U18 League

Crypto.com Stadium
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Zacharias Papagiannoulis took the kick off in the first half of the match. The throw-in from Themis Kalimanis in the 9th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Eurospeed Asti's Eraldo Persia. Alberto Luciano scored 0-1 in the 13th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kostas Tzanetakis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 21st match minute, Eurospeed Asti was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eraldo Persia to maneuver through the defense. Akis Nafpliotis hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. After 25 played minutes Vakoufi Utd got a freekick which was hit by Spyros Voudouris. Eurospeed Asti's Alberto Luciano couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 26th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Vakoufi Utd. Vakoufi Utd's Kostas Tzanetakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amedeo Di Pasquale in the 30th minute of play. In the 31st minute, Alex Ucci made a precise shot to the right of Kostas Tzanetakis. Vakoufi Utd's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. 36 minutes into the match, Alberto Luciano notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Vakoufi Utd's Kostas Tzanetakis. Kostas Tzanetakis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of Vakoufi Utd booed when Eurospeed Asti was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amedeo Di Pasquale didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Christos Ouzounidis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Vakoufi Utd's supporters rose to their feet, but Christos Ouzounidis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Michele Di Gregorio breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Christos Ouzounidis in the 54th minute of play forced Eurospeed Asti's goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In a very dangerous position, a player in Eurospeed Asti fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 59th minute. Penalty! Christos Ouzounidis shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. 63 minutes into the match, Vakoufi Utd's goal looked a bit too open when Amedeo Di Pasquale came free, but Kostas Tzanetakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 64 played minutes Vakoufi Utd got a freekick which was hit by Makis Karoubalis. Alberto Luciano was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 64th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. After a rather tough play, Eurospeed Asti's Federico Gervasi got a free kick in the 66th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christos Ouzounidis in the 71st minute of play forced Eurospeed Asti's goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 72nd minute Alberto Luciano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kostas Tzanetakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 74 minutes of play, Vakoufi Utd's Christos Ouzounidis made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Michele Di Gregorio was left in no man's land by his defense there! Kostas Tzanetakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amedeo Di Pasquale in the 83rd minute of the match. Akis Nafpliotis hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. If Alex Ucci had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 94th minute, Babbis Thomaidis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Michele Di Gregorio was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. Eurospeed Asti played a much better game than Vakoufi Utd and deserved their victory. The Vakoufi Utd players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.