U18 World League

Dragon Cave
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Vaggelis Kountouroudas kicked off to start the match. Rosendo Gelmiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kelaino Farmakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Kaineus Georgousopoulos's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Rosendo Gelmiro firmly grabbed it by the left post. 9 minutes into the match, LA LUZ F.C.'s goalkeeper Rosendo Gelmiro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Odysseas Rousses. Unione Sportiva were awarded a corner in the 11th minute after LA LUZ F.C.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Antonis Samios took the corner. Unione Sportiva's Vaggelis Kountouroudas was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Rosendo Gelmiro in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. A collision led to LA LUZ F.C. getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Aureliano Arce hit a great ball. Unione Sportiva's Babbis Varvitsiotes shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 13th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Rosendo Gelmiro but with some difficulty. Thanks to some nice moves Kaineus Georgousopoulos could shoot a difficult shot in the 16th minute, which Rosendo Gelmiro however easily saved by the left post. After 17 played minutes LA LUZ F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Zacarias Pagomari. LA LUZ F.C.'s Rosendo Gelmiro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save LA LUZ F.C. from getting a goal against them. After 25 minutes, Aureliano Arce mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the LA LUZ F.C. and the Unione Sportiva players grew even worse after the yellow card. LA LUZ F.C.'s Rosendo Gelmiro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save LA LUZ F.C. from getting a goal against them. Rosendo Gelmiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kelaino Farmakis in the 27th minute of the match. 28 minutes into the match, LA LUZ F.C.'s goalkeeper Rosendo Gelmiro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alkeides Touchakis. The supporters of LA LUZ F.C. booed when Unione Sportiva was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kaineus Georgousopoulos didn't get a good kick on the ball. With his leg Rosendo Gelmiro managed to avoid a goal in the 42ndth minute, when Unione Sportiva's Vaggelis Kountouroudas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Zacarias Pagomari hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

LA LUZ F.C. made a substitution. Fabian Rosario replaced Orlando Johans. LA LUZ F.C.'s Leonel Emmanuel was substituted for Maximino Berart. LA LUZ F.C.'s Gaudencio Eusko was substituted for Zacarias Pagomari. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Leonel Emmanuel to make the kick off. Hector Volakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonel Emmanuel in the 59th minute of play. 60 minutes into the match, Unione Sportiva's goal looked a bit too open when Leonel Emmanuel came free, but Hector Volakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gaudencio Eusko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Gaudencio Eusko kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. Rosendo Gelmiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vaggelis Kountouroudas in the 69th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nessos Koulaxizis during the 71st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 71 played minutes Unione Sportiva got a freekick which was hit by Nessos Koulaxizis. Hector Volakis acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 72nd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Igor Luzea. 73 minutes into the match, LA LUZ F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Kaineus Georgousopoulos came free, but Rosendo Gelmiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rosendo Gelmiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Odysseas Rousses, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. A collision led to LA LUZ F.C. getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Gaudencio Eusko hit a great ball. In the 80th minute the ball was on its way in behind LA LUZ F.C.'s goalkeeper Rosendo Gelmiro, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After having played for 83 minutes, Vaggelis Kountouroudas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Unione Sportiva's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vaggelis Kountouroudas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Hector Volakis made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Leonel Emmanuel sent off a good shot on target. Froilan Ofelio charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Froilan Ofelio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Froilan Ofelio kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. In the 94th minute of the match Antonis Samios sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Rosendo Gelmiro skillfully saved the ball. 96 minutes into the match, Kelaino Farmakis notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of LA LUZ F.C.'s Rosendo Gelmiro. Rosendo Gelmiro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Unione Sportiva were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of LA LUZ F.C. for a fine match.