U18 League

San Giorgio
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Bianco Caroselli made the kick off which started today's match. AC Milan were awarded a corner in the 6th minute after forsal FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Pavlos Papazacharias took the corner. In the 9th minute, Bianco Caroselli ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fotis Tatsis was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. forsal FC's Augusto Massa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kostas Manouselis in the 14th minute of play. With a little luck, AC Milan's Fotis Tatsis got control of the ball when Alfredo Rizzo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Aris Kortzidis charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Aris Kortzidis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 35 played minutes AC Milan got a freekick which was hit by Aris Kortzidis. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

In the 51st minute, Nikos Kosmidis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AC Milan fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Timos Vlontakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aris Kortzidis in the 62nd minute of play forced forsal FC's goalkeeper Augusto Massa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. During the 66th minute of the match Aris Kortzidis completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Aris Kortzidis a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Aris Kortzidis hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. After having played for 71 minutes, Alfredo Rizzo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. forsal FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alfredo Rizzo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Augusto Massa made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Nikos Kosmidis sent off a good shot on target. Augusto Massa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timos Vlontakis in the 81st minute of the match. Nikos Kosmidis might have been able to make a better finish in the 84th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Augusto Massa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nikos Kosmidis ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nikos Kosmidis got free with Augusto Massa in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.