U18 World League

Gionála Stadium
Spectators: 7628 (Terracing: 5722, Seating: 1754, VIP seats: 152) Claudinho Saldanha started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Miguel Sergipano charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Miguel Sergipano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of TZITZIFIES booed when Poetass FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Miguel Sergipano didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cássio de Senna showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Isidoros Chatzidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. A collision led to Poetass FC getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Osvaldo Branco hit a great ball. TZITZIFIES's Giorgos Nifitsas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dani Portillo in the 19th minute of play. After 21 played minutes Giorgos Dogramadzhiev rounded Poetass FC's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. If Isidoros Chatzidis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cássio de Senna made an important save on a dangerous shot by Giorgos Dogramadzhiev in the 27th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Giorgos Dogramadzhiev got free with Cássio de Senna in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind Poetass FC's goalkeeper Cássio de Senna, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Giorgos Nifitsas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claudinho Saldanha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Fabinho de Lara during the 34th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Poetass FC's Fabinho de Lara got a free kick in the 35th minute. In the 42nd minute, Stamatis Birbas fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Cássio de Senna, passed just outside the right post. A collision led to TZITZIFIES getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Giorgos Dogramadzhiev hit a great ball. Giorgos Nifitsas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dani Portillo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Poetass FC defense, Giorgos Dogramadzhiev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cássio de Senna. The Poetass FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cássio de Senna should have stopped the shot. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

Cássio de Senna showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Giorgos Dogramadzhiev, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. In the 60th 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: 3-0. After 64 played minutes TZITZIFIES got a freekick which was hit by Stamatis Birbas. Giorgos Nifitsas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dani Portillo in the 69th minute. Stamatis Birbas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cássio de Senna having to interfere. In the 79th minute, Osvaldo Branco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Giorgos Dogramadzhiev in the 83rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Cássio de Senna prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a rather tough play, TZITZIFIES's Vlassis Prattis got a free kick in the 84th minute. Trifon Chalkias scored 4-0 in the 91st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cássio de Senna, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Cássio de Senna took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Giorgos Dogramadzhiev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cássio de Senna took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Giorgos Dogramadzhiev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.