U21 League

Tsαrisi
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 0) After 6 minutes of play, Deus Ex Machina's Joey Faux made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stratos Loubakis was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Joey Faux in the 9th minute of play forced Tsαrisi FC's goalkeeper Stratos Loubakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joey Faux blasted a shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Stratos Loubakis having to make a save. 13 minutes into the game, Billy Tempier cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Stratos Loubakis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Stratos Loubakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Malik Boulic in the 17th minute of the match. Stelios Stathakis hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. 19 minutes into the match, Joey Faux notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Tsαrisi FC's Stratos Loubakis. Stratos Loubakis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 22 minutes into the match, Joey Faux had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stratos Loubakis. Tsαrisi FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joey Faux was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. 26 minutes into the match, Paris Asimopoulos notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of Deus Ex Machina's Ghislain Lebecq. Ghislain Lebecq was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Eugenios Labrakos's late challenge caught a Deus Ex Machina's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eugenios Labrakos helped the player get up and apologised. Eugenios Labrakos kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. Tsαrisi FC's Stratos Loubakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Malik Boulic in the 34th minute of play. In the 37th minute the ball was on its way in behind Tsαrisi FC's goalkeeper Stratos Loubakis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Malik Boulic in the 44th minute of play forced Tsαrisi FC's goalkeeper Stratos Loubakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-5 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 Joey Faux to strike the kick off in the second half. Paris Klanakis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ghislain Lebecq having to interfere. Stratos Loubakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Billy Tempier in the 60th minute of play. If Eugenios Labrakos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Eugenios Labrakos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Joey Faux got free with Stratos Loubakis in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 76 played minutes, Tsαrisi FC's Vladimiros Maridis shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ghislain Lebecq came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Tsαrisi FC reached it. In the 76th minute, Sofiane Donnat hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Malik Boulic sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Stratos Loubakis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Joey Faux in the 87th minute. In the 90th match minute, Deus Ex Machina was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sofiane Donnat to maneuver through the defense. When Vladimiros Maridis came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the Tsαrisi FC 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 Vladimiros Maridis couldn't finish the play. 97 minutes into the game, Eugenios Labrakos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-5. Ghislain Lebecq was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Deus Ex Machina's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.