U18 World League

ΠΑΟΚ F.C. ARENA
Spectators: 7747 (Terracing: 5812, Seating: 1781, VIP seats: 154) Anestis Kapataidakis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Emilio Galindo made a huge save. After a rather tough play, ΠΑΟΚ FC's Dimitris Skevofilakas got a free kick in the 11th minute. In the 12th minute, Jose Ponc 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. ΠΑΟΚ FC's Anestis Kapataidakis shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 15th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Emilio Galindo but with some difficulty. After a rather tough play, La France FC's Cleto Peru got a free kick in the 15th minute. A collision led to ΠΑΟΚ FC getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Christos Banasas hit a great ball. 24 minutes into the match, La France FC's goal looked a bit too open when Petros Giannakis came free, but Emilio Galindo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alekos Korakakis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 27th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Emilio Galindo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Petros Giannakis in the 28th minute of the match. After 28 played minutes La France FC got a freekick which was hit by Sergio Arce. Emilio Galindo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Thrasivoulos Moisiadis in the 34th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Petros Giannakis got free with Emilio Galindo in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ilias Peristeropoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cleto Peru in the 40th minute of play. The supporters of La France FC booed when ΠΑΟΚ FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christos Banasas didn't get a good kick on the ball. When La France FC's Elvio Gonsalve in the 42nd minute got a chance for a shot 42nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ΠΑΟΚ FC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 43rd minute, Stavros Symeonatos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thrasivoulos Moisiadis in the 45th minute of play forced La France FC's goalkeeper Emilio Galindo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 48th minute the ball was on its way in behind La France FC's goalkeeper Emilio Galindo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.

The wind increased when Thrasivoulos Moisiadis made the kick off in the second half. The referee felt a red card was in order, 56 minutes into the game, when Artemio Dalmai put in a rough tackle. Artemio Dalmai hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Emilio Galindo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Petros Giannakis in the 63rd minute of play. Emilio Galindo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thrasivoulos Moisiadis in the 68th minute of the match. 73 minutes into the game, Panos Mastrantoniou was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ΠΑΟΚ FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave La France FC the free kick. The supporters of La France FC booed when ΠΑΟΚ FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Panos Mastrantoniou didn't get a good kick on the ball. 78 minutes into the match, Thrasivoulos Moisiadis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Emilio Galindo. La France FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Thrasivoulos Moisiadis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. 82 minutes into the match, La France FC's goal looked a bit too open when Thrasivoulos Moisiadis came free, but Emilio Galindo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 83rd minute Dimitris Skevofilakas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emilio Galindo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 84 minutes into the match, Thrasivoulos Moisiadis notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of La France FC's Emilio Galindo. Emilio Galindo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Emilio Galindo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Petros Giannakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Emilio Galindo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Petros Giannakis in the 89th minute of play. In the 91st minute, Alekos Korakakis made a precise shot to the right of Emilio Galindo. La France FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. After 96 minutes of play, ΠΑΟΚ FC's Anestis Kapataidakis made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Emilio Galindo was left in no man's land by his defense there! There was no doubt that ΠΑΟΚ FC were the better team. ΠΑΟΚ FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.