U23 World League

Dragon Cave
Spectators: 7495 (Terracing: 5622, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Konstantinos Christakos kicked off to start the match. Moussa Queffelec made an important save on a dangerous shot by Konstantinos Christakos in the 4th minute. In the 5th minute, Teukros Economides hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Konstantinos Christakos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 9 minutes into the match, Unione Sportiva's goal looked a bit too open when Madjid Pauly came free, but Augeias Bouzios reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 12th minute Konstantinos Christakos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Moussa Queffelec saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Darren Teisseire fell near the penalty area in the 13th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored La Scaloneta's protests and gave Darren Teisseire a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Unione Sportiva booed when La Scaloneta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Darren Teisseire didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of La Scaloneta booed when Unione Sportiva was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dimosthenis Picoulas didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konstantinos Christakos in the 21st minute of play forced La Scaloneta's goalkeeper Moussa Queffelec to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Augeias Bouzios showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Madjid Pauly, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. In the 27th match minute, La Scaloneta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jérémie Aubertin to maneuver through the defense. Moussa Queffelec showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lynkeus Pappageorge, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Augeias Bouzios showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Madjid Pauly in the 33rd minute of the match. Moussa Queffelec made an important save on a dangerous shot by Apsyrtos Doukatelis in the 36th minute. Moussa Queffelec made an important save on a dangerous shot by Konstantinos Christakos in the 38th minute. 40 minutes into the match, Konstantinos Christakos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Moussa Queffelec. La Scaloneta's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Konstantinos Christakos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. La Scaloneta's Moussa Queffelec proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save La Scaloneta from getting a goal against them. Moussa Queffelec made an important save on a dangerous shot by Konstantinos Christakos in the 45th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Madjid Pauly to make the kick off. With a little luck, Unione Sportiva's Augeias Bouzios got control of the ball when Pierre Dole tried to sneak it across the goal line. Lynkeus Pappageorge's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Moussa Queffelec read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 53rd minute of play. After 56 played minutes, Unione Sportiva's Teukros Laganas shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Moussa Queffelec came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Unione Sportiva reached it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teukros Economides in the 61st minute of play forced La Scaloneta's goalkeeper Moussa Queffelec to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Moussa Queffelec showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konstantinos Christakos in the 64th minute of the match. Moussa Queffelec showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konstantinos Christakos in the 65th minute of the match. Moussa Queffelec showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Konstantinos Christakos, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Moussa Queffelec came out of the goal in the 70th minute to try and stop a shot by Unione Sportiva's Konstantinos Christakos. But to his dismay, Konstantinos Christakos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. 73 minutes into the game, Unione Sportiva's Khariklo Bilias nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Moussa Queffelec made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Khariklo Bilias fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Moussa Queffelec having to interfere. Sofiane Chausson's late challenge caught a Unione Sportiva's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sofiane Chausson helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, La Scaloneta's Sofiane Chausson got a free kick in the 78th minute. In the 80th minute, Konstantinos Christakos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Unione Sportiva fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. After some careless play in the Unione Sportiva defense, Madjid Pauly kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Augeias Bouzios. The Unione Sportiva fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Augeias Bouzios should have stopped the shot. A collision led to La Scaloneta getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Martin Engrand hit a great ball. Teukros Laganas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 91st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 95 minutes of play, Unione Sportiva's Apsyrtos Doukatelis made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Moussa Queffelec was left in no man's land by his defense there! Unione Sportiva were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of La Scaloneta for a fine match.