U18 World League

M.F.C. ARENA
Spectators: 7499 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Vladimiros Pardalakis took the kick off in the first half of the match. Vladimiros Pardalakis scored 1-0 in the 7th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Reinaldo Llinares, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Hajdin Bakirtzidis was extremely unlucky when he, in the 11th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladimiros Pardalakis in the 11th minute of play forced Radiohead Freaks Club's goalkeeper Reinaldo Llinares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 14th minute, Santana Zapatero hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Grigoris Chaniotakis charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Grigoris Chaniotakis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 16 played minutes MICE F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Grigoris Chaniotakis. Vladimiros Pardalakis received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Reinaldo Llinares came out and tried to block the shot, but Vladimiros Pardalakis slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 36th minute. After 42 minutes of play, MICE F.C.'s Hajdin Bakirtzidis made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Reinaldo Llinares was left in no man's land by his defense there! Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Hajdin Bakirtzidis in the 53rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Reinaldo Llinares prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Alonso Quijana kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. Ermis Labrou made in the 65th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Kosmas Spyrakis. After 68 played minutes Radiohead Freaks Club got a freekick which was hit by Santana Zapatero. In the 70th minute, Petros Labiris hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jose-Enrique Soldado kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. MICE F.C.'s Vladimiros Pardalakis got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Vladimiros Pardalakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 80 minutes into the match, Radiohead Freaks Club's goal looked a bit too open when Vladimiros Pardalakis came free, but Reinaldo Llinares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladimiros Pardalakis in the 83rd minute of play forced Radiohead Freaks Club's goalkeeper Reinaldo Llinares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Radiohead Freaks Club's zone, Hajdin Bakirtzidis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Reinaldo Llinares came out of the goal and Hajdin Bakirtzidis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. MICE F.C.'s fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.