U18 World League

KING GREEN ARENA
Spectators: 7702 (Terracing: 5778, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Omiros Venetidis started the match with the kick off. 5 minutes into the game, Fanis Monastiriadis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Trifillia.FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FF Små Gröna Män the free kick. After 6 played minutes Trifillia.FC got a freekick which was hit by Dimos Violopoulos. In the 11th minute, Omiros Venetidis 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. Fanis Monastiriadis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 13th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Valdemar Forsberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Omiros Venetidis in the 14th minute of the match. Markos Pittarakis kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Arvid Henriksson managed to get in a good position for a shot. FF Små Gröna Män's supporters rose to their feet, but Arvid Henriksson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lazaros Kotsiopoulos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Trifillia.FC getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Grigoris Tzorvas hit a great ball. In the 24th minute, Sven-Arne Lundberg ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lazaros Kotsiopoulos was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 28 minutes into the game, Arvid Henriksson cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Lazaros Kotsiopoulos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The supporters of Trifillia.FC booed when FF Små Gröna Män was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sven-Arne Lundberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 35th minute Omiros Venetidis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valdemar Forsberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 39 minutes into the game, Grigoris Tzorvas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Trifillia.FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FF Små Gröna Män the free kick. In the 39th match minute, Trifillia.FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Grigoris Tzorvas to maneuver through the defense. Tage Lundberg, 40 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. In the 42nd minute, Trifillia.FC's Omiros Venetidis dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. In the 44th minute, Omiros Venetidis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Arvid Henriksson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Valdemar Forsberg came out of the goal in the 51st minute to try and stop a shot by Trifillia.FC's Fanis Monastiriadis. But to his dismay, Fanis Monastiriadis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. In the 53rdth minute of the game Omiros Venetidis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FF Små Gröna Män's Valdemar Forsberg was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Tage Lundberg hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. In the 55th minute of the match Markos Pittarakis shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Valdemar Forsberg showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 56 minutes into the match, Trifillia.FC's Fanis Monastiriadis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Valdemar Forsberg narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Arvid Henriksson fell near the penalty area in the 58th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FF Små Gröna Män's protests and gave Arvid Henriksson a yellow card for diving instead. In the 58th minute, Arvid Henriksson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Trifillia.FC's Lazaros Kotsiopoulos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save Trifillia.FC from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Verner Hansson got free with Lazaros Kotsiopoulos in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 65 minutes into the match, Trifillia.FC's Markos Pittarakis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Valdemar Forsberg narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 73 minutes, Fivos Tzanetakis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Trifillia.FC and the FF Små Gröna Män players grew even worse after the yellow card. Fivos Tzanetakis kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. After 75 minutes, Dimos Violopoulos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Trifillia.FC and the FF Små Gröna Män players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 75 played minutes Trifillia.FC got a freekick which was hit by Dimos Violopoulos. If Fanis Monastiriadis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lazaros Kotsiopoulos made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when Arvid Henriksson sent off a good shot on target. Verner Hansson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Valdemar Forsberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Omiros Venetidis in the 82nd minute of play. When Markos Pittarakis was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 89 minutes had been played. A collision led to Trifillia.FC getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Markos Pittarakis hit a great ball. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Trifillia.FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while FF Små Gröna Män had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.