U18 League

Chouliarades Stadium
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 0) Clayton Manduca made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 7th minute, Simon Deguara left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Floriana Celtics fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Clayton Manduca scored 0-2 in the 11th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Theocharis Zouvelekis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 14th minute, Clayton Manduca made a precise shot to the right of Theocharis Zouvelekis. Chouliarades's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Theocharis Zouvelekis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivan Zammit in the 17th minute of the match. If Ivan Zammit had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 20 minutes into the match, Chouliarades's goal looked a bit too open when Clayton Manduca came free, but Theocharis Zouvelekis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Clayton Manduca in the 25th minute of play forced Chouliarades's goalkeeper Theocharis Zouvelekis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Theocharis Zouvelekis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Simon Deguara in the 28th minute of the match. After 35 minutes of play, Floriana Celtics's Clayton Manduca made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Theocharis Zouvelekis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Theocharis Zouvelekis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oliver Miggiani, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. When Simon Deguara came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the Floriana Celtics 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 Simon Deguara couldn't finish the play. Theocharis Zouvelekis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Clayton Manduca, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. 46 minutes into the match, Chouliarades's goal looked a bit too open when Simon Deguara came free, but Theocharis Zouvelekis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Chouliarades players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Floriana Celtics were winning 0-4.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Giannis Miliokas made a kick off. Kostas Kalouptsidis kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. After 58 minutes, Nikos Konstantinou mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Chouliarades and the Floriana Celtics players grew even worse after the yellow card. Nikos Konstantinou hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. Clayton Manduca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Anthony Bigeni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Giannis Miliokas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 74th minute, Floriana Celtics's Clayton Manduca ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Theocharis Zouvelekis. Theocharis Zouvelekis yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-5. Theocharis Zouvelekis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Simon Deguara in the 81st minute. In the 82nd minute, Bjorn Gellel reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Theocharis Zouvelekis. The goal made the score 0-6. 86 minutes into the match, Clayton Manduca dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Theocharis Zouvelekis, 0-7. 91 minutes into the match, Clayton Manduca notched a goal, 0-8, to the right of Chouliarades's Theocharis Zouvelekis. Theocharis Zouvelekis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match was over Floriana Celtics could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Chouliarades throughout the match.