U18 League

ERGOTELIS MARTINEGO
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. Nikos Savakis started the match with the kick off. In the 2nd match minute, Dexter Morgan VR46 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fortunato Brandolini to maneuver through the defense. In the 3rd minute, Kostas Makrodimitris hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 5 minutes into the game, Edoardo Scarano was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Dexter Morgan VR46's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ERGOTELIS the free kick. After a rather tough play, Dexter Morgan VR46's Edoardo Scarano got a free kick in the 5th minute. ERGOTELIS's Thrasivoulos Tsiblidis got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Aggelos Bouratsis charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Aggelos Bouratsis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Aggelos Bouratsis hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. In the 15th minute, Flavio Miranda left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Dexter Morgan VR46 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Diego Tieri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nikos Savakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Flavio Miranda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Evaggelos Koutsodimos having to interfere. Demetrio Roberto hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Thrasivoulos Tsiblidis kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Evaggelos Koutsodimos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Flavio Miranda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Evaggelos Koutsodimos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Demetrio Roberto in the 33rd minute of play. Evaggelos Koutsodimos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Demetrio Roberto in the 34th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nikos Savakis got free with Diego Tieri in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Diego Tieri stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nikos Savakis's shot from short distance in the 36th minute. Aggelos Bouratsiss short, quick shot in the 38thth minute got Diego Tieri to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Demetrio Roberto to strike the kick off in the second half. Thrasivoulos Tsiblidis hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. Diego Tieri stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kostas Makrodimitris's shot from short distance in the 57th minute. Dexter Morgan VR46's Diego Tieri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kostas Makrodimitris in the 59th minute of play. Demetrio Roberto blasted a shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Evaggelos Koutsodimos having to make a save. After 63 played minutes ERGOTELIS got a freekick which was hit by Tasos Karypidis. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Flavio Miranda during the 66th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Evaggelos Koutsodimos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Demetrio Roberto's shot from short distance in the 70th minute. In the 71st minute Dexter Morgan VR46 were awarded a corner. Flavio Flocco went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner went over the outstretched arms of ERGOTELIS's goalie and right to Frank Sammartino. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. ERGOTELIS's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. ERGOTELIS's Evaggelos Koutsodimos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save ERGOTELIS from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Dexter Morgan VR46 getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Ciro Buonanno hit a great ball. Kostas Makrodimitris fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Diego Tieri having to interfere. Diego Tieri came out of the goal in the 84th minute to try and stop a shot by ERGOTELIS's Kostas Makrodimitris. But to his dismay, Kostas Makrodimitris quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. The supporters of Dexter Morgan VR46 booed when ERGOTELIS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tasos Karypidis didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in ERGOTELIS's zone, Demetrio Roberto stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Evaggelos Koutsodimos came out of the goal and Demetrio Roberto tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Akis Logothetis hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match.