U23 League

Au City
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) After 2 minutes, Giannis Spyridakis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Seahawks V55 and the Elegance Dijon players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Seahawks V55 getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Giannis Spyridakis hit a great ball. After 5 played minutes Seahawks V55 got a freekick which was hit by Sakis Samarakos. Stavros Spetzos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mathieu Gaud in the 6th minute. Seahawks V55's Stavros Spetzos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lamine Valente in the 7th minute of play. Elegance Dijon's Omer Grosse played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stamatis Kosmakis in the 9th minute of play. After 11 minutes, Sakis Samarakos made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Elegance Dijon's Omer Grosse tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 15 minutes into the match, Seahawks V55's goal looked a bit too open when Richard Gaillet came free, but Stavros Spetzos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Omer Grosse showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sakis Samarakos in the 19th minute of the match. A collision led to Seahawks V55 getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Lakis Antonopoulos hit a great ball. In the 23rd match minute, Seahawks V55 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Giannis Spyridakis to maneuver through the defense. In the 24th minute, Brendan Menguy 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. The crowd rose to their feet as Elegance Dijon's Brendan Menguy slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Stavros Spetzos. That made the score 1-1 after 26 minutes of play. In the 30th minute, Lamine Valente fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Stavros Spetzos, passed just outside the right post. Stavros Spetzos stood somewhat misplaced when Brendan Menguy came free in front of goal and shot 2-1 to the left of him in the 30 minute. Prokopis Aspiridis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Clem Kalou fell near the penalty area in the 37th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Elegance Dijon's protests and gave Clem Kalou a yellow card for diving instead. Clem Kalou kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. If Prokopis Aspiridis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Stavros Spetzos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Brendan Menguy, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. In the 40th minute of the match Elegance Dijon got a corner. Seahawks V55's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Brendan Menguy ran over to the corner to take the kick. A collision led to Seahawks V55 getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Valerios Kavatzidis hit a great ball. After having played for 46 minutes, Brendan Menguy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Elegance Dijon's supporters crossed their fingers, but Brendan Menguy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Sakis Samarakos made the kick off in the second half. In the 59th minute Brendan Menguy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stavros Spetzos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stavros Spetzos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Richard Gaillet in the 60th minute of the match. Seahawks V55's Sakis Samarakos got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manolis Kalergis in the 65th minute of play forced Elegance Dijon's goalkeeper Omer Grosse to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 67th minute the ball was on its way in behind Elegance Dijon's goalkeeper Omer Grosse, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jordan Lachenal kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lamine Valente in the 72nd minute of play forced Seahawks V55's goalkeeper Stavros Spetzos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Elegance Dijon's Omer Grosse got control of the ball when Sakis Samarakos tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 75th minute, Seahawks V55's Prokopis Aspiridis dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-2. If Mathieu Gaud had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A nice corner shot did that Sakis Samarakos got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Omer Grosse quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 86th minute Sakis Samarakos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Omer Grosse saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Richard Gaillet in the 87th minute of play forced Seahawks V55's goalkeeper Stavros Spetzos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 90th minute Mathieu Gaud shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stavros Spetzos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Omer Grosse made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sakis Samarakos in the 91st minute of play. Stavros Spetzos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Brendan Menguy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 95th minute Brendan Menguy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stavros Spetzos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.