U18 World League

Saronida Stadium
Spectators: 8421 (Terracing: 6316, Seating: 1937, VIP seats: 168) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Fumo Barbarossa made the kick off which started today's match. Lazaros Theofilakos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fumo Barbarossa, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. After a defensive mix-up in Saronida FC's zone, Charlie Sanchez stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lazaros Theofilakos came out of the goal and Charlie Sanchez tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Richard Bonnal stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stavros Pourliotopoulos's shot from short distance in the 9th minute. After some careless play in the Saronida FC defense, Charlie Sanchez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lazaros Theofilakos. The Saronida FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lazaros Theofilakos should have stopped the shot. When Fumo Barbarossa fell near the penalty area in the 15th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored LA RABIA DEL PUEBLO's protests and gave Fumo Barbarossa a yellow card for diving instead. Fumo Barbarossa hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. 21 minutes into the match, Saronida FC's goal looked a bit too open when Francis Jaubert came free, but Lazaros Theofilakos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lazaros Theofilakos came out of the goal in the 24th minute to try and stop a shot by LA RABIA DEL PUEBLO's Fumo Barbarossa. But to his dismay, Fumo Barbarossa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Francis Jaubert took the ball and in the 27 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lazaros Theofilakos. Lazaros Theofilakos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Lazaros Theofilakos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jaime Lanusse in the 37th minute of the match. 39 minutes into the game, Jaime Lanusse cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Lazaros Theofilakos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Lazaros Theofilakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fumo Barbarossa in the 46th minute of play. The Saronida FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. LA RABIA DEL PUEBLO were winning 0-4.

Anastasios Zotalis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Richard Bonnal having to interfere. Lazaros Theofilakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Francis Jaubert in the 59th minute of play. In the 61st minute Manos Taganikas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Richard Bonnal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lazaros Theofilakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Francis Jaubert in the 64th minute of play. Lazaros Theofilakos was a little too slow when Jaime Lanusse got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 66th minute. The score was now 0-5. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jaime Lanusse got free with Lazaros Theofilakos in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 78 minutes into the match, LA RABIA DEL PUEBLO's goal looked a bit too open when Valentinos Semeloglou came free, but Richard Bonnal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Saronida FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 79th minute, when Fumo Barbarossa scored to the left of an out of position Lazaros Theofilakos, making the score, 0-6. In the 84th minute, Francis Jaubert reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Lazaros Theofilakos. The goal made the score 0-7. After 88 minutes of play, LA RABIA DEL PUEBLO's Jaime Lanusse made it 0-8 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lazaros Theofilakos was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Jaime Lanusse managed to get in a good position for a shot. LA RABIA DEL PUEBLO's supporters rose to their feet, but Jaime Lanusse was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lazaros Theofilakos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. LA RABIA DEL PUEBLO'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.