U18 World League

Melates Arena
Spectators: 7468 (Terracing: 5602, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) An unexpectedly hard shot by Akis Stafilas in the 4th minute of play forced Sαηgrε Azuɭ's goalkeeper Jacinto Barto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 4th minute Akis Stafilas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacinto Barto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sofoklis Patsavouras showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abelardo Rainerio, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. The audience was convinced that Christos Papakostopoulos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jacinto Barto was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. 14 minutes had been played when some careless play by Sαηgrε Azuɭ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Kleanthis Sapounelis was slow to take the kick. During this time MELATES F.C.'s players had a chance to rest. In the 17th minute, Dorotheos Delioridis got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Rosendo Mino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Antonis Froussos during the 20th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to MELATES F.C. getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Antonis Froussos hit a great ball. MELATES F.C.'s Sofoklis Patsavouras played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rosendo Mino in the 23rd minute of play. Jacinto Barto made an important save on a dangerous shot by Christos Papakostopoulos in the 25th minute. Akis Stafilas kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. Lakis Voulgarakis charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lakis Voulgarakis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 32 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for MELATES F.C.! In the 34th minute there was a penalty for Sαηgrε Azuɭ. Joel Unax stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Sofoklis Patsavouras. 1-2. After 37 played minutes MELATES F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Kleanthis Sapounelis. Rosendo Mino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sofoklis Patsavouras having to interfere. Sofoklis Patsavouras took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abelardo Rainerio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Abelardo Rainerio to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, Akis Stafilas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Abelardo Rainerio succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-3 in the 57th playminute. Christos Papakostopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Jacinto Barto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. MELATES F.C.'s Sofoklis Patsavouras proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save MELATES F.C. from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Akis Stafilas in the 67th minute of play forced Sαηgrε Azuɭ's goalkeeper Jacinto Barto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rosendo Mino in the 78thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Sofoklis Patsavouras, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Rosendo Mino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sofoklis Patsavouras having to interfere. In the 90th minute, Dorotheos Delioridis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.