U21 World League

Keleler
Spectators: 7462 (Terracing: 5597, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Angel Vardarov started the match with the kick off. VN Keleler's Lyubcho Ruychev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dimos Violopoulos in the 3rd minute of play. In the 11th minute, Aris Kravaris hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Panagiotis Kolleris came out of the goal in the 12th minute to try and stop a shot by VN Keleler's Angel Vardarov. But to his dismay, Angel Vardarov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. The supporters of Trifillia.FC booed when VN Keleler was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andrey Yachkov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lyubcho Ruychev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dimos Violopoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Trifillia.FC's Panagiotis Kolleris proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save Trifillia.FC from getting a goal against them. Panagiotis Kolleris showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grisha Zyumbyulev, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Panagiotis Kolleris made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Grisha Zyumbyulev sent off a good shot on target. VN Keleler's Angel Vardarov got a good chance for a goal in the 28th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of VN Keleler booed when Trifillia.FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Diogenis Stravelakis didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 33 played minutes VN Keleler got a freekick which was hit by Desislav Halembakov. 35 minutes into the match, VN Keleler's goal looked a bit too open when Dimos Violopoulos came free, but Lyubcho Ruychev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 37th minute, Desislav Halembakov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Panagiotis Kolleris was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. The crowd rose to their feet as VN Keleler's Angel Vardarov slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Panagiotis Kolleris. That made the score 3-1 after 43 minutes of play. Rostislav Mazakov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Panagiotis Kolleris made a huge save. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dimos Violopoulos to make the kick off. When Thymios Fragiadis fell near the penalty area in the 50th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Trifillia.FC's protests and gave Thymios Fragiadis a yellow card for diving instead. After 51 played minutes Trifillia.FC got a freekick which was hit by Thymios Fragiadis. In the 54th minute of the match, Dimos Violopoulos tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Lyubcho Ruychev saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 58 minutes into the game, VN Keleler's Grozdan Chapkúnov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Panagiotis Kolleris made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. Grisha Zyumbyulev scored 5-1 in the 64th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Panagiotis Kolleris, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 67 minutes into the game, Angel Vardarov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. VN Keleler's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Trifillia.FC the free kick. After a rather tough play, VN Keleler's Angel Vardarov got a free kick in the 67th minute. The supporters of Trifillia.FC booed when VN Keleler was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rostislav Mazakov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Panagiotis Kolleris showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Angel Vardarov in the 70th minute of the match. Panagiotis Kolleris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Angel Vardarov in the 74th minute of play. The Trifillia.FC fans' excitement grew in the 75th match minute when Trifillia.FC's Dimos Violopoulos looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After 79 played minutes VN Keleler got a freekick which was hit by Andrey Yachkov. In the 80th minute, Konstantinos Kapareliotis sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and VN Keleler's Lyubcho Ruychev didn't even have to move. Thodoris Mavromatakis kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. Panagiotis Kolleris didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Grisha Zyumbyulev went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 6-2 was the resulting score. The audience thought a goal was coming when Thodoris Mavromatakis got free with Lyubcho Ruychev in the 87th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimos Violopoulos in the 88th minute of play forced VN Keleler's goalkeeper Lyubcho Ruychev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. VN Keleler had won after a very even match.