U23 World League

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Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Chrisostomos Bourdas took the kick off in the first half of the match. The supporters of tHe SOnS of rAGnar booed when Brasiliense FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Manuel de Carvalho didn't get a good kick on the ball. 16 minutes into the game, Elano Bueno was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Brasiliense FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave tHe SOnS of rAGnar the free kick. After a rather tough play, Brasiliense FC's Elano Bueno got a free kick in the 16th minute. Luiz Paulo Maranhense kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. After 21 played minutes tHe SOnS of rAGnar got a freekick which was hit by Apostolos Morikis. Edinho Fernandez recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 21st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Tadeu Custódio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Loukas Kanavidis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of tHe SOnS of rAGnar booed when Brasiliense FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luiz Paulo Maranhense didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 34th minute, Falcão Azevedo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 39th minute, Miguel Ribeiro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to tHe SOnS of rAGnar getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Stefanos Xomeritakis hit a great ball. Chrisostomos Bourdas's late challenge caught a Brasiliense FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Chrisostomos Bourdas helped the player get up and apologised. Chrisostomos Bourdas kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tadeu Custódio was the one to do the kick off. After a rather tough play, tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Apostolos Morikis got a free kick in the 51st minute. Narciso Abreu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stefanos Xomeritakis in the 54th minute of play. In the 60th match minute, tHe SOnS of rAGnar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stratos Lagonikakis to maneuver through the defense. 64 minutes into the match, Brasiliense FC's goal looked a bit too open when Chrisostomos Bourdas came free, but Narciso Abreu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 65th minute Theofilos Zaninos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Narciso Abreu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hugo Porto came free with the goalkeeper in the 66th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Loukas Kanavidis could save by the left post. 1-0 became the score in the 68th minute when Theofilos Zaninos elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 72nd minute, Stefanos Xomeritakis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The tHe SOnS of rAGnar fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. In the 75th minute, Akis Romanidis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Theofilos Zaninos scored 3-0 in the 77th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Narciso Abreu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After having played for 80 minutes, Apostolos Morikis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's supporters crossed their fingers, but Apostolos Morikis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Narciso Abreu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chrisostomos Bourdas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 88th minute, Chrisostomos Bourdas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Narciso Abreu was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Apostolos Morikis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Narciso Abreu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Narciso Abreu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stefanos Xomeritakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.