 19th minute of the match. Örjan Andersson was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Antonis Ikonomeas showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 22 minute of play. After 26 played minutes Plan B got a freekick which was hit by Hannes Haegg. During the 29th minute of the match Arturo Sandoval completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Arturo Sandoval a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Arturo Sandoval hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. 37 minutes into the match, Plan B's goalkeeper Örjan Andersson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Chan Clet. 38 minutes had been played when some careless play by Plan B's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Odysseas Terzis was slow to take the kick. During this time Green Horses's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Green Horses's Odysseas Terzis to fire away a dangerous shot which Örjan Andersson despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Kostas Mitseas's late challenge caught a Plan B's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kostas Mitseas helped the player get up and apologised. In the 41st match minute, Green Horses was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kostas Mitseas to maneuver through the defense. In the 48th minute of the match Hannes Haegg sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Wlodzimierz Rawa skillfully saved the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Folke Flink stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Örjan Andersson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chan Clet, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. During the 62nd minute of the match Kostas Mitseas completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Kostas Mitseas a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 63rd minute, Kostas Mitseas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Green Horses's Wlodzimierz Rawa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bennvar Nikkinen in the 64th minute of play. Örjan Andersson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chan Clet in the 66th minute of the match. Örjan Andersson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antonis Ikonomeas in the 67th minute of play. Chan Clet recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 69th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Green Horses's Wlodzimierz Rawa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Folke Flink in the 74th minute of play. In the 75th match minute, Plan B was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benne Benne to maneuver through the defense. Örjan Andersson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chan Clet, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Wlodzimierz Rawa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bennvar Nikkinen in the 84th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Bennvar Nikkinen kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Wlodzimierz Rawa. That made the score 2-2 in the 85 minute of play. After a rather tough play, Green Horses's Charalambos Kamateros got a free kick in the 90th minute. In the 92nd minute Antonis Ikonomeas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Örjan Andersson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Green Horses were awarded a corner in the 93th minute after Plan B's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Odysseas Terzis took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Odysseas Terzis got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Örjan Andersson quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 94 played minutes Plan B got a freekick which was hit by Bennvar Nikkinen. Örjan Andersson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chan Clet, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. Plan B were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing Green Horses to leave the ground with a draw.