U18 World League

Športni Park Gorica
Spectators: 7547 (Terracing: 5662, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Attila Hohnjec started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, Anthimos Farmakatos 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. In the 6th minute Riko Svatovšek shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anthimos Chatzikostas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, HIT Gorica's Marlon Udvanc got a free kick in the 12th minute. Orestis Koskinopoulos's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Zdravko Mavri read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 13th minute of play. Riko Svatovšek took the ball and in the 20 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Anthimos Chatzikostas. Anthimos Chatzikostas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. HIT Gorica's Zdravko Mavri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anthimos Farmakatos in the 23rd minute of play. Marlon Udvanc hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Michalis Bouras sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Zdravko Mavri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Panos Tsiabras in the 31st minute of the match. Zdravko Mavri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Panos Tsiabras in the 35th minute of play. 41 minutes into the match, Anthimos Farmakatos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zdravko Mavri. HIT Gorica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Anthimos Farmakatos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. After a rather tough play, HIT Gorica's Gliša Bozja got a free kick in the 46th minute.

The wind increased when Anthimos Farmakatos made the kick off in the second half. A hard shot 51 in the game by Anthimos Farmakatos from a close distance when the talented Zdravko Mavri managed to make a qualified save. HIT Gorica's players were relieved. The supporters of HIT Gorica booed when GOD OF WAR was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alketas Vertsotis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Anthimos Chatzikostas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Attila Hohnjec went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. In the 58th match minute, HIT Gorica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Muharem Razdevšek to maneuver through the defense. Marlon Udvanc hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Anthimos Farmakatos kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. HIT Gorica's Ignac Štrubelj was substituted for Kristian Ćurčija. Riko Svatovšek scored 3-2 in the 80th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Anthimos Chatzikostas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Michalis Bouras could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Zdravko Mavri made a huge save. Alketas Vertsotis's late challenge caught a HIT Gorica's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alketas Vertsotis helped the player get up and apologised. Alketas Vertsotis kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. In the 92nd minute of the match Georgij Beguš shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Anthimos Chatzikostas showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. HIT Gorica's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.