U21 League

GENTI KULE
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Soulis Orfanos got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the game, Petros Xanthakos threw the ball into play from the sideline. Royal PSG's Evan Dard quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Royal PSG's Célestin Harter managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Petros Xanthakos in the 6 minute of the game. In the 7th minute Rodrigo Onfroy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eleftherios Papakostis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The throw-in from Leonidas Kavourmatzis in the 8th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Royal PSG's Evan Dard. The audience was convinced that Théodore Cordeau's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eleftherios Papakostis was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. In the 10thth minute of the game Théodore Cordeau who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ΟΦΗ's Eleftherios Papakostis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Themis Zografakis hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in ΟΦΗ's zone, Rodolphe Lenain stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eleftherios Papakostis came out of the goal and Rodolphe Lenain tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Petros Xanthakos made in the 16th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Royal PSG's Evan Dard. Royal PSG's Bacary Filloux played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fokas Koumentakis in the 19th minute of play. Royal PSG's attentive Rodrigo Onfroy managed to snatch the ball when Petros Xanthakos made a throw-in in the 22nd minute of the game. 27 minutes into the match, ΟΦΗ's goal looked a bit too open when Théodore Cordeau came free, but Eleftherios Papakostis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Royal PSG getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Hamid Perrette hit a great ball. After 31 played minutes Royal PSG got a freekick which was hit by Rodolphe Lenain. Royal PSG's Bacary Filloux proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Royal PSG from getting a goal against them. In the 33rd minute, Théodore Cordeau ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eleftherios Papakostis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 36 minutes into the match, ΟΦΗ's goal looked a bit too open when Théodore Cordeau came free, but Eleftherios Papakostis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 39th play minutes Théodore Cordeau shot 0-2, a short shot which went by Eleftherios Papakostis and just under the crossbar into goal. Théodore Cordeau sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The ΟΦΗ players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Royal PSG were winning 0-2.

The crowd rose to their feet as Théodore Cordeau kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Eleftherios Papakostis. That made the score 0-3 in the 54 minute of play. ΟΦΗ's Eleftherios Papakostis 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. In the 59th minute Théodore Cordeau shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eleftherios Papakostis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Théodore Cordeau struck a weak shot in the 62nd minute. Eleftherios Papakostis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Royal PSG. Théodore Cordeau sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Eleftherios Papakostis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Théodore Cordeau in the 64th minute of the match. Panagiotis Katsapis hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. 66 minutes into the match, Théodore Cordeau had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Eleftherios Papakostis. ΟΦΗ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Théodore Cordeau was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. After 70 played minutes Théodore Cordeau rounded ΟΦΗ's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-5. Rodrigo Onfroy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Eleftherios Papakostis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Themis Zografakis charged in rather forcefully in the 76th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Themis Zografakis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, ΟΦΗ's Themis Zografakis got a free kick in the 76th minute. Eleftherios Papakostis didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 78th minute, which inside left pole to 0-6. 83 minutes into the match, ΟΦΗ's goal looked a bit too open when Théodore Cordeau came free, but Eleftherios Papakostis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A throw-in in the 85th minute of the game was made by Leonidas Kavourmatzis with Fokas Koumentakis as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Théodore Cordeau scored 0-7 in the 87th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eleftherios Papakostis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a little luck, ΟΦΗ's Eleftherios Papakostis got control of the ball when Théodore Cordeau tried to sneak it across the goal line. After having played for 93 minutes, Théodore Cordeau managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Royal PSG's supporters crossed their fingers, but Théodore Cordeau was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Royal PSG's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.