U21 League

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Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Angelo Bracco made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4th match minute, OldHighburyInvincibles was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Armando Fabiani to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in OldHighburyInvincibles's zone, Avraam Karavokiris stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Frank Di Cristofaro came out of the goal and Avraam Karavokiris tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ian Stam hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. When Marinos Paraskevopoulos came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the MONAXOS fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Marinos Paraskevopoulos couldn't finish the play. With a little luck, OldHighburyInvincibles's Frank Di Cristofaro got control of the ball when Fotis Stamatakos tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, OldHighburyInvincibles's Ian Stam got a free kick in the 19th minute. Fotis Stamatakos scored 1-0 in the 21st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Frank Di Cristofaro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 25 minutes into the match, MONAXOS's goal looked a bit too open when Angelo Bracco came free, but Renos Valantis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 27th minute, Angelo Bracco ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Renos Valantis was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Frank Di Cristofaro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miltos Pachopoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Armando Fabiani kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. Frank Di Cristofaro made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Iordanis Kazantzakis sent off a good shot on target. Donato Carosella sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. MONAXOS's Renos Valantis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Angelo Bracco in the 39th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fotis Stamatakos in the 46th minute of play forced OldHighburyInvincibles's goalkeeper Frank Di Cristofaro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fotis Stamatakos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Frank Di Cristofaro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miltos Pachopoulos in the 51st minute of the match. OldHighburyInvincibles's Frank Di Cristofaro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fotis Stamatakos in the 52nd minute of play. 55 minutes into the match, OldHighburyInvincibles's goal looked a bit too open when Miltos Pachopoulos came free, but Frank Di Cristofaro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fotis Stamatakos scored 2-1 in the 57th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Frank Di Cristofaro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Nektarios Kontopoulos took the ball and in the 60 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Frank Di Cristofaro. Frank Di Cristofaro dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. In the 63rd minute, Avraam Karavokiris 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. After 66 minutes, Dimosthenis Giannellis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the MONAXOS and the OldHighburyInvincibles players grew even worse after the yellow card. OldHighburyInvincibles's Ian Stam couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 67th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for MONAXOS. After a defensive mix-up in MONAXOS's zone, Donato Carosella stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Renos Valantis came out of the goal and Donato Carosella tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Frank Di Cristofaro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nektarios Kontopoulos in the 75th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fotis Stamatakos in the 76th minute of play forced OldHighburyInvincibles's goalkeeper Frank Di Cristofaro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 80 minutes into the match, OldHighburyInvincibles's goal looked a bit too open when Fotis Stamatakos came free, but Frank Di Cristofaro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 83rd match minute, OldHighburyInvincibles was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Florian Paolucci to maneuver through the defense. OldHighburyInvincibles's Frank Di Cristofaro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Avraam Karavokiris in the 84th minute of play. Vaios Katsikaris scored 4-1 in the 91st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Frank Di Cristofaro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.