U21 World League

stadio damari
Spectators: 7534 (Terracing: 5652, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Guaberto Santana started the match with the kick off. In the 5th minute, Guaberto Santana ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Paris Dimakoglou was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 10th match minute, ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Panagiotis Nikolakoglou to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ's Michalis Bakakos got a free kick in the 12th minute. If Guaberto Santana had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victorio Kismi in the 15th minute of play forced ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ's goalkeeper Paris Dimakoglou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Panagiotis Nikolakoglou's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 18thth minute, Albano Rameriz skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 19 minutes into the match, MDQ Raptors FC's goalkeeper Albano Rameriz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Thymios Georgakoglou. MDQ Raptors FC's Ildefonso Efren got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some careless play in the ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ defense, Guaberto Santana kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Paris Dimakoglou. The ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Paris Dimakoglou should have stopped the shot. Evaggelos Vasilakopoulos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Albano Rameriz made a huge save. After a rather tough play, ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ's Panagiotis Nikolakoglou got a free kick in the 36th minute. When Guaberto Santana came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the MDQ Raptors FC 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 Guaberto Santana couldn't finish the play. Paris Dimakoglou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amador Harriet in the 44th minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 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 Vrasidas Manousakis to strike the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, MDQ Raptors FC's goal looked a bit too open when Vrasidas Manousakis came free, but Albano Rameriz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Vrasidas Manousakis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Albano Rameriz was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. After 62 played minutes ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ got a freekick which was hit by Makis Zounis. In the 63rd minute Victorio Kismi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paris Dimakoglou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of MDQ Raptors FC booed when ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alexandros Karameris didn't get a good kick on the ball. 75 minutes into the match, MDQ Raptors FC's goal looked a bit too open when Evaggelos Vasilakopoulos came free, but Albano Rameriz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 79th minute Vrasidas Manousakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Albano Rameriz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 81st minute of the match ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ got a corner. MDQ Raptors FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Marinos Giannopoulatos ran over to the corner to take the kick. With 82 minutes on the clock, Bartolo Erramu commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 83rd minute there was a penalty for ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ. Marinos Giannopoulatos stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Albano Rameriz. 1-2. After a rather tough play, MDQ Raptors FC's Ildefonso Efren got a free kick in the 87th minute. ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ's defense didn't have a chance, in the 89th minute, when Guaberto Santana scored to the left of an out of position Paris Dimakoglou, making the score, 1-3. Victorio Kismi kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. 97 minutes into the match, Guaberto Santana notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ's Paris Dimakoglou. Paris Dimakoglou was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.