U21 League

TOYMPA
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Theodosis Giannou started the match with the kick off. After some careless play in the PAOK FC defense, Zisis Velakoglou kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vassilis Sapanis. The PAOK FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vassilis Sapanis should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Markos Tziortzopoulos in the 9th minute of play forced PAOK FC's goalkeeper Vassilis Sapanis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 12th minute, Theagenis Iosifidis made a precise shot to the right of Vassilis Sapanis. PAOK FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Vassilis Sapanis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Theagenis Iosifidis in the 17th minute of the match. Vassilis Sapanis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aggelos Voliotis, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. The audience was convinced that Aggelos Voliotis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vassilis Sapanis was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Vassilis Sapanis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aggelos Voliotis in the 25th minute of play. Eutichios Kaligeros fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pavlos Kourkouvelas having to interfere. Theodosis Giannou received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Pavlos Kourkouvelas came out and tried to block the shot, but Theodosis Giannou slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 28th minute. In the 32nd minute, Aggelos Voliotis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vassilis Sapanis was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. In the 36thth minute of the game Aggelos Voliotis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but PAOK FC's Vassilis Sapanis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of BLACK PANTHER F.C booed when PAOK FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marios Karagiannos didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 43 minutes, Aggelos Voliotis made it 2-4 with a short kick to the right side. PAOK FC's Vassilis Sapanis tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Aggelos Voliotis to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute, BLACK PANTHER F.C's Aggelos Voliotis ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Vassilis Sapanis. Vassilis Sapanis yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-5. After 57 minutes of play, PAOK FC's Theodosis Giannou made it 3-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pavlos Kourkouvelas was left in no man's land by his defense there! BLACK PANTHER F.C's attack was well implemented in the 66th minute, but when Aggelos Voliotis was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. 70 minutes into the game, Markos Tziortzopoulos recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Vassilis Sapanis. Markos Tziortzopoulos showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 4-6. Pavlos Kourkouvelas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Theodosis Giannou in the 73rd minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Simos Gaitanakis during the 74th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, BLACK PANTHER F.C's Simos Gaitanakis got a free kick in the 74th minute. After a rather tough play, BLACK PANTHER F.C's Simos Gaitanakis got a free kick in the 75th minute. Aggelos Voliotis's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 79thth minute, Vassilis Sapanis skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Pavlos Kourkouvelas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Theodosis Giannou, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 82nd minute, Miltos Katsivalis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, BLACK PANTHER F.C's Simos Gaitanakis tried to score from far away in the 83rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Pavlos Kourkouvelas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stelios Aggeloulis in the 91st minute of play. Soulis Katsara charged in rather forcefully in the 95th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Soulis Katsara the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Soulis Katsara hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. The BLACK PANTHER F.C players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.