U23 League

Mikrá Sánta Stadium
Spectators: 149 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 0) The Undertaker's Thymios Kandarakis started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. A collision led to Mikrá Sánta getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Fanis Kokas hit a great ball. Thymios Kandarakis charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Thymios Kandarakis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Thymios Kandarakis kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stergios Veggos in the 17th minute of play forced The Undertaker's goalkeeper Michalis Bellos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Michalis Bellos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stergios Veggos in the 22nd minute of the match. Anastasios Papagiannis scored 0-1 in the 23rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dionysis Naskos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Undertaker's Michalis Bellos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save The Undertaker from getting a goal against them. In the 28th minute Anastasios Papagiannis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dionysis Naskos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Manos Malezas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Michalis Bellos having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thymios Kandarakis in the 34th minute of play forced Mikrá Sánta's goalkeeper Dionysis Naskos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Panos Zacharas in the 40th minute of play forced Mikrá Sánta's goalkeeper Dionysis Naskos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 44th minute, Thymios Kandarakis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The The Undertaker fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. In the 47th minute Anastasios Papagiannis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dionysis Naskos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Stergios Veggos made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute Stergios Veggos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Michalis Bellos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Panos Zacharas in the 57th minute of play forced Mikrá Sánta's goalkeeper Dionysis Naskos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mikrá Sánta's Dionysis Naskos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anastasios Papagiannis in the 59th minute of play. With a little luck, Mikrá Sánta's Dionysis Naskos got control of the ball when Thymios Kandarakis tried to sneak it across the goal line. Thymios Kandarakis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Dionysis Naskos made a huge save. When Manos Malezas came up free with the goalie in the 65th minute, the Mikrá Sánta 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 Manos Malezas couldn't finish the play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Christos Tzakos during the 72nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Christos Tzakos hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Themos Serifis took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 78th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Dionysis Naskos. Mikrá Sánta's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Manos Malezas might have been able to make a better finish in the 80th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Michalis Bellos. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Manos Malezas ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 86th minute, Thymios Kandarakis reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Dionysis Naskos. The goal made the score 0-6. The audience thought a goal was coming when Thymios Kandarakis got free with Dionysis Naskos in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The Mikrá Sánta fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. The Undertaker were clearly better and deserved to take the win.