U23 World League

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Spectators: 7533 (Terracing: 5651, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) After a defensive mix-up in INTERISTAS's zone, Ernesto Ceresso stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Stamatis Dimitrakopoulos came out of the goal and Ernesto Ceresso tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Anastasios Kanetis hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ernesto Ceresso in the 5th minute of play forced INTERISTAS's goalkeeper Stamatis Dimitrakopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vaios Abelas's late challenge caught a Jereba 4EVER's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vaios Abelas helped the player get up and apologised. In the 7th match minute, INTERISTAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vaios Abelas to maneuver through the defense. Zé Paulo Castro scored 0-1 in the 9th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Stamatis Dimitrakopoulos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 13 minutes into the match, Ernesto Ceresso notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of INTERISTAS's Stamatis Dimitrakopoulos. Stamatis Dimitrakopoulos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Zé Paulo Castro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. INTERISTAS's Stamatis Dimitrakopoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adalberto Macedo in the 22nd minute of play. Stamatis Dimitrakopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adalberto Macedo in the 27th minute of the match. Zinon Anastasiadis charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Zinon Anastasiadis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 27th minute, Zinon Anastasiadis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Adalberto Macedo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stamatis Dimitrakopoulos was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. After some careless play in the INTERISTAS defense, Adalberto Macedo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Stamatis Dimitrakopoulos. The INTERISTAS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Stamatis Dimitrakopoulos should have stopped the shot. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Luiz Fernando Ribeiro during the 35th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Stamatis Dimitrakopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ernesto Ceresso, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. 39 minutes into the match, INTERISTAS's goal looked a bit too open when Adalberto Macedo came free, but Stamatis Dimitrakopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 40 minutes into the game, Jereba 4EVER's Zé Paulo Castro nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Stamatis Dimitrakopoulos made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. 44 minutes into the game, Zé Paulo Castro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Stamatis Dimitrakopoulos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The INTERISTAS players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Jereba 4EVER were winning 0-5.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Kleon Soulakas to strike the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in INTERISTAS's zone, Ernesto Ceresso stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Stamatis Dimitrakopoulos came out of the goal and Ernesto Ceresso tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. INTERISTAS's Stamatis Dimitrakopoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adalberto Macedo in the 60th minute of play. 60 minutes into the game, Adalberto Macedo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-7. Stamatis Dimitrakopoulos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Aimilios Brizolakis took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 64th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Donato Lira. Jereba 4EVER's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Flavinho Damião kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. Stamatis Dimitrakopoulos made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when Zé Paulo Castro sent off a good shot on target. Stamatis Dimitrakopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ernesto Ceresso in the 70th minute of play. In the 71st minute, Zinon Anastasiadis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of INTERISTAS booed when Jereba 4EVER was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ernesto Ceresso didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Jereba 4EVER's Dino de Toledo got a free kick in the 75th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zé Paulo Castro got free with Stamatis Dimitrakopoulos in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 78th minute of the match Jereba 4EVER got a corner. INTERISTAS's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Adalberto Macedo ran over to the corner to take the kick. 83 minutes into the match, INTERISTAS's goalkeeper Stamatis Dimitrakopoulos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zé Paulo Castro. Adalberto Macedo succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-9 in the 84th playminute. Adalberto Macedo who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 92ndth minute tested the skills of Stamatis Dimitrakopoulos when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Zé Paulo Castro succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-11 in the 94th playminute. With a little luck, INTERISTAS's Stamatis Dimitrakopoulos got control of the ball when Zé Paulo Castro tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jereba 4EVER's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.