U21 League

GREEN LIONS Stadium
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Filippos Kopelis started the match with the kick off. Donato Di Crescenzo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 2nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vaggelis Pantelidis having to interfere. Vaggelis Pantelidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristiano Carulli in the 6th minute of the match. Filippos Kopelis in the 10thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Pär Atov, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ciccio Stellato in the 14th minute of play forced GREEN LIONS's goalkeeper Vaggelis Pantelidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of GREEN LIONS booed when Infami di Canaus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fortunato Puja didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Filippos Koutsokefalakis got free with Pär Atov in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 21 minutes of play, Infami di Canaus's Cristiano Carulli made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vaggelis Pantelidis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Vaggelis Pantelidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristiano Carulli in the 24th minute of the match. In the 24th minute, Filippos Koutsokefalakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 26th minute, Donato Di Crescenzo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, GREEN LIONS's Filippos Koutsokefalakis got a free kick in the 27th minute. GREEN LIONS's Vaggelis Pantelidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristiano Carulli in the 28th minute of play. In the 31st minute Cristiano Carulli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vaggelis Pantelidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Infami di Canaus's Pär Atov got control of the ball when Filippos Koutsokefalakis tried to sneak it across the goal line. GREEN LIONS's Vaggelis Pantelidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristiano Carulli in the 36th minute of play. 37 minutes into the match, Filippos Kopelis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pär Atov. Infami di Canaus's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Filippos Kopelis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. 47 minutes into the match, GREEN LIONS's goal looked a bit too open when Cristiano Carulli came free, but Vaggelis Pantelidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

56 minutes into the game, Alexis Nioblias was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. GREEN LIONS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Infami di Canaus the free kick. After a rather tough play, GREEN LIONS's Alexis Nioblias got a free kick in the 56th minute. After 62 played minutes Infami di Canaus got a freekick which was hit by Angelo Mazzocco. 64 minutes into the game, Filippos Kopelis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-1. Pär Atov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Pär Atov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filippos Koutsokefalakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cristiano Carulli came free with the goalkeeper in the 78th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Vaggelis Pantelidis could save by the left post. Vaggelis Pantelidis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Donato Di Crescenzo, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Pär Atov came out of the goal in the 88th minute to try and stop a shot by GREEN LIONS's Ignatios Papachronakis. But to his dismay, Ignatios Papachronakis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-1. After 92 played minutes Infami di Canaus got a freekick which was hit by Rick Jonen. In the 96th minute, Cesare Vida hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. For all the effort they put into the match, the Infami di Canaus players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for GREEN LIONS.