U18 World League

Rushden Lakes
Spectators: 7474 (Terracing: 5607, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Grant Cornish made the kick off and thus started the match. Ollie Clark made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Easton Krasakis in the 3rd minute of play. In the 4th minute, Chatziioannou Theofilakis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ollie Clark was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 7 minutes into the game, Petros Labiris was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. MICE F.C.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave TibaDons the free kick. In the 7th minute, Petros Labiris hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hajdin Bakirtzidis in the 9th minute of play forced TibaDons's goalkeeper Ollie Clark to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ollie Clark took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chatziioannou Theofilakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to MICE F.C. getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Hajdin Bakirtzidis hit a great ball. TibaDons's Ollie Clark played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hajdin Bakirtzidis in the 18th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chatziioannou Theofilakis in the 19th minute of play forced TibaDons's goalkeeper Ollie Clark to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When MICE F.C.'s Hajdin Bakirtzidis in the 21st minute got a chance for a shot 21st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye TibaDons's goalie prevented a goal. The supporters of TibaDons booed when MICE F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vladimiros Pardalakis didn't get a good kick on the ball. 0-2 became the score in the 25th minute when Hajdin Bakirtzidis elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. After some careless play in the TibaDons defense, Vladimiros Pardalakis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ollie Clark. The TibaDons fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ollie Clark should have stopped the shot. In the 36th minute Vladimiros Pardalakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ollie Clark saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ollie Clark showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hajdin Bakirtzidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Ollie Clark showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hajdin Bakirtzidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. In the 44th minute, Chatziioannou Theofilakis made a precise shot to the right of Ollie Clark. TibaDons's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. Hajdin Bakirtzidis blasted a shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ollie Clark having to make a save. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Vladimiros Pardalakis to strike the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, MICE F.C.'s Grigoris Chaniotakis got a free kick in the 52nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladimiros Pardalakis in the 56th minute of play forced TibaDons's goalkeeper Ollie Clark to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. MICE F.C.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Vladimiros Pardalakis in the 57th minute. In the 57th minute, Chatziioannou Theofilakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 61 minutes into the match, TibaDons's goal looked a bit too open when Vladimiros Pardalakis came free, but Ollie Clark reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Callum Windsor's late challenge caught a MICE F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Callum Windsor helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to TibaDons getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Callum Windsor hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chatziioannou Theofilakis in the 66th minute of play forced TibaDons's goalkeeper Ollie Clark to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ollie Clark showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chatziioannou Theofilakis in the 70th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vladimiros Pardalakis got free with Ollie Clark in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After having played for 73 minutes, Hajdin Bakirtzidis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. MICE F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Hajdin Bakirtzidis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. MICE F.C.'s Hajdin Bakirtzidis got a good chance for a goal in the 79th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Callum Windsor received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Filippos Serametakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 84 played minutes MICE F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Miltiadis Kolitsis. Grant Cornish took the ball and in the 86 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Filippos Serametakis. Filippos Serametakis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-4. The crowd rose to their feet as MICE F.C.'s Vladimiros Pardalakis slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ollie Clark. That made the score 1-5 after 92 minutes of play. MICE F.C.'s players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.