U18 League

Lapokhσri Stadium
Spectators: 149 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 0) Acilia Town's Armando Villa 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. The supporters of Acilia Town booed when Lapokhσri was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zinon Pentaras didn't get a good kick on the ball. 4 minutes into the match, Armando Villa notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Lapokhσri's Stathis Ipsilantis. Stathis Ipsilantis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Zinon Pentaras fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Damiano Castagna having to interfere. In the 8th minute, Armando Villa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Damiano Castagna showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Themis Koulakidis in the 12th minute of the match. If Themis Koulakidis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Acilia Town's Damiano Castagna got control of the ball when Zinon Pentaras tried to sneak it across the goal line. Acilia Town's defense didn't have a chance, in the 19th minute, when Themis Koulakidis scored to the left of an out of position Damiano Castagna, making the score, 1-1. After 23 minutes, Amedeo Mazza mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Acilia Town and the Lapokhσri players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Acilia Town getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Amedeo Mazza hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Themis Koulakidis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lapokhσri's supporters rose to their feet, but Themis Koulakidis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Damiano Castagna breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 28 minutes into the match, Lapokhσri's goal looked a bit too open when Armando Villa came free, but Stathis Ipsilantis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zinon Pentaras got free with Damiano Castagna in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 34th minute, Amedeo Mazza ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Stathis Ipsilantis was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. In the 38th minute Armando Villa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stathis Ipsilantis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Armando Villa in the 41st minute of play forced Lapokhσri's goalkeeper Stathis Ipsilantis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Lapokhσri's Paraskevas Rovolis got a free kick in the 42nd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zinon Pentaras got free with Damiano Castagna in the 45th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

Acilia Town's Eugenio Marsilio was substituted for Amedeo Mazza. The wind increased when Themis Koulakidis made the kick off in the second half. Zinon Pentaras struck a weak shot in the 54th minute. Damiano Castagna didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Lapokhσri. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eugenio Marsilio got free with Stathis Ipsilantis in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Paraskevas Rovolis hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. In the 62nd minute, Armando Villa reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Stathis Ipsilantis. The goal made the score 1-4. In the 67th match minute, Lapokhσri was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Themis Koulakidis to maneuver through the defense. If Fabio Baruffa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Zinon Pentaras had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Zinon Pentaras had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 82nd match minute, Lapokhσri was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Babbis Sferas to maneuver through the defense. Felice Burgnich struck a weak shot in the 83rd minute. Stathis Ipsilantis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Acilia Town. In the 87th minute, Zinon Pentaras 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. After having played for 90 minutes, Themis Koulakidis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lapokhσri's supporters crossed their fingers, but Themis Koulakidis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 91 played minutes Acilia Town got a freekick which was hit by Armando Teodori.