U23 World League

Sidus Stadium
Spectators: 7510 (Terracing: 5633, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Haroldo Alves made the kick off which started today's match. Thibaut Courtois made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Haroldo Alves sent off a good shot on target. Praetorian™ FC's Didi Vianna played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Miltiadis Kokkinis in the 5th minute of play. Erasmo das Neves hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Michalis Kasselakis hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. 12 minutes into the match, Praetorian™ FC's goal looked a bit too open when Miltiadis Kokkinis came free, but Didi Vianna reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Michalis Kasselakis scored 0-1 in the 13th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Didi Vianna, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 20 minutes into the match, Miltiadis Kokkinis notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Praetorian™ FC's Didi Vianna. Didi Vianna was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 25 minutes into the match, Stelios Dimas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Didi Vianna. Praetorian™ FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Stelios Dimas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Didi Vianna showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michalis Kasselakis in the 27th minute of the match. 31 minutes into the match, Stelios Dimas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Didi Vianna. Praetorian™ FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Stelios Dimas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. Tabachana F.C.'s Rafael Leão got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of Tabachana F.C. booed when Praetorian™ FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nilmar Favoretto didn't get a good kick on the ball. 36 minutes into the match, Miltiadis Kokkinis notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of Praetorian™ FC's Didi Vianna. Didi Vianna was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Miltiadis Kokkinis scored 0-7 in the 38th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Didi Vianna, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Didi Vianna showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michalis Kasselakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Nilmar Favoretto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Thibaut Courtois tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-7 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Didi Vianna showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stelios Dimas in the 51st minute of the match. Didi Vianna made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stelios Dimas in the 52nd minute of play. Tabachana F.C.'s Evripidis Kamarinakis was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Didi Vianna in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The crowd rose to their feet as Tabachana F.C.'s Michalis Kasselakis slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Didi Vianna. That made the score 0-8 after 56 minutes of play. Michalis Kasselakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Didi Vianna tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 64th minute Aris Mesidis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Didi Vianna saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Haroldo Alves in the 70th minute of play forced Tabachana F.C.'s goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Michalis Kalamaridis hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Tabachana F.C.'s Miltiadis Kokkinis got a free kick in the 78th minute. Praetorian™ FC's Didi Vianna played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Michalis Kasselakis in the 84th minute of play. Praetorian™ FC's Didi Vianna proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Praetorian™ FC from getting a goal against them. Marcelo Torres lost his temper 89 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 90 played minutes Praetorian™ FC got a freekick which was hit by Marcelo Torres. After recieving a nice pass, Tabachana F.C.'s Evripidis Kamarinakis tried to score from far away in the 91st minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Tabachana F.C.'s fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.