U18 League

GENTI KULE
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) An unexpectedly hard shot by Markos Pittarakis in the 5th minute of play forced ΟΦΗ's goalkeeper Sofoklis Stathatos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kostas Katsoulakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Sofoklis Stathatos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, ΟΦΗ's Sakis Velakoglou got a free kick in the 11th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Markos Pittarakis in the 11th minute of play forced ΟΦΗ's goalkeeper Sofoklis Stathatos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lazaros Kotsiopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tasos Kalaboukis in the 18th minute of the match. Markos Pittarakis took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 20th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Sofoklis Stathatos. ΟΦΗ's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Dimitris Mertsanidis took the ball and in the 23 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sofoklis Stathatos. Sofoklis Stathatos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. 30 minutes into the game, Dimitris Mertsanidis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Sofoklis Stathatos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Markos Pittarakis kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. After 42 played minutes Trifillia.FC got a freekick which was hit by Achilleas Karaflas. 44 minutes into the match, Trifillia.FC's goal looked a bit too open when Chatziioannou Liadelis came free, but Lazaros Kotsiopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sofoklis Stathatos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Markos Pittarakis in the 47th minute of the match.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Chatziioannou Liadelis was the one to do the kick off. ΟΦΗ's Sofoklis Stathatos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save ΟΦΗ from getting a goal against them. Lazaros Kotsiopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stefanos Labetis in the 59th minute of the match. Lazaros Kotsiopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ilias Papanastasis in the 60th minute of the match. Ilias Papanastasis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Lazaros Kotsiopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lazaros Kotsiopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chatziioannou Liadelis in the 65th minute of play. Markos Pittarakis's late challenge caught a ΟΦΗ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Markos Pittarakis helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of ΟΦΗ booed when Trifillia.FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Markos Pittarakis didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, ΟΦΗ's Sofoklis Stathatos got control of the ball when Dimitris Mertsanidis tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Markos Pittarakis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Stefanos Labetis's late challenge caught a Trifillia.FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Stefanos Labetis helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Trifillia.FC booed when ΟΦΗ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stefanos Labetis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Trifillia.FC's Markos Pittarakis shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 80th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Sofoklis Stathatos but with some difficulty. The crowd rose to their feet as Aggelos Balafas kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Sofoklis Stathatos. That made the score 0-3 in the 82 minute of play. Tasos Kalaboukis kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match.