U18 League

San Siro Stadium
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Felice Di Cristofaro started the match with the kick off. Anselmo Troiani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timos Vlontakis in the 4th minute of the match. In the 6th play minute Nikos Kosmidis came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Anselmo Troiani. 1-0. Fotis Tatsis came out of the goal in the 9th minute to try and stop a shot by ASD Real Molinella 1911's Beppe Vianello. But to his dismay, Beppe Vianello quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. AC Milan's Nikos Kosmidis was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 16th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Anselmo Troiani made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nikos Kosmidis in the 20th minute. Anselmo Troiani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kostas Manouselis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 22 minutes into the match, ASD Real Molinella 1911's goalkeeper Anselmo Troiani had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nikos Kosmidis. 27 minutes into the match, AC Milan's Nikos Kosmidis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Anselmo Troiani narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 39 minutes into the match, ASD Real Molinella 1911's goalkeeper Anselmo Troiani had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nikos Kosmidis. Fanis Panousis hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Anselmo Troiani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timos Vlontakis in the 46th minute of play. AC Milan's Aris Kortzidis got a good chance for a goal in the 48th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

Anselmo Troiani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kostas Manouselis, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. The audience was convinced that Aris Kortzidis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anselmo Troiani was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. AC Milan's Fotis Tatsis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save AC Milan from getting a goal against them. Anselmo Troiani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aris Kortzidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikos Kosmidis in the 68th minute of play forced ASD Real Molinella 1911's goalkeeper Anselmo Troiani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 71st minute, Timos Vlontakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Anselmo Troiani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikos Kosmidis in the 74th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikos Kosmidis in the 74th minute of play forced ASD Real Molinella 1911's goalkeeper Anselmo Troiani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Franco Torri kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, ASD Real Molinella 1911's Felice Di Cristofaro got a free kick in the 77th minute. ASD Real Molinella 1911's Anselmo Troiani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikos Kosmidis in the 78th minute of play. Fotis Tatsis made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Beppe Vianello sent off a good shot on target. In the 84th minute Kostas Manouselis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anselmo Troiani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Franco Torri fell near the penalty area in the 89th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ASD Real Molinella 1911's protests and gave Franco Torri a yellow card for diving instead. In the 89th match minute, ASD Real Molinella 1911 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Franco Torri to maneuver through the defense. Pavlos Papazacharias was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 90th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal.