U23 League

KING GREEN ARENA
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Trifillia.FC's Adamantios Balafoutis 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. After 4 minutes of play, Alexandrie CF's Gabriel Mendy made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Panos Stelakos was left in no man's land by his defense there! Simos Moraitis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Vasco Sousa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Markos Pittarakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alexandrie CF's Vasco Sousa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Markos Pittarakis in the 12th minute of play. Gabriel Mendy charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gabriel Mendy the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Vasco Sousa was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Fanis Monastiriadis. Fanis Monastiriadis took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 18th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Vasco Sousa. Alexandrie CF's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Trifillia.FC's Fanis Monastiriadis got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Omiros Venetidis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Vasco Sousa made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Omiros Venetidis got free with Vasco Sousa in the 29th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Omiros Venetidis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Vasco Sousa made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabriel Mendy in the 34th minute of play forced Trifillia.FC's goalkeeper Panos Stelakos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 35th minute, Rodrigue Le Louarn left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Alexandrie CF fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Thanasis Tsalikis hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Panos Stelakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dimitri Goudard in the 39th minute of play. After 40 minutes, Simos Moraitis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Trifillia.FC and the Alexandrie CF players grew even worse after the yellow card. Simos Moraitis hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Makis Chiotis kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. In the 44th minute Dimitri Goudard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Panos Stelakos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Markos Pittarakis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vasco Sousa was relentless in the 47th minute of the game.

A collision led to Trifillia.FC getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Makis Chiotis hit a great ball. A collision led to Trifillia.FC getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Makis Chiotis hit a great ball. Dimitri Goudard kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. After 61 played minutes Alexandrie CF got a freekick which was hit by Dimitri Goudard. After 67 minutes, Omiros Venetidis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Trifillia.FC and the Alexandrie CF players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Trifillia.FC getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Omiros Venetidis hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Trifillia.FC's Omiros Venetidis got a free kick in the 68th minute. 71 minutes into the match, Trifillia.FC's goalkeeper Panos Stelakos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jean-Charles Bizet. 77 minutes into the match, Trifillia.FC's goalkeeper Panos Stelakos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rodrigo Mora. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Makis Chiotis during the 80th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Alexandrie CF booed when Trifillia.FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Makis Chiotis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vasco Sousa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adamantios Balafoutis, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. The Alexandrie CF 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.