U18 League

Asti Stadium
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, 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. Fabio Anzolin started the match with the kick off. After some careless play in the Trifillia.FC defense, Alberto Luciano kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fanis Vourexakis. The Trifillia.FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fanis Vourexakis should have stopped the shot. Fanis Vourexakis made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Alberto Luciano sent off a good shot on target. Federico Gatti hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Orestis Adamiadis in the 10th minute of play forced Eurospeed Asti's goalkeeper Alex Ucci to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 12 minutes into the game, Trifillia.FC's Theocharis Lekanis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Alex Ucci made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. In the 16th match minute, Trifillia.FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anthimos Tsiantakis to maneuver through the defense. Alberto Luciano, 17 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. After a rather tough play, Eurospeed Asti's Alvise Caporale got a free kick in the 19th minute. With an all-out effort, Eurospeed Asti's Fanis Vourexakis threw himself towards the right post 21 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Fabio Anzolin, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alvise Caporale in the 25th minute of play forced Trifillia.FC's goalkeeper Fanis Vourexakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Eurospeed Asti's Fabio Anzolin slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Fanis Vourexakis. That made the score 2-1 after 28 minutes of play. Fanis Vourexakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Florian Morini, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 41st minute of the match, Fabio Anzolin tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Fanis Vourexakis saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 43rd minute Alvise Caporale shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fanis Vourexakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Trifillia.FC's Fanis Vourexakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Federico Gatti in the 45th minute of play. 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Konstantinos Kapareliotis made a kick off. Fanis Vourexakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabio Anzolin, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. 55 minutes into the game, Fabio Anzolin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Fanis Vourexakis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Konstantinos Kapareliotis kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. Fanis Vourexakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Luciano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 67 minutes into the match, Alvise Caporale had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fanis Vourexakis. Trifillia.FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alvise Caporale was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. Fanis Vourexakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabio Anzolin, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. In the 71st minute Fabio Anzolin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fanis Vourexakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Trifillia.FC defense, Florian Morini kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fanis Vourexakis. The Trifillia.FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fanis Vourexakis should have stopped the shot. In the 76th minute, Alvise Caporale left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Eurospeed Asti fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-1. Panagiotis Kolleris hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. 84 minutes into the match, Trifillia.FC's goal looked a bit too open when Claudio Pollastrini came free, but Fanis Vourexakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 86th match minute, Eurospeed Asti was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Federico Gatti to maneuver through the defense. 90 minutes into the match, Fabio Anzolin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fanis Vourexakis. Trifillia.FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fabio Anzolin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-1. 93 minutes into the match, Trifillia.FC's goal looked a bit too open when Florian Morini came free, but Fanis Vourexakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Eurospeed Asti fully deserved thier win.