World League

Agia Sofia
Spectators: 7730 (Terracing: 5799, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) Andreas Korpetis started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Thanasis Koltsidas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gaston Jerrald in the 4th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, AEK S.C's Charis Raftopoulos threw himself towards the right post 5 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Jelte Bleiswijk, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Charis Raftopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jelte Bleiswijk, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Vakoufi Utd's zone, João Francisco de Andrade stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Charis Raftopoulos came out of the goal and João Francisco de Andrade tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 19th minute Andreas Korpetis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thanasis Koltsidas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 23rd minute Jelte Bleiswijk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Charis Raftopoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanasis Koltsidas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andreas Korpetis in the 32nd minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Donzel Goyeneta got free with Charis Raftopoulos in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 36 minutes into the match, Vakoufi Utd's goal looked a bit too open when Jelte Bleiswijk came free, but Charis Raftopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vakoufi Utd's Charis Raftopoulos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to save Vakoufi Utd from getting a goal against them. In the 46th minute, Donzel Goyeneta ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Charis Raftopoulos was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Jelte Bleiswijk made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rdth minute of the game Konstantinos Tsevas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but AEK S.C's Thanasis Koltsidas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 55th match minute, Vakoufi Utd was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gaston Jerrald to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Vakoufi Utd getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Gaston Jerrald hit a great ball. Thanasis Koltsidas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andreas Korpetis in the 58th minute of play. Charis Raftopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jelte Bleiswijk in the 62nd minute of the match. After 63 minutes, Jelte Bleiswijk made it 2-0 with a short kick to the right side. Vakoufi Utd's Charis Raftopoulos tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Charis Raftopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jelte Bleiswijk in the 68th minute of play. Thanasis Koltsidas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konstantinos Tsevas in the 72nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nektarios Tsagarakis in the 74th minute of play forced Vakoufi Utd's goalkeeper Charis Raftopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vakoufi Utd's Fu Kang Yi was substituted for Wu Yi Feng. After a rather tough play, AEK S.C's João Francisco de Andrade got a free kick in the 75th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andreas Korpetis in the 77th minute of play forced AEK S.C's goalkeeper Thanasis Koltsidas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vakoufi Utd were awarded a corner in the 78th minute after AEK S.C's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Konstantinos Tsevas took the corner. The corner ended in Birkan Balıkçı almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but AEK S.C's Thanasis Koltsidas did a great save. AEK S.C's Thanasis Koltsidas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Konstantinos Tsevas in the 79th minute of play. Jelte Bleiswijk scored 3-0 in the 81st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Charis Raftopoulos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. AEK S.C made a substitution. Thomas Papatrechas replaced Alfaro Meo. Marcelo Winter hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. 93 minutes into the game, Gaston Jerrald recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Thanasis Koltsidas. Gaston Jerrald showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-1. 96 minutes into the match, Gaston Jerrald notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of AEK S.C's Thanasis Koltsidas. Thanasis Koltsidas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The AEK S.C fans cheered their team off the field, for while Vakoufi Utd had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.