U21 World League

Arena Blanka
Spectators: 7765 (Terracing: 5825, Seating: 1786, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Filippos Kopelis started the match with the kick off. Aggelos Karageorgopoulos kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. A collision led to GREEN LIONS getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Chrisostomos Christodoulatos hit a great ball. Luisão Sabóia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filippos Koutsokefalakis in the 11th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, Tạ Bom managed to get in a good position for a shot. Blanka FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Tạ Bom was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vaggelis Pantelidis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ronaldão Cordeiro charged in rather forcefully in the 20th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ronaldão Cordeiro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ronaldão Cordeiro kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. After 28 played minutes GREEN LIONS got a freekick which was hit by Dimitris Petriniotis. In the 36th minute of the match Blanka FC got a corner. GREEN LIONS's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tạ Bom ran over to the corner to take the kick. Marconi Saabøll hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. Luan Cearense kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. 43 minutes into the match, GREEN LIONS's goal looked a bit too open when Tạ Bom came free, but Vaggelis Pantelidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 47 minutes into the match, Tạ Bom dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Vaggelis Pantelidis, 1-0. GREEN LIONS made a substitution. Ignatios Papachronakis replaced Chrisostomos Christodoulatos.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Geraldo Vander made a kick off. Blanka FC were furious when Francisco Coutinho was red carded, 58 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Francisco Coutinho hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Blanka FC's zone, Filippos Kopelis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Luisão Sabóia came out of the goal and Filippos Kopelis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 72nd minute Betinho Messias shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vaggelis Pantelidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 73rd minute of the match Blanka FC got a corner. GREEN LIONS's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tạ Bom ran over to the corner to take the kick. It was a well-played corner which Luan Cearense managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Luisão Sabóia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filippos Kopelis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of GREEN LIONS booed when Blanka FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rodrigo de Amorim didn't get a good kick on the ball. Filippos Koutsokefalakis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Luisão Sabóia made a huge save. Ignatios Papachronakis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Luisão Sabóia made a huge save. After 93 played minutes Blanka FC got a freekick which was hit by Tạ Bom. 96 minutes into the match, Blanka FC's goal looked a bit too open when Gerasimos Vasilarakos came free, but Luisão Sabóia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 98 minutes of play, Blanka FC's Tạ Bom made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vaggelis Pantelidis was left in no man's land by his defense there!