U18 League

KING GREEN ARENA
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Aris Kravaris started the match with the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Aris Kravaris kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Luke Preca. That made the score 1-0 in the 3 minute of play. In the 8th match minute, Trifillia.FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dimos Violopoulos to maneuver through the defense. Ilias Papanikolas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kevin Bongailas in the 9th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Periklis Dentsas in the 10th minute of play forced Swatar United FC's goalkeeper Luke Preca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Trifillia.FC's Nikos Markopoulos got a free kick in the 13th minute. Ilias Papanikolas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leo Axisa in the 15th minute of the match. Ilias Papanikolas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amadeo Mallia in the 16th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Trifillia.FC's Antonis Meintanis got a free kick in the 17th minute. Kevin Bongailas took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 18th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ilias Papanikolas. Trifillia.FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Ilias Papanikolas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leo Axisa, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Swatar United FC's Luke Preca proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save Swatar United FC from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Swatar United FC getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Stephen Vancell hit a great ball. Nikos Markopoulos blasted a shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Luke Preca having to make a save. 33 minutes into the match, Trifillia.FC's goal looked a bit too open when Amadeo Mallia came free, but Ilias Papanikolas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Trifillia.FC's Ilias Papanikolas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stephan Ghigo in the 39th minute of play. In the 45th minute Leo Axisa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilias Papanikolas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Trifillia.FC's Markos Sotiriadis got a free kick in the 45th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Leo Axisa was the one to do the kick off. Mark Soler hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Nikos Markopoulos, 51 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 55th minute, Leo Axisa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Swatar United FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Leo Axisa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ilias Papanikolas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Luke Preca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Achilleas Karaflas in the 59th minute of the match. In the 67th minute, Leo Axisa reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ilias Papanikolas. The goal made the score 1-2. The audience thought a goal was coming when Leo Axisa got free with Ilias Papanikolas in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Christos Kareklidis hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. Aris Kravaris hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. In the 81st match minute, Trifillia.FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Periklis Dentsas to maneuver through the defense. Periklis Dentsas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 88 minutes, Nikos Markopoulos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Trifillia.FC and the Swatar United FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 88th minute, Nikos Markopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 96th minute, Leo Axisa fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Swatar United FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.