U18 World League

SPARTA® Stadium
Spectators: 7654 (Terracing: 5742, Seating: 1760, VIP seats: 152) 8 minutes into the game, Argyris Staboulis lined in a short shot 1-0 behind a frustrated Wawrzyniec Plucinik. In the 11th minute, Kajetan Budzyn left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The PTB Football Club fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. After a rather tough play, PTB Football Club's Witalis Malik got a free kick in the 16th minute. In the 20th minute, one of PTB Football Club:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for PTB Football Club. Wawrzyniec Plucinik went to the wrong direction when Panos Karnezis was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. Argyris Staboulis in the 24thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Wawrzyniec Plucinik, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 34 minutes into the game, Lakis Poulogiannis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. GOD OF WAR's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave PTB Football Club the free kick. After 34 played minutes GOD OF WAR got a freekick which was hit by Lakis Poulogiannis. After a rather tough play, PTB Football Club's Antoni Napierkowski got a free kick in the 37th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Roman Klejnowski was the one to do the kick off. Giannis Papadosifakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcin Bugajski in the 51st minute of the match. Anthimos Stratoulis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Wawrzyniec Plucinik tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 57 minutes of play GOD OF WAR's Lakis Poulogiannis was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 65 minutes into the match, GOD OF WAR's goalkeeper Giannis Papadosifakis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Roman Klejnowski. Giannis Papadosifakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antoni Napierkowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. In the 72nd minute, Fragiskos Bouzios left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The GOD OF WAR fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. After having played for 74 minutes, Stamatis Kazatzidis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. GOD OF WAR's supporters crossed their fingers, but Stamatis Kazatzidis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to PTB Football Club getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Antoni Napierkowski hit a great ball. If Roman Klejnowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Witalis Malik in the 83rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Giannis Papadosifakis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a little luck, GOD OF WAR's Giannis Papadosifakis got control of the ball when Roman Klejnowski tried to sneak it across the goal line. Roman Klejnowski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Giannis Papadosifakis having to interfere. If Thrasivoulos Neopidis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Witalis Malik took the ball and in the 91 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Giannis Papadosifakis. Giannis Papadosifakis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. For all the effort they put into the match, the PTB Football Club players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for GOD OF WAR.