U18 World League

Dangerous Stadium
Spectators: 8511 (Terracing: 6384, Seating: 1957, VIP seats: 170) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Santikurtz Romay started the match with the kick off. ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★'s Mario Maide played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kyriakos Tsiantakis in the 4th minute of play. Mario Maide showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Theodosis Papagiannis, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Emiliano Martínez Gullotta was a little too slow when Santikurtz Romay got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 13th minute. The score was now 1-0. In the 16th minute, Iordanis Kiassos got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★ were awarded a corner in the 28th minute after GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Santikurtz Romay took the corner. ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★'s Santikurtz Romay was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Emiliano Martínez Gullotta in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 29 minutes into the match, Urko Navedo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Emiliano Martínez Gullotta. GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Urko Navedo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Mario Maide took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Iordanis Kiassos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★'s Mario Maide played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Theodosis Papagiannis in the 36th minute of play. Santikurtz Romay took the ball and in the 39 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Emiliano Martínez Gullotta. Emiliano Martínez Gullotta dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. Mario Maide took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kyriakos Tsiantakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 46 minutes, Theodosis Papagiannis put it in 4-1 from a short distance just to the right of Mario Maide. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Kyriakos Tsiantakis made the kick off in the second half. After 52 played minutes ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★ got a freekick which was hit by Santo Posiga. In the 54th match minute, ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valery Avienzo to maneuver through the defense. Emiliano Martínez Gullotta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Santikurtz Romay, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mario Maide made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kyriakos Tsiantakis in the 59th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kyriakos Tsiantakis got free with Mario Maide in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 63rd minute Santikurtz Romay shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emiliano Martínez Gullotta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 64 played minutes GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️ got a freekick which was hit by Christos Bolirakis. 71 minutes into the match, GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️'s goal looked a bit too open when Urko Navedo came free, but Emiliano Martínez Gullotta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️ made a substitution. Pantelis Kapagiannopoulos replaced Iordanis Kiassos. After a rather tough play, GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️'s Nikos Merganiotis got a free kick in the 75th minute. After having played for 79 minutes, Theodosis Papagiannis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Theodosis Papagiannis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 81st minute the ball was on its way in behind GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️'s goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez Gullotta, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet as GREEN PANTHERS FC ☘️'s Christos Bolirakis slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mario Maide. That made the score 4-2 after 85 minutes of play. After 88 minutes of play, ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★'s Urko Navedo made it 5-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Emiliano Martínez Gullotta was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 94th minute, Valery Avienzo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Valery Avienzo was shown his second yellow card after 96 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After 97 played minutes ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★ got a freekick which was hit by Valery Avienzo. ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★'s fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.