U23 World League

Apollon Stadium
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Panos Kallitzakis made the kick off and thus started the match. Kleanthis Manousaridis's late challenge caught a A.D Atlético Villa Gesell's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kleanthis Manousaridis helped the player get up and apologised. After 3 played minutes Toutourouki f.c. got a freekick which was hit by Kleanthis Manousaridis. After 10 minutes A.D Atlético Villa Gesell's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Panos Kallitzakis who took care of the corner kick. Kostas Thomopoulos was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Dimitris Stefanoglou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 13th match minute, A.D Atlético Villa Gesell was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arnaldo Furlan to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edgard Romano in the 17th minute of play forced Toutourouki f.c.'s goalkeeper Tolis Mantouvalos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When A.D Atlético Villa Gesell's Edgard Romano in the 22nd minute got a chance for a shot 22nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Toutourouki f.c.'s goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Edgard Romano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tolis Mantouvalos was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Tolis Mantouvalos came out of the goal in the 25th minute to try and stop a shot by A.D Atlético Villa Gesell's Saturnino Bastia. But to his dismay, Saturnino Bastia quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 28th minute, Kostas Thomopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Saturnino Bastia scored 0-2 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tolis Mantouvalos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 34 minutes into the match, Toutourouki f.c.'s goal looked a bit too open when Saturnino Bastia came free, but Tolis Mantouvalos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tolis Mantouvalos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Saturnino Bastia, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. In the 40th match minute, Toutourouki f.c. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Demis Thanos to maneuver through the defense. With 42 minutes on the clock, Stefanos Periou commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 41st minute of the game. One of Toutourouki f.c.:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of A.D Atlético Villa Gesell:s goal. 47 minutes into the match, Saturnino Bastia notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Toutourouki f.c.'s Tolis Mantouvalos. Tolis Mantouvalos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Edgard Romano to strike the kick off in the second half. When Saturnino Bastia came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the A.D Atlético Villa Gesell fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Saturnino Bastia couldn't finish the play. Tolis Mantouvalos was a little too slow when Saturnino Bastia got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 55th minute. The score was now 0-5. Tolis Mantouvalos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edgard Romano, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. In the 60th minute Edgard Romano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tolis Mantouvalos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tolis Mantouvalos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Saturnino Bastia in the 65th minute of the match. 76 minutes into the match, Toutourouki f.c.'s goal looked a bit too open when Edgard Romano came free, but Tolis Mantouvalos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tolis Mantouvalos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Edgard Romano's shot from short distance in the 79th minute. 81 minutes into the match, Saturnino Bastia dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Tolis Mantouvalos, 0-6. Panos Kallitzakis kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. Saturnino Bastia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 88th minute of the match, but Tolis Mantouvalos made a huge save. A collision led to Toutourouki f.c. getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Apostolos Malesios hit a great ball. After some careless play in the Toutourouki f.c. defense, Arnaldo Furlan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tolis Mantouvalos. The Toutourouki f.c. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tolis Mantouvalos should have stopped the shot. When the match was over A.D Atlético Villa Gesell could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Toutourouki f.c. throughout the match.