U18 League

Visotsαni Stadium
Spectators: 149 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 0) Kolopetinitsa's Fotis Papadias started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Nikos Leontoulis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ferruccio Alberico, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. In the 10th minute, Vlassis Mintiouris hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Emanuele Lucentini made an important save on a dangerous shot by Miltiadis Alexopoulos in the 15th minute. Nikos Leontoulis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ferruccio Alberico, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alessio Bobbio in the 20th minute of play forced Kolopetinitsa's goalkeeper Nikos Leontoulis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dimitris Loubadiaris hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. In the 29th minute Alessio Bobbio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikos Leontoulis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dimitris Loubadiaris hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferruccio Alberico in the 37th minute of play forced Kolopetinitsa's goalkeeper Nikos Leontoulis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Kolopetinitsa's Dimitris Loubadiaris got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Kolopetinitsa's Nikos Leontoulis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ercole Spada in the 44th minute of play. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ferruccio Alberico stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 58 minutes into the match, Alessio Bobbio dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Nikos Leontoulis, 0-1. 61 minutes into the match, Spyros Daskalakis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Emanuele Lucentini. LIVIOFOREVER's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Spyros Daskalakis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Spyros Daskalakis took the ball and in the 64 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Emanuele Lucentini. Emanuele Lucentini dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fotis Papadias in the 70th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Emanuele Lucentini saved LIVIOFOREVER from getting behind. LIVIOFOREVER's Emanuele Lucentini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Miltiadis Alexopoulos in the 75th minute of play. Nikos Leontoulis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ferruccio Alberico, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. After a rather tough play, Kolopetinitsa's Spyros Daskalakis got a free kick in the 92nd minute. Kolopetinitsa were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of LIVIOFOREVER for a fine match.