U23 World League

Saracino Stadium
Spectators: 7818 (Terracing: 5865, Seating: 1798, VIP seats: 155) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Lawrence De Marco started the match with the kick off. Loukas Kois took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jeremy Bonello, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Neil Axisa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 6th minute of the match, but Loukas Kois made a huge save. In the 7th minute, Thomas Zrinzo reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Loukas Kois. The goal made the score 1-0. Amadeo Rapinett showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vassilis Mavreas in the 14th minute of the match. In the 15th minute Giorgos Maragozis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amadeo Rapinett saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thomas Zrinzo in the 16th minute of play forced Kerkyra FC's goalkeeper Loukas Kois to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 18 minutes of play, Attard Gunners's Thomas Zrinzo made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Loukas Kois was left in no man's land by his defense there! 23 minutes into the match, Thomas Zrinzo notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Kerkyra FC's Loukas Kois. Loukas Kois was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Loukas Kois showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabio Vassallo in the 29th minute of the match. Loukas Kois made an important save on a dangerous shot by Thomas Zrinzo in the 30th minute. In the 30th match minute, Attard Gunners was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Clayton Brockdorff to maneuver through the defense. Loukas Kois made an important save on a dangerous shot by Neil Axisa in the 33rd minute. Loukas Kois made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lawrence De Marco in the 34th minute of play. After 36 minutes of play, Attard Gunners's Jeremy Bonello made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Loukas Kois was left in no man's land by his defense there! Loukas Kois was out of position in the 38 minute of play, and Lawrence De Marco capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Lawrence De Marco really showed his touch with that goal: 5-0. When Attard Gunners's Lawrence De Marco in the 44th minute got a chance for a shot 44th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Kerkyra FC's goalie prevented a goal. The supporters of Attard Gunners booed when Kerkyra FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vassilis Mavreas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Loukas Kois made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lawrence De Marco in the 48th minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vassilis Katsourinis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Vassilis Katsourinis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Amadeo Rapinett made a huge save. In the 56th minute, Neil Axisa made a precise shot to the right of Loukas Kois. Kerkyra FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-0. Kerkyra FC's Loukas Kois played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lawrence De Marco in the 58th minute of play. Loukas Kois came out of the goal in the 59th minute to try and stop a shot by Attard Gunners's Jeremy Bonello. But to his dismay, Jeremy Bonello quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-0. Loukas Kois showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lawrence De Marco in the 63rd minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Theofilos Tripitsidis during the 64th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 65th match minute, Kerkyra FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Theofilos Tripitsidis to maneuver through the defense. 66 minutes into the match, Thomas Zrinzo notched a goal, 8-0, to the right of Kerkyra FC's Loukas Kois. Loukas Kois was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 69th minute Neil Axisa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Loukas Kois saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Loukas Kois made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lawrence De Marco in the 70th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jeremy Bonello in the 72nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Loukas Kois prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Kerkyra FC's Loukas Kois played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thomas Zrinzo in the 74th minute of play. Loukas Kois took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jeremy Bonello, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Loukas Kois showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thomas Zrinzo in the 78th minute of the match. Loukas Kois showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Neil Axisa in the 79th minute of the match. Kerkyra FC's Loukas Kois played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lawrence De Marco in the 80th minute of play. Loukas Kois came out of the goal in the 82nd minute to try and stop a shot by Attard Gunners's Lawrence De Marco. But to his dismay, Lawrence De Marco quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 9-0. After some careless play in the Kerkyra FC defense, Thomas Zrinzo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Loukas Kois. The Kerkyra FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Loukas Kois should have stopped the shot. 88 minutes into the game, Thomas Zrinzo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 11-0. Loukas Kois was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Loukas Kois made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Neil Axisa in the 92nd minute of play. 95 minutes into the match, Kerkyra FC's goal looked a bit too open when Neil Axisa came free, but Loukas Kois reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. There was no doubt that Attard Gunners were the better team. Attard Gunners's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.