U23 League

Tsαrisi
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 0) After 3 minutes of play, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ's Themos Kostikos made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stratos Loubakis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Stratos Loubakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kleon Tavlaridis, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. After a rather tough play, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ's Dimos Chatzis got a free kick in the 10th minute. Thodoris Chatzoudis lost his temper 17 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. 16 minutes into the game, one of ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match had been going on for 18 minutes, Tsαrisi FC's Vladimiros Maridis got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Paschalis Simitis. After having played for 23 minutes, Themos Kostikos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Themos Kostikos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Stratos Loubakis came out of the goal in the 24th minute to try and stop a shot by ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ's Kleon Tavlaridis. But to his dismay, Kleon Tavlaridis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. After a rather tough play, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ's Zinon Panteloulis got a free kick in the 40th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Themos Kostikos in the 44th minute of play forced Tsαrisi FC's goalkeeper Stratos Loubakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stratos Loubakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kleon Tavlaridis, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Disappointed in the 1-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

In the 51st match minute, Tsαrisi FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paris Asimopoulos to maneuver through the defense. Stratos Loubakis was a little too slow when Zinon Panteloulis got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 56th minute. The score was now 1-5. Thanks to some nice moves Themos Kostikos could shoot a difficult shot in the 60th minute, which Stratos Loubakis however easily saved by the left post. 60 minutes into the match, Tsαrisi FC's goalkeeper Stratos Loubakis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Themos Kostikos. Stratos Loubakis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Themos Kostikos in the 62nd minute. In the 69th minute Paris Klanakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paschalis Simitis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 75th minute, Themos Kostikos made a precise shot to the right of Stratos Loubakis. Tsαrisi FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-6. After 79 minutes of play, Tsαrisi FC's Eugenios Labrakos made it 2-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Paschalis Simitis was left in no man's land by his defense there! 82 minutes into the match, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ's goal looked a bit too open when Eugenios Labrakos came free, but Paschalis Simitis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kleanthis Koumentakis charged in rather forcefully in the 83rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kleanthis Koumentakis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Tsαrisi FC made a substitution. Alkinoos Alexakos replaced Eugenios Labrakos. A collision led to ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Kleanthis Koumentakis hit a great ball. 88 minutes into the match, Tsαrisi FC's Alkinoos Alexakos sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Paschalis Simitis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 93rd minute, Themos Kostikos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Stratos Loubakis was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-7. ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.