U23 World League

Apollon Stadium
Spectators: 7536 (Terracing: 5653, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Vrasidas Liouras took the kick off in the first half of the match. Giorgos Kazatzidis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ingvar Colin, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by Toutourouki f.c.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Vincent Johnsson was slow to take the kick. During this time Sparka & Spring BK's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Vincent Johnsson almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Toutourouki f.c.'s Giorgos Kazatzidis did a great save. Giorgos Kazatzidis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ingvar Colin in the 6th minute of play. Sparka & Spring BK were awarded a corner in the 7th minute after Toutourouki f.c.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Vincent Johnsson took the corner. The corner led Sparka & Spring BK's Vincent Johnsson to fire away a dangerous shot which Giorgos Kazatzidis despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 13th match minute, Toutourouki f.c. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dimitris Stefanoglou to maneuver through the defense. Ingvar Colin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Giorgos Kazatzidis having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ingvar Colin in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Giorgos Kazatzidis saved Toutourouki f.c. from getting behind. Thanos Ntouvaridis charged in rather forcefully in the 18th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Thanos Ntouvaridis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 18 played minutes Toutourouki f.c. got a freekick which was hit by Thanos Ntouvaridis. 20 minutes into the match, Ingvar Colin notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Toutourouki f.c.'s Giorgos Kazatzidis. Giorgos Kazatzidis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Giorgos Kazatzidis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alfred Vallengren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 28th match minute, Sparka & Spring BK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andréas Nyberg to maneuver through the defense. If Vrasidas Liouras had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Giorgos Kazatzidis came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by Sparka & Spring BK's Ingvar Colin. But to his dismay, Ingvar Colin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Stefanos Periou who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 38thth minute tested the skills of 梅邦然 when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 40th minute Toutourouki f.c. were awarded a corner. Omiros Ioannou went to the cornerflag to take it. Sparka & Spring BK's Ingvar Colin got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of Sparka & Spring BK booed when Toutourouki f.c. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Demis Thanos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

52 minutes into the match, Toutourouki f.c.'s goal looked a bit too open when Ingvar Colin came free, but Giorgos Kazatzidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Giorgos Kazatzidis was out of position in the 54 minute of play, and Ingvar Colin capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ingvar Colin really showed his touch with that goal: 0-3. In the 60th minute, Alfred Vallengren reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Giorgos Kazatzidis. The goal made the score 0-4. In the 66th minute, Alfred Vallengren reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Giorgos Kazatzidis. The goal made the score 0-6. A hard shot 68 in the game by Alfred Vallengren from a close distance when the talented Giorgos Kazatzidis managed to make a qualified save. Toutourouki f.c.'s players were relieved. 70 minutes into the match, Karl-Åke Andberg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Giorgos Kazatzidis. Toutourouki f.c.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Karl-Åke Andberg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-7. 75 minutes into the match, Stig Lindström dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Giorgos Kazatzidis, 0-8. Alfred Vallengren's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 77thth minute, Giorgos Kazatzidis skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 78th minute, Karl-Åke Andberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Toutourouki f.c. getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Vrasidas Liouras hit a great ball. Giorgos Kazatzidis stood somewhat misplaced when Ingvar Colin came free in front of goal and shot 0-9 to the left of him in the 81 minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Christos Tsirimonakis during the 87th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Sparka & Spring BK made a substitution. Felix Hake replaced Emanuel Stephansson. In the 89th match minute, Toutourouki f.c. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christos Tsirimonakis to maneuver through the defense. 91 minutes into the game, Christos Tsirimonakis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-9. 梅邦然 was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ingvar Colin in the 94th minute of play forced Toutourouki f.c.'s goalkeeper Giorgos Kazatzidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Peter Lindström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sparka & Spring BK played a much better game than Toutourouki f.c. and deserved their victory. The Toutourouki f.c. players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.