U18 World League

BASTIARO ARENA
Spectators: 8504 (Terracing: 6378, Seating: 1956, VIP seats: 170) Pascoal Mendaña started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Nikos Merganiotis hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Pascoal Mendaña who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 4thth minute tested the skills of Emiliano Martínez Gullotta when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After a rather tough play, GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️'s Theodosis Papagiannis got a free kick in the 6th minute. After a rather tough play, ⭐️⚡️RW Roma FC⚡⭐'s Markel Villar got a free kick in the 10th minute. A collision led to GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️ getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Loukianos Aslanidis hit a great ball. Pascoal Mendaña kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Kyriakos Tsiantakis in the 18th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jerrold Losa prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Iordanis Kiassos came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the GREEN PANTHERS 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 Iordanis Kiassos couldn't finish the play. 25 minutes into the game, GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️'s Kyriakos Tsiantakis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jerrold Losa made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. A collision led to ⭐️⚡️RW Roma FC⚡⭐ getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Etxeberri Ledrado hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nikos Merganiotis during the 29th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 30th match minute, GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nikos Merganiotis to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Christos Bolirakis in the 32nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jerrold Losa prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a defensive mix-up in ⭐️⚡️RW Roma FC⚡⭐'s zone, Kyriakos Tsiantakis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jerrold Losa came out of the goal and Kyriakos Tsiantakis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Christos Bolirakis scored 0-2 in the 43rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jerrold Losa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jerrold Losa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kyriakos Tsiantakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The ⭐️⚡️RW Roma FC⚡⭐ players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️ were winning 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Christos Bolirakis to make the kick off. Jerrold Losa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christos Bolirakis in the 54th minute of the match. The supporters of GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️ booed when ⭐️⚡️RW Roma FC⚡⭐ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Etxeberri Ledrado didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 67th minute, GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️'s Christos Bolirakis ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jerrold Losa. Jerrold Losa yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-3. When Xelo Alvaredo fell near the penalty area in the 71st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ⭐️⚡️RW Roma FC⚡⭐'s protests and gave Xelo Alvaredo a yellow card for diving instead. GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️ made a substitution. Koulis Gounaris replaced Loukianos Aslanidis. After 72 played minutes ⭐️⚡️RW Roma FC⚡⭐ got a freekick which was hit by Xelo Alvaredo. In the 77th minute, Christos Bolirakis made a precise shot to the right of Jerrold Losa. ⭐️⚡️RW Roma FC⚡⭐'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. In the 80th match minute, GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Theodosis Papagiannis to maneuver through the defense. Jerrold Losa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christos Bolirakis in the 90th minute of play. GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️ were furious when Kostas Pardalakis was red carded, 94 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. An unexpectedly hard shot by Heli Terrilla in the 99th 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.