U18 World League

GR. PANTHERS ARENA
Spectators: 8446 (Terracing: 6336, Seating: 1942, VIP seats: 168) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Christos Bolirakis started the match with the kick off. Emiliano Martínez Gullotta stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Urko Navedo's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. A collision led to ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★ getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Argoitz Preciado hit a great ball. After 8 played minutes GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️ got a freekick which was hit by Thrasivoulos Karaiskos. Emiliano Martínez Gullotta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Urko Navedo in the 9th minute of the match. In the 12th minute, Argoitz Preciado left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 14 minutes into the match, GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️'s goal looked a bit too open when Naike Sastrias came free, but Emiliano Martínez Gullotta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★ booed when GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nikos Merganiotis didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Urko Navedo came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★ 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 Urko Navedo couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️'s Thrasivoulos Karaiskos got a free kick in the 25th minute. Emiliano Martínez Gullotta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Urko Navedo in the 26th minute of play. ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Urko Navedo in the 27th minute. After taking down the ball on ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★'s corner Urko Navedo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Emiliano Martínez Gullotta quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valery Avienzo in the 29th minute of play forced GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️'s goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez Gullotta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mario Maide showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thrasivoulos Karaiskos, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Christos Bolirakis kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Periklis Tzavelas's late challenge caught a ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Periklis Tzavelas helped the player get up and apologised. Periklis Tzavelas hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Emiliano Martínez Gullotta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Urko Navedo in the 38th minute of the match. Argoitz Preciado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★ booed when GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nikos Merganiotis didn't get a good kick on the ball. After the first half ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★ were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️'s Stelios Nasiopoulos was substituted for Tasos Pagonakis. ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★ made a substitution. Pio Arizabal replaced Gartzi Pablo. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Urko Navedo was the one to do the kick off. Periklis Tzavelas kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. After 57 played minutes ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★ got a freekick which was hit by Santo Posiga. Urko Navedo hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. If Aristides Pijuan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️'s Emiliano Martínez Gullotta got control of the ball when Aristides Pijuan tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️'s Stelios Nasiopoulos got a free kick in the 80th minute. Qwinton Vaquero recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 81st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 88 minutes into the match, Kyriakos Tsiantakis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mario Maide. ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kyriakos Tsiantakis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. 94 minutes into the game, GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️'s Christos Bolirakis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mario Maide made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️ had won after a very even match.