U23 World League

Nest V55
Spectators: 7515 (Terracing: 5637, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Manolis Kalergis took the kick off in the first half of the match. Seahawks V55's Anastasios Christakos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alexsandro Vieira in the 3rd minute of play. A collision led to Seahawks V55 getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Dimitris Katsapis hit a great ball. Gabi Gol sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 18 minutes into the match, Gabi Gol had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anastasios Christakos. Seahawks V55's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gabi Gol was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Manolis Kalergis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fausto Leite having to interfere. In the 23rd match minute, Reac Futebol Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nildo Teles to maneuver through the defense. Gabi Gol hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. When the match had gone on for 28 minutes, Gabi Gol put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Anastasios Christakos. Seahawks V55's Anastasios Christakos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alexsandro Vieira in the 36th minute of play. When Seahawks V55's Manolis Kalergis in the 38th minute got a chance for a shot 38th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Reac Futebol Clube's goalie prevented a goal. Fausto Leite made an important save on a dangerous shot by Thanos Kalfoglou in the 42nd minute. Anastasios Christakos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gabi Gol, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 46 minutes into the match, Reac Futebol Clube's Lucas Bilek sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Anastasios Christakos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gabi Gol to make the kick off. A collision led to Seahawks V55 getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Thanos Kalfoglou hit a great ball. If Lucas Bilek had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anastasios Christakos made a fantastic save in the 56th minute, when Gabi Gol sent off a good shot on target. Reac Futebol Clube made a substitution. Hugo Machado replaced Lucas Bilek. A collision led to Reac Futebol Clube getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Vítor Linhares hit a great ball. Anastasios Christakos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gabi Gol went, in the 61st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. 66 minutes into the match, Seahawks V55's goal looked a bit too open when Gabi Gol came free, but Anastasios Christakos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 71st minute Thanos Kalfoglou shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fausto Leite saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hugo Machado made in the 72nd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Dorian Favoretto immediately put the ball in play. Anastasios Christakos was out of position in the 73 minute of play, and Alexsandro Vieira capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Alexsandro Vieira really showed his touch with that goal: 0-4. Eugenios Stavrakoglou's late challenge caught a Reac Futebol Clube's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eugenios Stavrakoglou helped the player get up and apologised. Eugenios Stavrakoglou kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. In the 81st minute, Gabi Gol left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Reac Futebol Clube fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. 90 minutes into the match, Seahawks V55's goal looked a bit too open when Alexsandro Vieira came free, but Anastasios Christakos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dorian Favoretto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anastasios Christakos having to interfere. Reac Futebol Clube's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.