U18 World League

Liudvinavo Parkas
Spectators: 7554 (Terracing: 5667, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's Artūras Putrimas started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Makis Karoubalis was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Artūras Putrimas showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 3 minute of play. After 6 played minutes FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI got a freekick which was hit by Orestas Kontautas. Makis Karoubalis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Artūras Putrimas, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. When the match had gone on for 11 minutes, Orestas Kontautas took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Makis Karoubalis to make any attempt to save it. In the 15th minute, Orestas Kontautas made a precise shot to the right of Makis Karoubalis. Vakoufi Utd's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. Adolfas Ežerskis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When the match had gone on for 18 minutes, Artūras Putrimas took a quick shot and it went in 4-0 without a chance for Makis Karoubalis to make any attempt to save it. 22 minutes into the game, Konstantinos Lykos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-1. Hubertas Radzinevičius was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When Zacharias Papagiannoulis came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the Vakoufi Utd fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Zacharias Papagiannoulis couldn't finish the play. Makis Karoubalis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Artūras Putrimas, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Artūras Putrimas in the 31st minute of play forced Vakoufi Utd's goalkeeper Makis Karoubalis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Makis Karoubalis acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 42nd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Vladas Drakul. In the 46th minute, Artūras Putrimas fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Makis Karoubalis, passed just outside the right post. After 47 minutes of play, FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's Orestas Kontautas made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Makis Karoubalis was left in no man's land by his defense there! All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Zacharias Papagiannoulis was the one to do the kick off. Makis Karoubalis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Artūras Putrimas, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Zacharias Papagiannoulis took the ball and in the 55 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Hubertas Radzinevičius. Hubertas Radzinevičius dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-2. Makis Karoubalis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Orestas Kontautas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hubertas Radzinevičius came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by Vakoufi Utd's Zacharias Papagiannoulis. But to his dismay, Zacharias Papagiannoulis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-3. After 70 minutes of play, FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's Orestas Kontautas made it 6-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Makis Karoubalis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Adolfas Ežerskis might have been able to make a better finish in the 75th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Makis Karoubalis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Adolfas Ežerskis ran back to his position shaking his head. Spyros Voudouris kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. 81 minutes into the match, FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's goal looked a bit too open when Christos Ouzounidis came free, but Hubertas Radzinevičius reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 83rd minute Artūras Putrimas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Makis Karoubalis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Akis Nafpliotis kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. Hubertas Radzinevičius was a little too slow when Christos Ouzounidis got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 94th minute. The score was now 7-4. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI fully deserved thier win.