U23 World League

Jr Arena
Spectators: 7474 (Terracing: 5607, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Betinho Vidal made the kick off which started today's match. 7 minutes into the match, Jr Familia Campos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Dionysis Dimidis came free, but Telmo Reis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 17 minutes into the match, Jr Familia Campos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Vaggelis Christou came free, but Telmo Reis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimitris Mertsanidis in the 19th minute of play forced Jr Familia Campos FC's goalkeeper Telmo Reis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 21st match minute, Trifillia.FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ntinos Kyzeridis to maneuver through the defense. Trifillia.FC's Panos Stelakos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Betinho Vidal in the 22nd minute of play. Telmo Reis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dionysis Dimidis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 32nd match minute, Trifillia.FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vaggelis Traboukos to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vaggelis Christou in the 36th minute of play forced Jr Familia Campos FC's goalkeeper Telmo Reis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 38th minute Vaggelis Christou shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Telmo Reis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 44 minutes into the game, Vaggelis Christou cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Telmo Reis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dimitris Mertsanidis to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Jr Familia Campos FC's Benjamim Garcia got a free kick in the 53rd minute. Telmo Reis was out of position in the 54 minute of play, and Vaggelis Christou capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Vaggelis Christou really showed his touch with that goal: 0-2. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vaggelis Christou got free with Telmo Reis in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Júlio Arruda fell near the penalty area in the 60th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Jr Familia Campos FC's protests and gave Júlio Arruda a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Jr Familia Campos FC's Júlio Arruda got a free kick in the 60th minute. Benjamim Garcia's late challenge caught a Trifillia.FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Benjamim Garcia helped the player get up and apologised. Telmo Reis made a fantastic save in the 63rd minute, when Vaggelis Christou sent off a good shot on target. 67 minutes into the match, Jr Familia Campos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Dimitris Mertsanidis came free, but Telmo Reis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Telmo Reis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kostas Katsoulakis in the 70th minute of play. Jr Familia Campos FC's Benjamim Garcia managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Vaggelis Traboukos in the 80 minute of the game. The throw-in from Vaggelis Traboukos in the 81st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Jr Familia Campos FC's Benjamim Garcia. Telmo Reis came out of the goal in the 85th minute to try and stop a shot by Trifillia.FC's Vaggelis Christou. But to his dismay, Vaggelis Christou quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. The referee felt a red card was in order, 88 minutes into the game, when Kauan Meirelles put in a rough tackle. In a very dangerous position, a player in Jr Familia Campos FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 88th minute. Penalty! Vaggelis Traboukos made in the 95th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Jr Familia Campos FC's Benjamim Garcia. Jr Familia Campos FC's Benjamim Garcia managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Vaggelis Traboukos in the 96 minute of the game. Telmo Reis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dimitris Mertsanidis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Trifillia.FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.