U21 World League

Piquirenda
Spectators: 7724 (Terracing: 5794, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Alekos Papachristou kicked off to start the match. After 3 minutes of play, Piquirenda FC's Silvestre Peter made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Filippos Alexiadis was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 5th minute, Dante Burutzagi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bartolo Amato didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alekos Papachristou went, in the 7th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 10th minute Telis Valsaris shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bartolo Amato saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Serafin Igon charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Serafin Igon the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Piquirenda FC getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Serafin Igon hit a great ball. Alekos Papachristou scored 1-2 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bartolo Amato, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 21 minutes into the match, Pagos FC's goalkeeper Filippos Alexiadis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Serafin Igon. 23 minutes had been played when some careless play by Pagos FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ambrosio Lidon was slow to take the kick. During this time Piquirenda FC's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Piquirenda FC's Ambrosio Lidon to fire away a dangerous shot which Filippos Alexiadis despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Dante Burutzagi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 24th minute of the match, but Filippos Alexiadis made a huge save. Pagos FC's Filippos Alexiadis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save Pagos FC from getting a goal against them. 30 minutes into the game, Elias Emmanuel was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Piquirenda FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Pagos FC the free kick. Elias Emmanuel kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. 35 minutes into the match, Telis Valsaris had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bartolo Amato. Piquirenda FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Telis Valsaris was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Piquirenda FC's Bartolo Amato played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Telis Valsaris in the 39th minute of play. After 41 played minutes Pagos FC got a freekick which was hit by Kostas Karalexopoulos. Babbis Kretinos hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. The supporters of Piquirenda FC booed when Pagos FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gerasimos Maros didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 46th minute of the match Ambrosio Lidon shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Filippos Alexiadis showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Serafin Igon stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, Serafin Igon had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Filippos Alexiadis. Pagos FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Serafin Igon was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. Pablo Eguntsenti fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Filippos Alexiadis having to interfere. Bartolo Amato made a fantastic save in the 66th minute, when Gerasimos Maros sent off a good shot on target. If Pablo Eguntsenti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pablo Eguntsenti struck a weak shot in the 74th minute. Filippos Alexiadis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Piquirenda FC. Filippos Alexiadis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Silvestre Peter, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. 88 minutes into the match, Serafin Igon had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Filippos Alexiadis. Pagos FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Serafin Igon was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-3. In the 92nd minute of the match Pablo Eguntsenti sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Filippos Alexiadis skillfully saved the ball. After 92 played minutes Pagos FC got a freekick which was hit by Telis Valsaris. Bartolo Amato was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 97th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Eleftherios Karakotsos.