National Stadium
Spectators: 10306 (Terracing: 7730,
Seating: 2370, VIP seats: 206) Tercero Pandal started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Fortunato Baeza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kroios Nikolakopoulos in the 3rd minute of the match. In the 7th minute Tercero Pandal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eumaios Economides saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 9th minute, Tercero Pandal managed to get in a good position for a shot. U21 Colombia's supporters rose to their feet, but Tercero Pandal was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eumaios Economides breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Tercero Pandal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Eumaios Economides tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nontas Stagias got free with Fortunato Baeza in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Fortunato Baeza was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Aipytos Karkampasis showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 22 minute of play. The throw-in from Aiolos Dounias in the 26th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by U21 Colombia's Quirze Barzana. After a rather tough play, U21 Cyprus's Nontas Stagias got a free kick in the 29th minute. Eumaios Economides took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tercero Pandal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aipytos Karkampasis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Fortunato Baeza made a huge save. When Tercero Pandal came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the U21 Colombia fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Tercero Pandal couldn't finish the play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aipytos Karkampasis got free with Fortunato Baeza in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nontas Stagias got free with Fortunato Baeza in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Eumaios Economides took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tercero Pandal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.
The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Aipytos Karkampasis to strike the kick off in the second half. Fortunato Baeza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nontas Stagias, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Fortunato Baeza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kolonos Stasinopoulos in the 54th minute of play. In a very dangerous position, a player in U21 Cyprus fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 58th minute. Penalty! In the 64th minute Kroios Nikolakopoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fortunato Baeza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 65th minute Aipytos Karkampasis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fortunato Baeza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 66 minutes into the match, U21 Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Kolonos Stasinopoulos came free, but Fortunato Baeza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fortunato Baeza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nontas Stagias, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. In the 70th minute, U21 Colombia's Tercero Pandal dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. U21 Colombia made a substitution. Matthew Mattei replaced Tercero Pandal. Aipytos Karkampasis hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kolonos Stasinopoulos in the 79th minute of play forced U21 Colombia's goalkeeper Fortunato Baeza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 81 minutes into the match, U21 Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Kroios Nikolakopoulos came free, but Fortunato Baeza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aipytos Karkampasis in the 82nd minute of play forced U21 Colombia's goalkeeper Fortunato Baeza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 83rd match minute, U21 Colombia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alejandro Zaldo to maneuver through the defense. Aiolos Dounias made in the 87th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Kolonos Stasinopoulos however managed to control. In the 88th minute Matthew Mattei shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eumaios Economides saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. U21 Cyprus's Eumaios Economides proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Cyprus from getting a goal against them. 91 minutes into the match, U21 Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Aipytos Karkampasis came free, but Fortunato Baeza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fortunato Baeza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kroios Nikolakopoulos in the 95th minute of the match. In the 97th minute Kolonos Stasinopoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fortunato Baeza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.
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