U18 World League

Gionála Stadium
Spectators: 7628 (Terracing: 5722, Seating: 1754, VIP seats: 152) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Raphael Aguiar made the kick off which started today's match. When Stamatis Birbas fell near the penalty area in the 5th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored TZITZIFIES's protests and gave Stamatis Birbas a yellow card for diving instead. In the 5th match minute, TZITZIFIES was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stamatis Birbas to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to TZITZIFIES getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Tolis Stergiotis hit a great ball. The supporters of TZITZIFIES booed when TIMETER EC -DMZ- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abel Loureiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dráuzio Proença fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Giorgos Nifitsas having to interfere. Raphael Aguiar scored 0-1 in the 19th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Giorgos Nifitsas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 21st minute, Cafu de Souza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to TZITZIFIES getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Isidoros Chatzidis hit a great ball. A collision led to TIMETER EC -DMZ- getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Gustavo Corrêa hit a great ball. 29 minutes into the match, TZITZIFIES's goal looked a bit too open when Dráuzio Proença came free, but Giorgos Nifitsas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 31st minute Gustavo Corrêa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Giorgos Nifitsas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Raphael Aguiar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd rose to their feet as Giorgos Dogramadzhiev kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Vítor de Lima. That made the score 1-1 in the 38 minute of play. Isidoros Chatzidis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vítor de Lima having to interfere.

The wind increased when Giorgos Dogramadzhiev made the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute, Lambros Lazaridis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the TIMETER EC -DMZ- defense, Giorgos Dogramadzhiev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vítor de Lima. The TIMETER EC -DMZ- fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vítor de Lima should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, TZITZIFIES's Theofanis Trigonakis got a free kick in the 65th minute. Giorgos Nifitsas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Raphael Aguiar in the 70th minute. Raphael Aguiar scored 2-2 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Giorgos Nifitsas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Gustavo Corrêa kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. The supporters of TZITZIFIES booed when TIMETER EC -DMZ- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cafu de Souza didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of TIMETER EC -DMZ- booed when TZITZIFIES was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lambros Lazaridis didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 84 minutes, Raphael Aguiar managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. TIMETER EC -DMZ-'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Raphael Aguiar was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 89th minute, Giorgos Dogramadzhiev left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The TZITZIFIES fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. In the 91st match minute, TIMETER EC -DMZ- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Raphael Aguiar to maneuver through the defense. Vítor de Lima took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Giorgos Dogramadzhiev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Isidoros Chatzidis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vítor de Lima having to interfere. The TZITZIFIES support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.