U18 World League

Blue Boys Stadium
Spectators: 7492 (Terracing: 5620, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Blue Boys Predators's Kasper Lindell started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Panos Athanasiadis struck a weak shot in the 3rd minute. José Chilavert didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for GREEK ARMY. José Chilavert took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Panos Athanasiadis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Iraklis Seretis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 7th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the match had gone on for 14 minutes, Panos Athanasiadis put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of José Chilavert. 19 minutes into the game, GREEK ARMY's Iraklis Seretis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. José Chilavert made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. 26 minutes into the game, GREEK ARMY's Panos Athanasiadis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. José Chilavert made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. José Chilavert made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Panos Athanasiadis in the 30th minute of play. If Kasper Lindell had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Panos Athanasiadis scored 0-5 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of José Chilavert, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 38th minute Panos Athanasiadis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Chilavert saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Panos Athanasiadis struck a weak shot in the 41st minute. José Chilavert didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for GREEK ARMY. In the 44thth minute of the game Panos Athanasiadis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Blue Boys Predators's José Chilavert was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 47 minutes into the match, GREEK ARMY's Panos Athanasiadis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that José Chilavert narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Klas Malmberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Panos Athanasiadis to strike the kick off in the second half. Manos Konstantakos received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. José Chilavert came out and tried to block the shot, but Manos Konstantakos slotted it home off the left post making it 0-7 in the 62nd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Per Wästerberg during the 68th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 68th match minute, Blue Boys Predators was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Per Wästerberg to maneuver through the defense. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Klas Malmberg during the 69th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Klas Malmberg hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Iraklis Seretis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Ilias Soulios fell near the penalty area in the 73rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored GREEK ARMY's protests and gave Ilias Soulios a yellow card for diving instead. Ilias Soulios hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. José Chilavert made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Thodoris Borbokis sent off a good shot on target. 83 minutes into the game, Panos Athanasiadis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. GREEK ARMY's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Blue Boys Predators the free kick. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Panos Athanasiadis in the 86th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck José Chilavert prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Nestoras Lazopoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 94 played minutes Blue Boys Predators got a freekick which was hit by Claes Fernström. GREEK ARMY played a much better game than Blue Boys Predators and deserved their victory. The Blue Boys Predators players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.