U23 World League

The Honeypot
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) In the 4th minute, Odysseas Portoulidis made a precise shot to the right of Valdemar Granberg. Honung's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Valdemar Granberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Odysseas Portoulidis in the 7th minute of play. In the 12th minute, Sven-Erik Palmquist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Valdemar Granberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Odysseas Portoulidis in the 14th minute of the match. Valdemar Granberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Odysseas Portoulidis in the 18th minute of play. In the 20th minute Kostas Toskas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valdemar Granberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 22 minutes into the game, Johnny Joensson was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Honung's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tabachana F.C. the free kick. The supporters of Tabachana F.C. booed when Honung was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Johnny Joensson didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kostas Toskas in the 28th minute of play forced Honung's goalkeeper Valdemar Granberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Honung fans' excitement grew in the 29th match minute when Honung's Cordairo Torrente 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 1-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Jens-Erik Biörk could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Akis Vasilakopoulos made a huge save. Akis Vasilakopoulos came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by Honung's Cordairo Torrente. But to his dismay, Cordairo Torrente quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. In the 43rd minute, Kostas Toskas made a precise shot to the right of Valdemar Granberg. Honung's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-4. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 2-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Efthimis Stamatiadis's late challenge caught a Honung's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Efthimis Stamatiadis helped the player get up and apologised. 51 minutes into the game, one of Tabachana F.C.:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Tabachana F.C.'s Akis Vasilakopoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cordairo Torrente in the 54th minute of play. When Tasos Kontosoros fell near the penalty area in the 57th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tabachana F.C.'s protests and gave Tasos Kontosoros a yellow card for diving instead. In the 57th minute, Tasos Kontosoros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 61 minutes, Alexis Idrotoglou managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tabachana F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Alexis Idrotoglou was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Efthimis Stamatiadis got his second yellow card in the match during the 65th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. A collision led to Tabachana F.C. getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Efthimis Stamatiadis hit a great ball. Johnny Joensson scored 3-4 in the 68th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Akis Vasilakopoulos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match clock showed 71 minutes, the score became 4-4 when Cordairo Torrente sped through Tabachana F.C.'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Akis Vasilakopoulos. Akis Vasilakopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Johnny Joensson, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Akis Vasilakopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Johnny Joensson, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. In the 80th minute, La I hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Odysseas Portoulidis fell near the penalty area in the 83rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tabachana F.C.'s protests and gave Odysseas Portoulidis a yellow card for diving instead. After 83 played minutes Tabachana F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Odysseas Portoulidis. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dan Hedkvist in the 84th minute of play forced Tabachana F.C.'s goalkeeper Akis Vasilakopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sven-Erik Palmquist kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. Michalis Kalamaridis was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 91st played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.