Friendly League

EWM Arena
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Theofilos Likouriotis got the match started through his kick off. 6 minutes into the game, Gaston Ixona cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Apostolis Vasiliadis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Peter Sudhoff made an important save on a dangerous shot by Giorgos Siakkas in the 17th minute. A collision led to RBL getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Klaudius Ivanschitz hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in RBL's zone, Giorgos Siakkas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Peter Sudhoff came out of the goal and Giorgos Siakkas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 24th minute of the match, Panagiotis Papadimoulis tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Peter Sudhoff saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Apostolis Vasiliadis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Klaudius Ivanschitz in the 27th minute of the match. Peter Sudhoff was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Iraklis Kriaropoulos showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 30 minute of play. After 33 minutes of play, RBL's Gaston Ixona made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Apostolis Vasiliadis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Apostolis Vasiliadis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gaston Ixona in the 35th minute of play. In the 37th minute, Ulrich Krützfeld made a precise shot to the right of Apostolis Vasiliadis. East Warmongers's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. 41 minutes into the match, East Warmongers's goal looked a bit too open when Ulrich Krützfeld came free, but Apostolis Vasiliadis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 41st minute the ball was on its way in behind East Warmongers's goalkeeper Apostolis Vasiliadis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 43 minutes of play, RBL's Ulrich Krützfeld made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Apostolis Vasiliadis was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 46th minute, Theofilos Likouriotis reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Peter Sudhoff. The goal made the score 2-4. The East Warmongers players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. RBL were winning 2-4.

The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Aris Tirogalos during the 52nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, East Warmongers's Aris Tirogalos got a free kick in the 52nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iraklis Kriaropoulos in the 56th minute of play forced RBL's goalkeeper Peter Sudhoff to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Peter Sudhoff made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iraklis Kriaropoulos in the 59th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gaston Ixona in the 60th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Apostolis Vasiliadis saved East Warmongers from getting behind. In a very dangerous position, a player in East Warmongers fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 60th minute. Penalty! The goalkeeper, Apostolis Vasiliadis, was totally fooled by RBL's Thomas Geske, who 63 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Apostolis Vasiliadis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gaston Ixona, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Peter Sudhoff made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iraklis Kriaropoulos in the 71st minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gaston Ixona in the 73rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Apostolis Vasiliadis saved East Warmongers from getting behind. After 76 played minutes East Warmongers got a freekick which was hit by Telis Tarsinos. Apostolis Vasiliadis came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by RBL's Ulrich Krützfeld. But to his dismay, Ulrich Krützfeld quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-6. In the 82nd match minute, East Warmongers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Themis Chatziapostolou to maneuver through the defense. With his leg Apostolis Vasiliadis managed to avoid a goal in the 85thth minute, when RBL's Gaston Ixona fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After some careless play in the RBL defense, Theofilos Likouriotis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Peter Sudhoff. The RBL fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Peter Sudhoff should have stopped the shot. A collision led to East Warmongers getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Telis Tarsinos hit a great ball. After 93 played minutes RBL got a freekick which was hit by Philipp Wannemaker. Iraklis Kriaropoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 99th minute of the match Thomas Geske shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Apostolis Vasiliadis showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. RBL played a much better game than East Warmongers and deserved their victory. The East Warmongers players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.