U18 League

Cacciola
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Christos Kanakaris got the match started through his kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Emilio Lozzi got free with Telis Kousouridis in the 3rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikolas Kavafis in the 12th minute of play forced Cacciola's goalkeeper Eraldo Corvo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Mouskhiσnas defense, Emilio Lozzi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Telis Kousouridis. The Mouskhiσnas fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Telis Kousouridis should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Cacciola getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Francesco Valletta hit a great ball. Fausto Santangelo's late challenge caught a Mouskhiσnas's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fausto Santangelo helped the player get up and apologised. In the 27th match minute, Cacciola was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fausto Santangelo to maneuver through the defense. Emiliano Capobianco blasted a shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Telis Kousouridis having to make a save. When the match clock showed 30 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Emilio Lozzi sped through Mouskhiσnas's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Telis Kousouridis. 36 minutes into the match, Mouskhiσnas's goalkeeper Telis Kousouridis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Emiliano Capobianco. In the 45th minute Emiliano Capobianco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Telis Kousouridis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Emilio Lozzi to strike the kick off in the second half. Kostas Voulgarakis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eraldo Corvo having to interfere. After having played for 54 minutes, Nikolas Kavafis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mouskhiσnas's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nikolas Kavafis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 57th minute, Emiliano Capobianco ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Telis Kousouridis was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. If Nikolas Kavafis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Emiliano Capobianco scored 6-0 in the 78th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Telis Kousouridis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Cacciola's Federico Barone got a free kick in the 85th minute. Vassilis Nalbantis's late challenge caught a Cacciola's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vassilis Nalbantis helped the player get up and apologised. In the 90th minute, Vassilis Nalbantis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mouskhiσnas's Telis Kousouridis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emilio Lozzi in the 95th minute of play. Cacciola's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.