U18 World League

Karaiskakis Stadium
Spectators: 7772 (Terracing: 5830, Seating: 1787, VIP seats: 155) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Matheo Mareau kicked off to start the match. 4 minutes into the match, Tours Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Dimitris Koudas came free, but Felix Jovanovic reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimitris Koudas in the 6th minute of play forced Tours Football Club's goalkeeper Felix Jovanovic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dimitris Koudas got free with Felix Jovanovic in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Tours Football Club getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Léo Ramsamy hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Olympiacos FC's Avraam Chalkias got a free kick in the 14th minute. In the 15th minute of the match Jacques Audren sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Takis Nestoriou skillfully saved the ball. A collision led to Tours Football Club getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Léo Ramsamy hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Avraam Chalkias got free with Felix Jovanovic in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dimitris Koudas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Felix Jovanovic made a huge save. After 27 minutes, Alexis Dellios mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Olympiacos FC and the Tours Football Club players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Olympiacos FC getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Alexis Dellios hit a great ball. Olympiacos FC's Takis Nestoriou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matheo Mareau in the 29th minute of play. Tours Football Club's Felix Jovanovic proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save Tours Football Club from getting a goal against them. When René Grégori fell near the penalty area in the 33rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tours Football Club's protests and gave René Grégori a yellow card for diving instead. René Grégori hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Felix Jovanovic was a little too slow when Dimitris Koudas got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 36th minute. The score was now 1-0. Felix Jovanovic made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dimitris Koudas in the 40th minute. In the 42nd minute of the match, Dimitris Koudas tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Felix Jovanovic saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dimitris Koudas to make the kick off. Hugo Toulet sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Olympiacos FC's Kostas Tziolas was substituted for Alexis Dellios. Olympiacos FC made a substitution. Miltiadis Tsiranidis replaced Grigoris Plexioudas. Olympiacos FC's Panos Loukas was substituted for Markos Kareklopoulos. If Willy Sauvestre had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 64 minutes into the match, Olympiacos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Hugo Toulet came free, but Takis Nestoriou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 67 played minutes Olympiacos FC got a freekick which was hit by Thanos Panagiotatos. In the 70th minute Dimitris Koudas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Felix Jovanovic saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 71 minutes, Dimitris Koudas made it 2-0 with a short kick to the right side. Tours Football Club's Felix Jovanovic tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Hugo Toulet's late challenge caught a Olympiacos FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hugo Toulet helped the player get up and apologised. After 78 minutes of play, Olympiacos FC's Dimitris Koudas made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Felix Jovanovic was left in no man's land by his defense there! Felix Jovanovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dimitris Koudas, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. The supporters of Tours Football Club booed when Olympiacos FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Panos Loukas didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 94th minute of the match Ibrahim Rault sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Takis Nestoriou skillfully saved the ball. The supporters of Tours Football Club booed when Olympiacos FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nikiforos Valaoras didn't get a good kick on the ball. Olympiacos FC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.