U18 World League

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Spectators: 7479 (Terracing: 5611, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) O.T.E's Ntinos Kousas 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. Efthimis Kazantzatos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valentin Mikeldi, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. La Panchera's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Alfonso Bernard in the 4th minute. A nice corner shot did that Felix Lop got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Efthimis Kazantzatos quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Efthimis Kazantzatos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentin Mikeldi in the 6th minute of play. Thomas Matsikidis kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 11th minute, Baldomiro Gau managed to get in a good position for a shot. La Panchera's supporters rose to their feet, but Baldomiro Gau was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Efthimis Kazantzatos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 13th minute, Baldomiro Gau 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. Efthimis Kazantzatos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Valentin Mikeldi's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. After some careless play in the O.T.E defense, Valentin Mikeldi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Efthimis Kazantzatos. The O.T.E fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Efthimis Kazantzatos should have stopped the shot. In the 18th minute, Baldomiro Gau ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Efthimis Kazantzatos was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Baldomiro Gau in the 21st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Efthimis Kazantzatos prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Efthimis Kazantzatos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valentin Mikeldi in the 25th minute of the match. Valentin Mikeldi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Efthimis Kazantzatos came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by La Panchera's Valentin Mikeldi. But to his dismay, Valentin Mikeldi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Louis Mavrostomos's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Bruno Cresenciano read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 31st minute of play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 32nd minute of the game. One of La Panchera:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of O.T.E:s goal. When the match had been going on for 34 minutes, O.T.E's Vassilis Symeonakis got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Bruno Cresenciano. Bruno Cresenciano acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 38th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Giorgos Natsikas. In the 41st minute, Ntinos Kousas 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Baldomiro Gau made a kick off. When Baldomiro Gau came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the La Panchera fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Baldomiro Gau couldn't finish the play. 53 minutes into the match, Joel Botello had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Efthimis Kazantzatos. O.T.E's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joel Botello was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. Nike Tavlaridis hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Louis Mavrostomos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Bruno Cresenciano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bruno Cresenciano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Theocharis Troupkos, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. After some careless play in the O.T.E defense, Baldomiro Gau kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Efthimis Kazantzatos. The O.T.E fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Efthimis Kazantzatos should have stopped the shot. Ntinos Kousas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The supporters of O.T.E booed when La Panchera was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Danilo Demesio didn't get a good kick on the ball. 79 minutes into the match, O.T.E's Vassilis Symeonakis broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. After a rather tough play, O.T.E's Omiros Paspalakis got a free kick in the 92nd minute. After a defensive mix-up in La Panchera's zone, Ntinos Kousas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bruno Cresenciano came out of the goal and Ntinos Kousas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. La Panchera had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.