U18 League

Stadio Delle Aquile
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Emanuele Pollastrini took the kick off in the first half of the match. 6 minutes in the game, Edoardo Proia dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. In the 16th minute Vassilis Stergioudas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ferruccio Costanzo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ferruccio Costanzo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fanis Kapernekas, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. In the 28th match minute, FC Aquile Azzurre was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ferruccio Basile to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Fanis Kapernekas in the 29th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ferruccio Costanzo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 33rd minute Sokratis Symeonakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ferruccio Costanzo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ferruccio Costanzo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sokratis Symeonakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. The supporters of FC Aquile Azzurre booed when RO Army V55 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Renos Stefanou didn't get a good kick on the ball. Emanuele Pollastrini received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Dimitris Stathakos came out and tried to block the shot, but Emanuele Pollastrini slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 40th minute. After a rather tough play, RO Army V55's Daniil Zavantias got a free kick in the 44th minute. Anfilogino Giorgio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 45th minute of the match, but Dimitris Stathakos made a huge save. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Sokratis Symeonakis was the one to do the kick off. The supporters of RO Army V55 booed when FC Aquile Azzurre was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emanuele Pollastrini didn't get a good kick on the ball. Renos Stefanou hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. In the 56th match minute, RO Army V55 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Renos Stefanou to maneuver through the defense. Dimitris Stathakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Angelo Scarinci in the 58th minute of play. Ferruccio Costanzo made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Renos Stefanou sent off a good shot on target. Sokratis Symeonakis might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ferruccio Costanzo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Sokratis Symeonakis ran back to his position shaking his head. Zach Agni kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Dimitris Stathakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emanuele Pollastrini in the 65th minute of play. Ferruccio Costanzo was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Sokratis Symeonakis showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-2 in the 71 minute of play. 77 minutes into the match, Sokratis Symeonakis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ferruccio Costanzo. FC Aquile Azzurre's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sokratis Symeonakis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. FC Aquile Azzurre's Ferruccio Costanzo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save FC Aquile Azzurre from getting a goal against them. The supporters of FC Aquile Azzurre booed when RO Army V55 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sokratis Symeonakis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fanis Kapernekas blasted a shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ferruccio Costanzo having to make a save. With a little luck, FC Aquile Azzurre's Ferruccio Costanzo got control of the ball when Sokratis Symeonakis tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Edoardo Proia came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the FC Aquile Azzurre 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 Edoardo Proia couldn't finish the play. In the 89th minute, Lot Itov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 90 minutes into the match, RO Army V55's Manos Komaitis broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Emanuele Pollastrini in the 95th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dimitris Stathakos saved RO Army V55 from getting behind. After 96 minutes, Pavlos Pantelakis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the RO Army V55 and the FC Aquile Azzurre players grew even worse after the yellow card. Pavlos Pantelakis hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. RO Army V55 walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.