U18 World League

Karaiskakis Stadium
Spectators: 7770 (Terracing: 5828, Seating: 1787, VIP seats: 155) Olympiacos FC's Dimitris Koudas started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 3 minutes of play, Defensores de Fasano's Remigio Tabby made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Takis Nestoriou was left in no man's land by his defense there! Dimitris Koudas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 7th minute of the match, but Abelardo Dodorol made a huge save. In the 9thth minute of the game Dimitris Koudas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Defensores de Fasano's Abelardo Dodorol was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 14th minute Remigio Tabby shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Takis Nestoriou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nikiforos Valaoras charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nikiforos Valaoras the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 19th match minute, Olympiacos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nikiforos Valaoras to maneuver through the defense. In the 20th minute, Blas Austin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dimitris Koudas kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. Abelardo Dodorol showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Avraam Chalkias, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. After 29 played minutes Defensores de Fasano got a freekick which was hit by Remigio Tabby. When Pavlos Fanidis came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Olympiacos FC 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 Pavlos Fanidis couldn't finish the play. In the 39th minute, Silvano Roderigo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Defensores de Fasano's Abelardo Dodorol played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Avraam Chalkias in the 41st minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Olympiacos FC's Dimitris Koudas slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Abelardo Dodorol. That made the score 1-1 after 42 minutes of play. Abelardo Dodorol took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dimitris Koudas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Tobias Tono fell near the penalty area in the 46th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Defensores de Fasano's protests and gave Tobias Tono a yellow card for diving instead. In the 47th minute, Tobias Tono hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Remigio Tabby was the one to do the kick off. Avraam Chalkias might have been able to make a better finish in the 51st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Abelardo Dodorol. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Avraam Chalkias ran back to his position shaking his head. Panos Papathomas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abelardo Dodorol having to interfere. Olympiacos FC made a substitution. Panos Loukas replaced Markos Kareklopoulos. Olympiacos FC made a substitution. Kostas Tziolas replaced Alexis Dellios. Dimitris Koudas kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. In the 80th match minute, Olympiacos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nikiforos Valaoras to maneuver through the defense. Takis Nestoriou didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Blas Austin went, in the 81st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. In the 84th match minute, Olympiacos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fanis Schinas to maneuver through the defense. In the 85th minute Dimitris Koudas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abelardo Dodorol saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Olympiacos FC getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Fanis Schinas hit a great ball. Dimitris Koudas charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dimitris Koudas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 93rd minute, Dimitris Koudas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Defensores de Fasano walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.