U18 World League

La Ruca
Spectators: 7479 (Terracing: 5611, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Demetrio Martini started the match with the kick off. Nikos Tavlaridis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Demetrio Martini, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Antonis Klinakis scored 0-1 in the 4th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Angelillo Barnard, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 13 minutes into the game, Vaggelis Karagiozis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. O.T.E's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Toqui Fc the free kick. After a rather tough play, O.T.E's Vaggelis Karagiozis got a free kick in the 13th minute. Angelillo Barnard didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Antonis Klinakis went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Kyriakos Lilis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 27 minutes into the game, Sotos Sissovitis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. O.T.E's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Toqui Fc the free kick. After a rather tough play, O.T.E's Sotos Sissovitis got a free kick in the 28th minute. O.T.E's Kyriakos Lilis got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Angelillo Barnard showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stamatis Bravos in the 39th minute of the match. 39 minutes into the game, one of Toqui Fc:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. O.T.E's Kyriakos Lilis got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Moncho Salvatierra kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match.

The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Víctor Javier Bernal during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Víctor Javier Bernal kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. If Sakis Batirakis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Sakis Batirakis succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-3 in the 60th playminute. Sotos Sissovitis got his second yellow card in the match during the 63rd minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Sotos Sissovitis kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. After 71 played minutes, Toqui Fc's Paco Castellon shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Nikos Tavlaridis came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Toqui Fc reached it. Angelillo Barnard showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antonis Klinakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Higinio Martos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikos Tavlaridis having to interfere. Antonis Klinakis kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antonis Klinakis in the 80th minute of play forced Toqui Fc's goalkeeper Angelillo Barnard to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Val Garretón charged in rather forcefully in the 81st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Val Garretón the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of O.T.E booed when Toqui Fc was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Val Garretón didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 91st minute, Higinio Martos 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. The audience was convinced that Demetrio Martini's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nikos Tavlaridis was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. When the match was over O.T.E could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Toqui Fc throughout the match.