U18 League

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Spectators: 149 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Emiliano Di Filippo started the match with the kick off. Flavio Fallito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tasos Katsantonis in the 3rd minute of the match. In the 5th minute Tasos Katsantonis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flavio Fallito saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 7th minute, Alexandros Filippas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Charilaos Katevatis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emiliano Di Filippo in the 10th minute of play. Stergios Klinakis kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. Fabiano Pio struck a weak shot in the 12th minute. Charilaos Katevatis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Black Devil Napoli. The audience thought a goal was coming when Menelaos Alexopoulos got free with Flavio Fallito in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 1-0 became the score in the 17th minute when Menelaos Alexopoulos elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Menelaos Alexopouloss short, quick shot in the 32ndth minute got Flavio Fallito to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Fabiano Pio blasted a shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Charilaos Katevatis having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tasos Katsantonis in the 36th minute of play forced Black Devil Napoli's goalkeeper Flavio Fallito to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 38th minute, Menelaos Alexopoulos got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Menelaos Alexopoulos got free with Flavio Fallito in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Charilaos Katevatis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emiliano Di Filippo in the 44th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Menelaos Alexopoulos got free with Flavio Fallito in the 45th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Menelaos Alexopoulos to strike the kick off in the second half. Flavio Fallito took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Menelaos Alexopoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match clock showed 54 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Menelaos Alexopoulos sped through Black Devil Napoli's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Flavio Fallito. Stergios Klinakis kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. In the 61st match minute, Highway to Hell was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stergios Klinakis to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Emiliano Di Filippo got free with Charilaos Katevatis in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Black Devil Napoli's Fabiano Marcucci got a free kick in the 65th minute. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 69th minute of the game. One of Black Devil Napoli:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Highway to Hell:s goal. The referee gave Highway to Hell a penalty, 71 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Alexandros Filippas, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Black Devil Napoli's Flavio Fallito. 3-0. In the 82nd minute, one of Black Devil Napoli:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Black Devil Napoli. When Fabiano Pio came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the Black Devil Napoli 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 Fabiano Pio couldn't finish the play. Highway to Hell's Charilaos Katevatis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save Highway to Hell from getting a goal against them. Flavio Fallito took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Menelaos Alexopoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Highway to Hell's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.