U18 World League

Crypto.com Stadium
Spectators: 7550 (Terracing: 5664, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Stavros Kopidakis got the match started through his kick off. Giannis Peronosporopoulos came out of the goal in the 9th minute to try and stop a shot by Valleslona F.C.'s Urtsin Herrera. But to his dismay, Urtsin Herrera quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. 15 minutes into the match, Vakoufi Utd's goal looked a bit too open when Rafa Nadal came free, but Giannis Peronosporopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 18th minute Enzo Reyes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Giannis Peronosporopoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 19 minutes of play, Valleslona F.C.'s Hurko Bermudez made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Giannis Peronosporopoulos was left in no man's land by his defense there! 22 minutes into the match, Vakoufi Utd's goal looked a bit too open when Koldo Costa came free, but Giannis Peronosporopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Panos Valassoglou fell near the penalty area in the 24th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Vakoufi Utd's protests and gave Panos Valassoglou a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Valleslona F.C. booed when Vakoufi Utd was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Panos Valassoglou didn't get a good kick on the ball. 26 minutes into the match, Rafa Nadal had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Giannis Peronosporopoulos. Vakoufi Utd's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rafa Nadal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. In the 29th match minute, Vakoufi Utd was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stavros Kopidakis to maneuver through the defense. In the 36th minute Enzo Reyes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Giannis Peronosporopoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Giannis Peronosporopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Koldo Costa in the 38th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Valleslona F.C.'s Belarmo Lara got a free kick in the 40th minute. Spyros Symeonakos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Isaac Cazorla tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rafa Nadal stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Rafa Nadal took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Giannis Peronosporopoulos. Giannis Peronosporopoulos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. Vakoufi Utd's Giannis Peronosporopoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Urtsin Herrera in the 59th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Urtsin Herrera in the 62nd minute of play forced Vakoufi Utd's goalkeeper Giannis Peronosporopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Panos Valassoglou was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 65 minutes into the match. The referee gave Valleslona F.C. a penalty, 66 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Xines Saboya, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Vakoufi Utd's Giannis Peronosporopoulos. 0-6. 71 minutes into the match, Vakoufi Utd's goal looked a bit too open when Urtsin Herrera came free, but Giannis Peronosporopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 73rd minute, Urtsin Herrera reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Giannis Peronosporopoulos. The goal made the score 0-7. Koldo Costa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Giannis Peronosporopoulos made a huge save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Urtsin Herrera in the 78th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Giannis Peronosporopoulos saved Vakoufi Utd from getting behind. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rafa Nadal got free with Giannis Peronosporopoulos in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 93rd match minute, Valleslona F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rafa Nadal to maneuver through the defense. Valleslona F.C.'s fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.