World League

Patissia Arena
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Kaj Hård started the match with the kick off. In the 6th minute Mike Cai shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lars Norberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Witomir Ziomkowski in the 14th minute of play forced Paralia Athens's goalkeeper Virgil Olariu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. spikarna were awarded a corner in the 15th minute after Paralia Athens's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Atakan Pepe took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Paralia Athens's goalie and right to Christoffer Hansson. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Paralia Athens's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Atakan Pepe took the ball and in the 19 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Virgil Olariu. Virgil Olariu dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Atakan Pepe received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Virgil Olariu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 24 minutes into the match, Paralia Athens's goal looked a bit too open when Witomir Ziomkowski came free, but Virgil Olariu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 25 minutes had been played when some careless play by Paralia Athens's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Atakan Pepe was slow to take the kick. During this time spikarna's players had a chance to rest. Ke Zhou Yuan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vasile Enciulescu during the 28th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Vasile Enciulescu kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. Atakan Pepe missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 31 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Virgil Olariu right hand side. In the 32nd minute Witomir Ziomkowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Virgil Olariu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 33 minutes, Agostinho Moura mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Paralia Athens and the spikarna players grew even worse after the yellow card. Agostinho Moura hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. In the 46th minute, Kaj Hård left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The spikarna fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mike Cai to strike the kick off in the second half. Virgil Olariu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kaj Hård's shot from short distance in the 51st minute. In the 53rd minute, Vasile Enciulescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Aron Nedelcea received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Lars Norberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Atakan Pepe came free with the goalkeeper in the 59th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Virgil Olariu could save by the left post. spikarna's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Atakan Pepe in the 60th minute. spikarna's Lars Norberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mike Cai in the 64th minute of play. When Paralia Athens's Mike Cai in the 64th minute got a chance for a shot 64th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye spikarna's goalie prevented a goal. Kaj Hård could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Virgil Olariu made a huge save. Virgil Olariu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sven Nordkvist in the 69th minute of play. spikarna's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Atakan Pepe in the 70th minute. In the 70th minute, Christoffer Hansson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Paralia Athens made a substitution. Gürkan Akaydın replaced Ke Zhou Yuan. The supporters of Paralia Athens booed when spikarna was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christoffer Hansson didn't get a good kick on the ball. 76 minutes into the match, Paralia Athens's goalkeeper Virgil Olariu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Witomir Ziomkowski. The supporters of spikarna booed when Paralia Athens was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aron Nedelcea didn't get a good kick on the ball. Paralia Athens's Qiao Feng Sang was substituted for Mike Cai. spikarna's Lars Norberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Qiao Feng Sang in the 86th minute of play. Virgil Olariu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Witomir Ziomkowski in the 88th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, spikarna's Sune Offendahl got a free kick in the 92nd minute. Lars Norberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Qiao Feng Sang, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 93 minutes into the match, Qiao Feng Sang had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lars Norberg. spikarna's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Qiao Feng Sang was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. spikarna were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.