U23 World League

Relvado Arena
Spectators: 7519 (Terracing: 5640, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) Facopo FBPA's Tiaguinho de Lara 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vitório Bueno in the 6th minute of play forced O.T.E's goalkeeper Efthimis Mistriotis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of O.T.E booed when Facopo FBPA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Naldo Paiva didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, O.T.E's Theofilos Chronatos got a free kick in the 13th minute. In the 14th minute, Elder Paranaense ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Efthimis Mistriotis was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. O.T.E's Efthimis Mistriotis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vitório Bueno in the 17th minute of play. A collision led to O.T.E getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Iordanis Petrou hit a great ball. Kyriakos Papachristou hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 34th minute, Duda Favoretto managed to get in a good position for a shot. Facopo FBPA's supporters rose to their feet, but Duda Favoretto was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Efthimis Mistriotis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jorge Amaral spun around in front of the goal 38 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of O.T.E's goal. Facopo FBPA's attentive Naldo Paiva managed to snatch the ball when Iason Papadimoulis made a throw-in in the 41st minute of the game. Duda Favoretto received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Efthimis Mistriotis came out and tried to block the shot, but Duda Favoretto slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 42nd minute. Osvaldinho Moreno showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alekos Roubakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Alekos Roubakis was the one to do the kick off. When Facopo FBPA's Jorge Amaral in the 54th minute got a chance for a shot 54th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye O.T.E's goalie prevented a goal. Efthimis Mistriotis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jorge Amaral went, in the 56th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Jorge Amaral blasted a shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Efthimis Mistriotis having to make a save. If Jorge Amaral had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jorge Amaral struck a weak shot in the 67th minute. Efthimis Mistriotis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Facopo FBPA. In the 74th minute, Naldo Paiva hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 80th minute, one of O.T.E:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for O.T.E. Sydney Messias made in the 84th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Jorge Amaral. 86 minutes into the game, Facopo FBPA's Vitório Bueno nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Efthimis Mistriotis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. After 90 played minutes Facopo FBPA got a freekick which was hit by Elder Paranaense. Efthimis Mistriotis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tiaguinho de Lara in the 95th minute of play. Efthimis Mistriotis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tiaguinho de Lara, who was totally free with the ball in the 99th minute.