U18 World League

Dragon Cave
Spectators: 7482 (Terracing: 5613, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) Zacharias Lakiotis kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. The supporters of A.S. Ian Fenomeni booed when Unione Sportiva was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zacharias Lakiotis didn't get a good kick on the ball. 18 minutes into the game, Damiano Sansoni cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Grigoris Danas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 21 minutes into the match, Unione Sportiva's goal looked a bit too open when Alexander Piacente came free, but Grigoris Danas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Grigoris Danas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antonio Iezzi in the 23rd minute of the match. Emiliano De Zorzi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Akis Kaglantge, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Alexander Piacente took the ball and in the 28 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Grigoris Danas. Grigoris Danas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. 32 minutes into the game, Glaukos Atsidakos was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Unione Sportiva's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave A.S. Ian Fenomeni the free kick. Grigoris Danas came out of the goal in the 36th minute to try and stop a shot by A.S. Ian Fenomeni's Damiano Sansoni. But to his dismay, Damiano Sansoni quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Grigoris Danas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexander Piacente, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Grigoris Danas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diego De Lorenzi in the 44th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The wind increased when Akis Kaglantge made the kick off in the second half. Emiliano De Zorzi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Glaukos Atsidakos in the 56th minute of the match. In the 58th minute Alexander Piacente shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grigoris Danas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 61 minutes into the match, Unione Sportiva's goalkeeper Grigoris Danas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Antonio Iezzi. Antonio Iezzi had several of the Unione Sportiva's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 61 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-4 score and a disappointed Grigoris Danas as he didn't even see the shot coming. After 65 minutes of play, A.S. Ian Fenomeni's Diego De Lorenzi made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Grigoris Danas was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience thought a goal was coming when Diego De Lorenzi got free with Grigoris Danas in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Unione Sportiva's Leonidas Maneates got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Carmine Migliorati hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Through an outstanding action, after 86 minutes, Grigoris Danas successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 91st minute Akis Kaglantge shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emiliano De Zorzi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferdinando Punta in the 92nd minute of play forced Unione Sportiva's goalkeeper Grigoris Danas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A.S. Ian Fenomeni'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.