U23 League

Johan Cruyff Arena
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) AFC Ajax's Andreas Daskalakis was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 3rd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Adriano Gagliano hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. In the 11th minute, Andreas Daskalakis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Anthony Falcioni was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. AFC Ajax's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Filippos Kourabies in the 15th minute. Adriano Gagliano might have been able to make a better finish in the 20th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lakis Megas. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Adriano Gagliano ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 22nd minute, Andreas Daskalakis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AFC Ajax fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. In the 26th minute, Charis Katydis got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When the match clock showed 35 minutes, the score became 4-0 when Andreas Daskalakis sped through Sao Brasola's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Anthony Falcioni. Stavros Maridis's late challenge caught a Sao Brasola's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Stavros Maridis helped the player get up and apologised. Stavros Maridis hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. AFC Ajax's Andreas Daskalakis was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 40th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Andreas Daskalakis who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 47thth minute tested the skills of Anthony Falcioni when he managed to save the team from getting behind. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

AFC Ajax made a substitution. Stamatis Giotas replaced Charis Katydis. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Adriano Gagliano stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Andreas Daskalakis in the 53rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Anthony Falcioni prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 55 minutes of play, AFC Ajax's Andreas Daskalakis made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Anthony Falcioni was left in no man's land by his defense there! Kostas Kanonidis scored 7-0 in the 58th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Anthony Falcioni, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 63 minutes into the match, Sao Brasola's goal looked a bit too open when Charis Pomonis came free, but Anthony Falcioni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 66 minutes into the match, Sao Brasola's goal looked a bit too open when Stamatis Giotas came free, but Anthony Falcioni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 67th minute, Andreas Daskalakis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Anthony Falcioni was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-0. In the 69th minute, Ettore Bertini hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 70 minutes into the match, Andreas Daskalakis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anthony Falcioni. Sao Brasola's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Andreas Daskalakis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 9-0. 76 minutes into the game, Andreas Daskalakis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 10-0. Anthony Falcioni was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 79 minutes into the game, Stamatis Giotas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 11-0. Anthony Falcioni was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience was convinced that Andreas Daskalakis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anthony Falcioni was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. Andreas Daskalakis took the ball and in the 85 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Anthony Falcioni. Anthony Falcioni dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 12-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kostas Kanonidis in the 89th minute of play forced Sao Brasola's goalkeeper Anthony Falcioni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Sao Brasola's Damiano Iacovella got a free kick in the 95th minute. AFC Ajax walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.