U18 World League

Blue Eagles Stadium
Spectators: 7663 (Terracing: 5785, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 105) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Francesco Cabrini got the match started through his kick off. In the 6th minute Odysseas Rousses shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabiano Ciraci saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Odysseas Rousses in the 13th minute of play forced GiaSiRo 08's goalkeeper Fabiano Ciraci to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fabiano Ciraci took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Charalambos Christou, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 25th minute, Thanos Fotopoulos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Unione Sportiva fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Fabiano Ciraci came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by Unione Sportiva's Odysseas Rousses. But to his dismay, Odysseas Rousses quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Fabiano Ciraci made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Charalambos Christou in the 31st minute of play. Fabiano Ciraci showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Charalambos Christou in the 33rd minute of the match. GiaSiRo 08's Fabiano Ciraci played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thanos Fotopoulos in the 35th minute of play. Fabiano Ciraci took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Charalambos Christou, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Camillo Nola's late challenge caught a Unione Sportiva's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Camillo Nola helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, GiaSiRo 08's Camillo Nola got a free kick in the 41st minute. Fabiano Ciraci took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Charalambos Christou, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 44th minute Alkeides Touchakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabiano Ciraci saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hector Volakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Armando Gargano in the 46th minute of the match. After the first half Unione Sportiva were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Thanos Fotopoulos was the one to do the kick off. After some careless play in the GiaSiRo 08 defense, Thanos Fotopoulos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fabiano Ciraci. The GiaSiRo 08 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fabiano Ciraci should have stopped the shot. The referee felt a red card was in order, 54 minutes into the game, when Camillo Nola put in a rough tackle. 54 minutes into the game, one of GiaSiRo 08:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match had gone on for 63 minutes, Thanos Fotopoulos took a quick shot and it went in 0-6 without a chance for Fabiano Ciraci to make any attempt to save it. In the 69th minute, Odysseas Rousses made a precise shot to the right of Fabiano Ciraci. GiaSiRo 08's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-7. With a little luck, GiaSiRo 08's Fabiano Ciraci got control of the ball when Odysseas Rousses tried to sneak it across the goal line. With an all-out effort, Unione Sportiva's Fabiano Ciraci threw himself towards the right post 76 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Charalambos Christou, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 78th match minute, GiaSiRo 08 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Francesco Cabrini to maneuver through the defense. 79 minutes into the match, Antonis Samios sent off a long shot that looked like it was going straight into the goal, but because Fabiano Ciraci threw himself in his full length he managed to grip the ball by the left post, and there was no goal for Antonis Samios this time. With a little luck, GiaSiRo 08's Fabiano Ciraci got control of the ball when Thanos Fotopoulos tried to sneak it across the goal line. 83 minutes into the match, GiaSiRo 08's goal looked a bit too open when Alkeides Touchakis came free, but Fabiano Ciraci reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Charalambos Christou scored 0-8 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fabiano Ciraci, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alkeides Touchakis in the 88th minute of play forced GiaSiRo 08's goalkeeper Fabiano Ciraci to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fabiano Ciraci was out of position in the 90 minute of play, and Alkeides Touchakis capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Alkeides Touchakis really showed his touch with that goal: 0-9. Fabiano Ciraci made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kaineus Georgousopoulos in the 95th minute of play. Fabiano Ciraci didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Thanos Fotopoulos went, in the 96th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-10 was the resulting score. The GiaSiRo 08 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Unione Sportiva were clearly better and deserved to take the win.