U18 World League

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Spectators: 8504 (Terracing: 6378, Seating: 1956, VIP seats: 170) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Manos Taganikas started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes, Wellington Berger mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the HollywooDogs and the Saronida FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 3 played minutes HollywooDogs got a freekick which was hit by Wellington Berger. 8 minutes into the match, Saronida FC's goal looked a bit too open when Wellington Berger came free, but Lazaros Theofilakos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 11 minutes into the game, HollywooDogs's Wellington Berger nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lazaros Theofilakos made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. A collision led to Saronida FC getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Manos Taganikas hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wellington Berger in the 21st minute of play forced Saronida FC's goalkeeper Lazaros Theofilakos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. HollywooDogs's Ana Čonda was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 24th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Saronida FC's Timos Raftis got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to HollywooDogs getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Edmílson Furtado hit a great ball. Diguinho Rodrigues's late challenge caught a Saronida FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Diguinho Rodrigues helped the player get up and apologised. Diguinho Rodrigues kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. 44 minutes into the match, Edmílson Furtado had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lazaros Theofilakos. Saronida FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Edmílson Furtado was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Lazaros Theofilakos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Wellington Berger's shot from short distance in the 47th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

After 50 played minutes Saronida FC got a freekick which was hit by Kyriakos Patemtzis. After a rather tough play, HollywooDogs's Edmílson Furtado got a free kick in the 60th minute. HollywooDogs made a substitution. Deivid Magalhães replaced Luís Paulo Diniz. After a rather tough play, HollywooDogs's Edmílson Furtado got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Fotis Bagasakis might have been able to make a better finish in the 62nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Omar Telo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Fotis Bagasakis ran back to his position shaking his head. Lazaros Theofilakos came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by HollywooDogs's Ana Čonda. But to his dismay, Ana Čonda quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. Ana Čonda scored 5-0 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lazaros Theofilakos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Lazaros Theofilakos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ana Čonda, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. If Wellington Berger had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 85 minutes, Giannis Psaridis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Saronida FC and the HollywooDogs players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 85th match minute, Saronida FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Giannis Psaridis to maneuver through the defense. Lazaros Theofilakos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ana Čonda, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Timos Raftis hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Lazaros Theofilakos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Deivid Magalhães went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. HollywooDogs's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.