U18 World League

Tafos Indou Arena
Spectators: 7677 (Terracing: 5758, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) Filiberto Ponc made the kick off and thus started the match. Paolo Abastas made a fantastic save in the 8th minute, when Alexandros Schizas sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, Quebracho FC's Paolo Abastas got control of the ball when Aris Chatziaggelis tried to sneak it across the goal line. Artemio Rivero hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Aris Chatziaggelis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Paolo Abastas made a huge save. 21 minutes into the match, Bazellatin F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Francisco Abel came free, but Manos Voutsas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 22nd minute, Dimitris Venetis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 26th match minute, Quebracho FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Francisco Abel to maneuver through the defense. If Aris Chatziaggelis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 36th minute, Anier Nuno left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Quebracho FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aris Chatziaggelis got free with Paolo Abastas in the 40th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Paolo Abastas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stratos Savouras in the 44th minute of play. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Stratos Savouras stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Paolo Abastas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aris Chatziaggelis in the 52nd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Bazellatin F.C.'s Dimitris Venetis got a free kick in the 53rd minute. Paolo Abastas came out of the goal in the 56th minute to try and stop a shot by Bazellatin F.C.'s Stratos Savouras. But to his dismay, Stratos Savouras quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Bazellatin F.C.'s Stathis Rasoulis was substituted for Louis Theofilopoulos. Bazellatin F.C. made a substitution. Notis Valaoras replaced Argyris Apostolakis. Paolo Abastas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stratos Savouras, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. In the 66thth minute of the game Alexandros Schizas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Quebracho FC's Paolo Abastas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 69 minutes of play, Bazellatin F.C.'s Stratos Savouras made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Paolo Abastas was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 73rd minute Stratos Savouras shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paolo Abastas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Quebracho FC's Paolo Abastas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stratos Savouras in the 76th minute of play. A collision led to Bazellatin F.C. getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Stathis Rasoulis hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stratos Savouras in the 87th minute of play forced Quebracho FC's goalkeeper Paolo Abastas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stratos Savouras took the ball and in the 90 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Paolo Abastas. Paolo Abastas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. Serafino Luar kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. The audience held their breath when Thalis Tzavaras in the 94th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Paolo Abastas's left hand side. After a rather tough play, Bazellatin F.C.'s Notis Valaoras got a free kick in the 96th minute. Bazellatin F.C. walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.