U18 World League

Kavala
Spectators: 7474 (Terracing: 5607, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Aggelos Fytanidis started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After having played for 2 minutes, Horia Braru managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC BRADUL -MM-'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Horia Braru was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of FC BRADUL -MM- booed when GREEK ARMY was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aggelos Fytanidis didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 9 played minutes GREEK ARMY got a freekick which was hit by Filippos Vikatos. In the 12th minute, Iustinian Durbac hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 19th minute, one of GREEK ARMY:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for GREEK ARMY. After 24 played minutes GREEK ARMY got a freekick which was hit by Evripidis Papafotoulis. When Horea Butuc came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the FC BRADUL -MM- 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 Horea Butuc couldn't finish the play. Markos Triantafyllou didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Horia Braru went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Markos Triantafyllou came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by FC BRADUL -MM-'s Horea Butuc. But to his dismay, Horea Butuc quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. If Aggelos Fytanidis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 43rd minute Horia Braru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Markos Triantafyllou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half FC BRADUL -MM- were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

After a defensive mix-up in GREEK ARMY's zone, Horia Braru stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Markos Triantafyllou came out of the goal and Horia Braru tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Horia Braru fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Markos Triantafyllou having to interfere. Markos Triantafyllou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Horia Braru in the 64th minute of play. Markos Triantafyllou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Horia Braru in the 67th minute of play. GREEK ARMY's Markos Triantafyllou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Horia Braru in the 73rd minute of play. Horea Butuc could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Markos Triantafyllou made a huge save. GREEK ARMY's defense didn't have a chance, in the 77th minute, when Horia Braru scored to the left of an out of position Markos Triantafyllou, making the score, 0-4. After 83 minutes, Nikos Lazaridis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the GREEK ARMY and the FC BRADUL -MM- players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of GREEK ARMY booed when FC BRADUL -MM- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Iustinian Durbac didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched FC BRADUL -MM- eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.