U18 League

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Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Felice Trabucco got the match started through his kick off. Vrasidas Pelidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felice Trabucco in the 5th minute of the match. After 11 played minutes O.T.E got a freekick which was hit by Nikolas Pavloulis. After recieving a nice pass, Soliera's Antonio Vago tried to score from far away in the 12th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 14th minute Daniele Crema shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vrasidas Pelidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vrasidas Pelidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emanuele Ottaviani in the 16th minute of the match. 18 minutes into the game, Soliera's Felice Trabucco nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Vrasidas Pelidis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. After some careless play in the O.T.E defense, Emanuele Ottaviani kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vrasidas Pelidis. The O.T.E fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vrasidas Pelidis should have stopped the shot. In the 24th match minute, O.T.E was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iordanis Petrou to maneuver through the defense. If Anthony Faiella had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Emanuele Ottaviani might have been able to make a better finish in the 28th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vrasidas Pelidis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Emanuele Ottaviani ran back to his position shaking his head. Vrasidas Pelidis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emanuele Ottaviani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Takis Tavlaridis charged in rather forcefully in the 30th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Takis Tavlaridis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. If Fondas Psomas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Soliera's Demetrio Benarrivo got control of the ball when Fondas Psomas tried to sneak it across the goal line. The supporters of Soliera booed when O.T.E was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fondas Psomas didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fondas Psomas to make the kick off. Daniele Crema sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to O.T.E getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Iordanis Petrou hit a great ball. 62 minutes into the game, Felice Trabucco cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Vrasidas Pelidis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 66th minute, Emanuele Ottaviani reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Vrasidas Pelidis. The goal made the score 0-4. After a defensive mix-up in Soliera's zone, Iordanis Petrou stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Demetrio Benarrivo came out of the goal and Iordanis Petrou tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Thrasivoulos Peppas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Demetrio Benarrivo having to interfere. When the match was over Soliera could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than O.T.E throughout the match.