U23 World League

The Hundreds Arena
Spectators: 7463 (Terracing: 5598, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) Go Ahead Eagles's Panagiotis Bourousis started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 5th minute, Felice Barbato left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Talenti Roma Calcio fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Manos Papaiakovou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristoforo Biavati in the 9th minute of the match. In the 10th match minute, Talenti Roma Calcio was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ermanno Marcolongo to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Go Ahead Eagles defense, Cristoforo Biavati kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Manos Papaiakovou. The Go Ahead Eagles fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Manos Papaiakovou should have stopped the shot. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cristoforo Biavati during the 20th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Talenti Roma Calcio's Cristoforo Biavati got a free kick in the 20th minute. Talenti Roma Calcio's Florian Pinti proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Talenti Roma Calcio from getting a goal against them. Felice Barbato kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. With a little luck, Talenti Roma Calcio's Florian Pinti got control of the ball when Manos Christodoulou tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Panagiotis Bourousis got free with Florian Pinti in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Beppe Cherubini scored 0-3 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Manos Papaiakovou, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Manos Papaiakovou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ermanno Marcolongo in the 34th minute of play. Florian Pinti made an important save on a dangerous shot by Panagiotis Bourousis in the 36th minute. Manos Papaiakovou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristoforo Biavati, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Manos Papaiakovou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felice Barbato in the 39th minute of the match. Florian Pinti made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikos Moustos in the 45th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Manos Papaiakovou took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Beppe Cherubini, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 54 minutes into the game, Talenti Roma Calcio's Cristoforo Biavati nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Manos Papaiakovou made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. After 63 minutes of play, Talenti Roma Calcio's Cristoforo Biavati made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Manos Papaiakovou was left in no man's land by his defense there! 68 minutes into the match, Beppe Cherubini dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Manos Papaiakovou, 0-7. Talenti Roma Calcio's Fabiano Paoletti was substituted for Felice Barbato. The crowd rose to their feet as Beppe Cherubini kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Manos Papaiakovou. That made the score 0-8 in the 72 minute of play. Manos Papaiakovou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristoforo Biavati, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Go Ahead Eagles's defense didn't have a chance, in the 89th minute, when Beppe Cherubini scored to the left of an out of position Manos Papaiakovou, making the score, 0-12. Manos Papaiakovou took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Beppe Cherubini, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Manos Papaiakovou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabiano Paoletti in the 94th minute of the match. 95 minutes into the game, Beppe Cherubini recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Manos Papaiakovou. Beppe Cherubini showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-13. Talenti Roma Calcio's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.