U18 World League

Senza Vergogna
Spectators: 7527 (Terracing: 5646, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Anthimos Farmakatos kicked off to start the match. Ferdinando Cusumano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Michalis Bouras went, in the 4th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Panos Tsiabras took the ball and in the 8 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ferdinando Cusumano. Ferdinando Cusumano dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Ferdinando Cusumano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anthimos Farmakatos, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Panos Tsiabras struck a weak shot in the 24th minute. Ferdinando Cusumano didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for GOD OF WAR. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anfilogino Gaeta in the 27th minute of play forced GOD OF WAR's goalkeeper Anthimos Chatzikostas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 30th minute, Anthimos Farmakatos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The GOD OF WAR fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Anthimos Chatzikostas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anfilogino Gaeta, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Squadra de Pippe's Ferdinando Cusumano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Panos Tsiabras in the 39th minute of play. Anthimos Chatzikostas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ciro Biondi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alketas Vertsotis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ferdinando Cusumano having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michalis Bouras in the 46th minute of play forced Squadra de Pippe's goalkeeper Ferdinando Cusumano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fabiano Antonangeli hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Anfilogino Gaeta was the one to do the kick off. Anthimos Chatzikostas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anfilogino Gaeta in the 52nd minute of play. Ferdinando Cusumano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Panos Tsiabras, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. After a rather tough play, Squadra de Pippe's Fabiano Antonangeli got a free kick in the 59th minute. Anthimos Farmakatos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Michalis Bouras got free with Ferdinando Cusumano in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Panos Tsiabras sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 69 minutes into the match, Squadra de Pippe's goalkeeper Ferdinando Cusumano had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Anthimos Farmakatos. In the 69th match minute, Squadra de Pippe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Augusto Marini to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Squadra de Pippe's zone, Anthimos Farmakatos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ferdinando Cusumano came out of the goal and Anthimos Farmakatos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ferdinando Cusumano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anthimos Farmakatos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 77 minutes into the match, Squadra de Pippe's goalkeeper Ferdinando Cusumano had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Anthimos Farmakatos. After 81 played minutes Squadra de Pippe got a freekick which was hit by Flavio Scalia. With his leg Ferdinando Cusumano managed to avoid a goal in the 81stth minute, when GOD OF WAR's Anthimos Farmakatos fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 82nd minute, Panos Tsiabras 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. 84 minutes into the match, Squadra de Pippe's goalkeeper Ferdinando Cusumano had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Michalis Bouras. Anthimos Chatzikostas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anfilogino Gaeta in the 86th minute of play. Dennis Lombardi's late challenge caught a GOD OF WAR's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dennis Lombardi helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Squadra de Pippe's Dennis Lombardi got a free kick in the 88th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Orestis Koskinopoulos managed to get in a good position for a shot. GOD OF WAR's supporters rose to their feet, but Orestis Koskinopoulos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ferdinando Cusumano breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Squadra de Pippe getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Augusto Marini hit a great ball.