U18 World League

Aréna ŠKH
Spectators: 7554 (Terracing: 5667, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) Dimitris Koukoulas started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A collision led to Go Ahead Eagles getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Giorgos Tsartas hit a great ball. 4 minutes into the match, Go Ahead Eagles's goal looked a bit too open when František Kazár came free, but Themistoklis Charalambakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 5th minute Soulis Xanthakos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erik Vajda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Erik Vajda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Soulis Xanthakos in the 6th minute of play. Go Ahead Eagles's Stelios Panagiotidis got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, ŠK Horelica's František Kazár got a free kick in the 12th minute. In the 13th minute, Giorgos Tsartas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimitris Koukoulas in the 18th minute of play forced ŠK Horelica's goalkeeper Erik Vajda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hubert Žebrák kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. Erik Vajda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dimitris Koukoulas, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vaios Sakoulidis in the 27th minute of play forced ŠK Horelica's goalkeeper Erik Vajda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stelios Panagiotidis in the 29th minute of play forced ŠK Horelica's goalkeeper Erik Vajda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 31 minutes into the game, Go Ahead Eagles's Stelios Panagiotidis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Erik Vajda made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. When Dimitris Koukoulas came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the Go Ahead Eagles fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Dimitris Koukoulas couldn't finish the play. The supporters of Go Ahead Eagles booed when ŠK Horelica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hubert Žebrák didn't get a good kick on the ball. Erik Vajda took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dimitris Koukoulas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gabriel Sapár to make the kick off. In the 57th minute Gabriel Sapár shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Themistoklis Charalambakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, ŠK Horelica's Erik Vajda got control of the ball when Dimitris Koukoulas tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Stamatis Lakerdas fell near the penalty area in the 60th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Go Ahead Eagles's protests and gave Stamatis Lakerdas a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Go Ahead Eagles's Stamatis Lakerdas got a free kick in the 60th minute. When Go Ahead Eagles's Dimitris Koukoulas in the 63rd minute got a chance for a shot 63rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ŠK Horelica's goalie prevented a goal. With an all-out effort, Go Ahead Eagles's Erik Vajda threw himself towards the right post 66 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Dimitris Koukoulas, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. ŠK Horelica's defense didn't have a chance, in the 66th minute, when Dimitris Koukoulas scored to the left of an out of position Erik Vajda, making the score, 0-3. After 73 played minutes Dimitris Koukoulas rounded ŠK Horelica's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-4. 79 minutes into the match, ŠK Horelica's goal looked a bit too open when Stelios Panagiotidis came free, but Erik Vajda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Erik Vajda made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Dimitris Koukoulas sent off a good shot on target. ŠK Horelica's Erik Vajda proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save ŠK Horelica from getting a goal against them. Dimitris Koukoulass short, quick shot in the 88thth minute got Erik Vajda to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Erik Vajda was a little too slow when Stelios Panagiotidis got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 92nd minute. The score was now 0-5. With a little luck, ŠK Horelica's Erik Vajda got control of the ball when Vaios Sakoulidis tried to sneak it across the goal line. The ŠK Horelica fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Go Ahead Eagles were clearly better and deserved to take the win.