U18 League

Klouvi
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Eugenios Schinas got the match started through his kick off. Dimitris Philipopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alvise Monti in the 5th minute of the match. 7 minutes had been played when some careless play by Pap FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Eraldo Galante was slow to take the kick. During this time Zurlo Team's players had a chance to rest. Eraldo Galante made a great header on Zurlo Team's corner, it was just that Pap FC's Dimitris Philipopoulos managed to reach the ball for a save. When Eugenios Schinas fell near the penalty area in the 8th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Pap FC's protests and gave Eugenios Schinas a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Pap FC getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Eugenios Schinas hit a great ball. 8 minutes into the match, Alvise Monti had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dimitris Philipopoulos. Pap FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alvise Monti was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Ferdinando Zulli received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Dimitris Philipopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Zurlo Team's Alex Troiano got a free kick in the 13th minute. Antonis Karagiannidis, 14 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. When Zurlo Team's Alvise Monti in the 18th minute got a chance for a shot 18th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Pap FC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 24th match minute, Pap FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Giannis Bakalakos to maneuver through the defense. 25 minutes into the match, Anselmo Cirigliano notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Pap FC's Dimitris Philipopoulos. Dimitris Philipopoulos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eugenios Schinas got free with Demetrio Crosta in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Demetrio Crosta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eugenios Schinas in the 30th minute of play. Dimitris Philipopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anselmo Cirigliano in the 34th minute of the match. Dimitris Philipopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alvise Monti in the 35th minute of the match. 40 minutes into the match, Eugenios Schinas notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Zurlo Team's Demetrio Crosta. Demetrio Crosta was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Chrisostomos Passalis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Demetrio Crosta having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Alvise Monti was the one to do the kick off. In the 65th minute, Alvise Monti reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Dimitris Philipopoulos. The goal made the score 1-3. Achille Paolucci's late challenge caught a Pap FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Achille Paolucci helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Pap FC booed when Zurlo Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Achille Paolucci didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 73rd minute, Alex Troiano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ferdinando Zulli received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Dimitris Philipopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 80th play minutes Eugenios Schinas shot 2-3, a short shot which went by Demetrio Crosta and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 85th minute Eugenios Schinas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Demetrio Crosta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Zurlo Team's Enzo Altobelli got a free kick in the 86th minute. The supporters of Pap FC booed when Zurlo Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eraldo Galante didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zurlo Team's Anselmo Cirigliano got a good chance for a goal in the 96th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The Pap FC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Zurlo Team's performance. The match ended with a win for Zurlo Team.