U18 League

Cardenzan Arena
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ferruccio Alberico started the match with the kick off. In the 10th minute, Cosimo Bartolucci left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The LIVIOFOREVER fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. In the 14th minute, Sotiris Sfakianakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 21 minutes, Manos Malezas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mikrá Sánta's supporters crossed their fingers, but Manos Malezas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Makis Zintanopoulos hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Dionysis Naskos made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Ferruccio Alberico sent off a good shot on target. Dionysis Naskos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ferruccio Alberico in the 26th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Mikrá Sánta's Christoforos Grigoratos got a free kick in the 28th minute. Sotiris Sfakianakis made in the 30th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Panagiotis Chronakis immediately put the ball in play. In the 31st match minute, Mikrá Sánta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Makis Zintanopoulos to maneuver through the defense. Emanuele Lucentini stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stergios Veggos's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. Alessio Bobbio came free with the goalkeeper in the 44th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Dionysis Naskos could save by the left post. Mikrá Sánta's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Cosimo Bartolucci 47 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 3-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Stergios Veggos was the one to do the kick off. LIVIOFOREVER's Alessio Bobbio got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Dionysis Naskos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alessio Bobbio, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Dionysis Naskos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ferruccio Alberico in the 60th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferruccio Alberico in the 66th minute of play forced Mikrá Sánta's goalkeeper Dionysis Naskos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stergios Veggos in the 68th minute of play forced LIVIOFOREVER's goalkeeper Emanuele Lucentini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 70th minute of the game. One of Mikrá Sánta:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of LIVIOFOREVER:s goal. Alberigo Di Prinzio walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Stergios Veggos in the 76th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Emanuele Lucentini saved LIVIOFOREVER from getting behind. Dionysis Naskos 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 80th minute. Daniele Tenaglia's late challenge caught a Mikrá Sánta's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Daniele Tenaglia helped the player get up and apologised. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferruccio Alberico in the 86th minute of play forced Mikrá Sánta's goalkeeper Dionysis Naskos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Christoforos Grigoratos hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. 98 minutes into the game, Ferruccio Alberico cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Dionysis Naskos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. LIVIOFOREVER's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.