U18 League

Tsαrisi
Spectators: 156 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Eugenios Labrakos made the kick off which started today's match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cesare Gulli during the 6th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 8 minutes, Fortunato Pizziolo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sorci Viola and the Tsαrisi FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 8 played minutes Sorci Viola got a freekick which was hit by Fortunato Pizziolo. Stratos Loubakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Federico Dionisi, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. 13 minutes into the game, Sorci Viola's Ferruccio Cordone nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Stratos Loubakis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 16 minutes into the match, Federico Dionisi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stratos Loubakis. Tsαrisi FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Federico Dionisi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. The audience was convinced that Ferruccio Cordone's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stratos Loubakis was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. In the 20th minute Ferruccio Cordone shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stratos Loubakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferruccio Cordone in the 25th minute of play forced Tsαrisi FC's goalkeeper Stratos Loubakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Federico Dionisi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Stratos Loubakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fortunato Pizziolo, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. 35 minutes into the match, Tsαrisi FC's goal looked a bit too open when Federico Dionisi came free, but Stratos Loubakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Armando Matteucci's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Stratos Loubakis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 37th minute of play. 41 minutes into the match, Sorci Viola's goal looked a bit too open when Eugenios Labrakos came free, but Dennis Calcio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Stratos Loubakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fortunato Pizziolo in the 43rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fortunato Pizziolo in the 44th minute of play forced Tsαrisi FC's goalkeeper Stratos Loubakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Eugenios Labrakos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ferruccio Cordone stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Tsαrisi FC's goal looked a bit too open when Ferruccio Cordone came free, but Stratos Loubakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 54th minute, Federico Dionisi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Stratos Loubakis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Stratos Loubakis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Federico Dionisi in the 58th minute. A collision led to Tsαrisi FC getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Spyros Christou hit a great ball. Tsαrisi FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 68th minute, when Fortunato Pizziolo scored to the left of an out of position Stratos Loubakis, making the score, 0-5. The throw-in from Dennis Proia in the 72nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Tsαrisi FC's Paris Asimopoulos. 73 minutes into the match, Paris Asimopoulos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dennis Calcio. Sorci Viola's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Paris Asimopoulos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-5. Federico Dionisi scored 1-6 in the 76th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Stratos Loubakis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 84 minutes into the match, Tsαrisi FC's goalkeeper Stratos Loubakis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fortunato Pizziolo. In the 89th minute, Sorci Viola's Ferruccio Cordone ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Stratos Loubakis. Stratos Loubakis yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-7. Stratos Loubakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fortunato Pizziolo in the 93rd minute of the match. With a little luck, Tsαrisi FC's Stratos Loubakis got control of the ball when Fortunato Pizziolo tried to sneak it across the goal line. 97 minutes into the game, Sorci Viola's Federico Dionisi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Stratos Loubakis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-8. Sorci Viola played a much better game than Tsαrisi FC and deserved their victory. The Tsαrisi FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.