U18 World League

Tafos Indou Arena
Spectators: 7733 (Terracing: 5801, Seating: 1778, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Zygmunt Radziszewski made the kick off which started today's match. Nikos Kounenakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 2nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Argyris Apostolakis hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Manos Voutsas came out of the goal in the 8th minute to try and stop a shot by KKS Magines's Edward Dombroski. But to his dismay, Edward Dombroski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. 11 minutes into the game, Stratos Savouras lined in a short shot 1-1 behind a frustrated Aureliusz Pachucki. In the 15th minute Stratos Savouras shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aureliusz Pachucki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Louis Theofilopoulos hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. After 16 played minutes, KKS Magines's Tanek Imbor shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Manos Voutsas came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in KKS Magines reached it. Aureliusz Pachucki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stavros Tsouganatos in the 18th minute of the match. Manos Voutsas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Dombroski in the 23rd minute of play. Stratos Savouras recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 24th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 27th minute Tanek Imbor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manos Voutsas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zygmunt Radziszewski took the ball and in the 32 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Manos Voutsas. Manos Voutsas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. Wincent Przewozik lost his temper 35 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 34 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for KKS Magines! After a rather tough play, KKS Magines's Waldemar Marchewka got a free kick in the 37th minute. In the 39th minute, Thalis Tzavaras hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bogdan Pankiewicz in the 40th minute of play forced Bazellatin F.C.'s goalkeeper Manos Voutsas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bogdan Pankiewicz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manos Voutsas having to interfere. In the 46th minute, Bazellatin F.C.'s Stratos Savouras ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Aureliusz Pachucki. Aureliusz Pachucki yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-2. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Stratos Savouras to strike the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Bogdan Pankiewicz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Manos Voutsas. Bazellatin F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bogdan Pankiewicz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. Thalis Tzavaras hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, KKS Magines's Waldemar Marchewka got a free kick in the 56th minute. After 59 minutes, Nikos Kounenakis made it 3-3 with a short kick to the right side. KKS Magines's Aureliusz Pachucki tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Aureliusz Pachucki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexandros Schizas, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. KKS Magines's Aureliusz Pachucki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stratos Savouras in the 73rd minute of play. Nikos Kounenakis might have been able to make a better finish in the 77th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Aureliusz Pachucki. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nikos Kounenakis ran back to his position shaking his head. KKS Magines's Igor Lampa was substituted for Zygmunt Radziszewski. KKS Magines made a substitution. Piotr Zukowski replaced Waldemar Marchewka. In the 83rd match minute, Bazellatin F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thalis Tzavaras to maneuver through the defense. Manos Voutsas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edward Dombroski in the 94th minute. The KKS Magines supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing KKS Magines would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.