U18 League

Mikrá Sánta Stadium
Spectators: 149 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 0) ΚΑΝΑΡΙΑ's Spyros Batiris 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. Stergios Veggos kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. In the 5th minute of the match Pavlos Mytilineos sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dionysis Naskos skillfully saved the ball. Spyros Batiris sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 7th minute Thrasivoulos Iatridis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dionysis Naskos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 8 minutes Mikrá Sánta's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Pavlos Mytilineos who took care of the corner kick. Pavlos Mytilineos made a great header on ΚΑΝΑΡΙΑ's corner, it was just that Mikrá Sánta's Dionysis Naskos managed to reach the ball for a save. Alekos Konstantinidis's late challenge caught a ΚΑΝΑΡΙΑ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alekos Konstantinidis helped the player get up and apologised. After 10 played minutes Mikrá Sánta got a freekick which was hit by Alekos Konstantinidis. In the 15th minute Spyros Batiris shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dionysis Naskos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dionysis Naskos came out of the goal in the 18th minute to try and stop a shot by ΚΑΝΑΡΙΑ's Louis Vikelidis. But to his dismay, Louis Vikelidis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Spyros Batiris in the 25th minute of play forced Mikrá Sánta's goalkeeper Dionysis Naskos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 26th minute Thrasivoulos Iatridis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dionysis Naskos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Spyros Batiris received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Dionysis Naskos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dionysis Naskos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Louis Vikelidis went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Dionysis Naskos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thrasivoulos Iatridis in the 36th minute of the match. 38 minutes into the match, Louis Vikelidis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dionysis Naskos. Mikrá Sánta's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Louis Vikelidis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Dionysis Naskos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thrasivoulos Iatridis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 44th minute Thrasivoulos Iatridis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dionysis Naskos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 46th minute Louis Vikelidis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dionysis Naskos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dionysis Naskos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thrasivoulos Iatridis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Stergios Veggos to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, ΚΑΝΑΡΙΑ's Grigoris Bountouris dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-4. After 54 minutes, Manos Malezas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mikrá Sánta and the ΚΑΝΑΡΙΑ players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 54th minute, Manos Malezas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Stefanos Rafailidis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Dionysis Naskos made a huge save. Dionysis Naskos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Prodromos Kanavaros in the 63rd minute of the match. In the 68th minute, ΚΑΝΑΡΙΑ's Prodromos Kanavaros dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-5. Mikrá Sánta's Dionysis Naskos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save Mikrá Sánta from getting a goal against them. In the 75th minute Stefanos Rafailidis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dionysis Naskos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Spyros Batiris in the 76th minute of play forced Mikrá Sánta's goalkeeper Dionysis Naskos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mikrá Sánta's Dionysis Naskos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save Mikrá Sánta from getting a goal against them. 80 minutes into the match, Stefanos Rafailidis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dionysis Naskos. Mikrá Sánta's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Stefanos Rafailidis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. The audience thought a goal was coming when Stefanos Rafailidis got free with Dionysis Naskos in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 84 minutes into the game, ΚΑΝΑΡΙΑ's Prodromos Kanavaros nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dionysis Naskos made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-7. Stefanos Rafailidis's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Dionysis Naskos firmly grabbed it by the left post. 91 minutes into the match, Spyros Batiris dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Dionysis Naskos, 0-8. An unexpectedly hard shot by Prodromos Kanavaros in the 94th minute of play forced Mikrá Sánta's goalkeeper Dionysis Naskos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mikrá Sánta's Dionysis Naskos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save Mikrá Sánta from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, ΚΑΝΑΡΙΑ's Renos Partalidis got a free kick in the 96th minute. When the final whistle sounded ΚΑΝΑΡΙΑ left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Mikrá Sánta.