U18 World League

ΠΑΟΚ F.C. ARENA
Spectators: 7729 (Terracing: 5798, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Thrasivoulos Moisiadis took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ventzislav Gerginov in the 3rd minute of play forced ΠΑΟΚ FC's goalkeeper Ilias Peristeropoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Venko Dushev kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. Mirolyub Rusanov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Thrasivoulos Moisiadis's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. Mirolyub Rusanov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alekos Korakakis in the 15th minute of play. The supporters of ΠΑΟΚ FC booed when THE CLUB was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valko Pandov didn't get a good kick on the ball. 21 minutes into the match, Volodya Latev notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of ΠΑΟΚ FC's Ilias Peristeropoulos. Ilias Peristeropoulos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ventzislav Gerginov in the 24th minute of play forced ΠΑΟΚ FC's goalkeeper Ilias Peristeropoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 27th minute Yanaki Karaganchev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilias Peristeropoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ilias Peristeropoulos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ventzislav Gerginov went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Ilias Peristeropoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yanaki Karaganchev in the 46th minute of play. Nencho Nanyov hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Diogenis Priovolos managed to get in a good position for a shot. ΠΑΟΚ FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Diogenis Priovolos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mirolyub Rusanov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, THE CLUB's Nano Ginev got a free kick in the 66th minute. Ilias Peristeropoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ventzislav Gerginov in the 69th minute of the match. After 70 played minutes THE CLUB got a freekick which was hit by Yoncho Dambov. After a rather tough play, THE CLUB's Volodya Latev got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Mirolyub Rusanov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Petros Giannakis in the 74th minute of play. In the 82nd minute, Alekos Korakakis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mirolyub Rusanov was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. After a rather tough play, ΠΑΟΚ FC's Petros Giannakis got a free kick in the 87th minute. In the 88th minute, THE CLUB's Nano Ginev ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ilias Peristeropoulos. Ilias Peristeropoulos yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-4. 94 minutes into the game, Volodya Latev was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. THE CLUB's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ΠΑΟΚ FC the free kick. After 94 played minutes THE CLUB got a freekick which was hit by Volodya Latev.