U23 League

Lapokhσri Stadium
Spectators: 149 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Christian Borgatello made the kick off which started today's match. When Paraskevas Theofilopoulos fell near the penalty area in the 2nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Lapokhσri's protests and gave Paraskevas Theofilopoulos a yellow card for diving instead. In the 2nd match minute, Lapokhσri was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paraskevas Theofilopoulos to maneuver through the defense. After 4 minutes of play, Infami di Canaus's Christian Borgatello made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stathis Ipsilantis was left in no man's land by his defense there! 17 minutes into the game, Christian Borgatello cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Stathis Ipsilantis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 20 minutes into the match, Lapokhσri's goal looked a bit too open when Christian Borgatello came free, but Stathis Ipsilantis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 28 minutes of play, Infami di Canaus's Christian Borgatello made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stathis Ipsilantis was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 31st minute, Christian Borgatello ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Stathis Ipsilantis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. 38 minutes into the match, Lapokhσri's goal looked a bit too open when Christian Borgatello came free, but Stathis Ipsilantis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 39th minute Christian Borgatello shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stathis Ipsilantis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 42 minutes, Themis Koulakidis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lapokhσri and the Infami di Canaus players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 42 played minutes Lapokhσri got a freekick which was hit by Themis Koulakidis. Fausto Moreschi took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 43rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Stathis Ipsilantis. Lapokhσri's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Stathis Ipsilantis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christian Borgatello, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Themis Koulakidis to make the kick off. After 53 minutes, Fausto Moreschi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Infami di Canaus and the Lapokhσri players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Infami di Canaus booed when Lapokhσri was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pavlos Balodimos didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Christian Borgatello got free with Stathis Ipsilantis in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as Infami di Canaus's Christian Borgatello slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Stathis Ipsilantis. That made the score 0-6 after 67 minutes of play. Stathis Ipsilantis was out of position in the 74 minute of play, and Dino De Gregorio capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Dino De Gregorio really showed his touch with that goal: 0-7. After 79 played minutes Infami di Canaus got a freekick which was hit by Christian Borgatello. 81 minutes into the match, Christian Borgatello had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stathis Ipsilantis. Lapokhσri's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Christian Borgatello was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-8. Paraskevas Rovolis's late challenge caught a Infami di Canaus's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Paraskevas Rovolis helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Infami di Canaus booed when Lapokhσri was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paraskevas Rovolis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Stathis Ipsilantis made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Christian Borgatello sent off a good shot on target. Lapokhσri's Stathis Ipsilantis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save Lapokhσri from getting a goal against them. After 90 minutes, Nikos Alexiou mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lapokhσri and the Infami di Canaus players grew even worse after the yellow card. Nikos Alexiou kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. Fausto Moreschi took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 92nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Stathis Ipsilantis. Lapokhσri's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 94th minute, Iosif Ntounias hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Christian Borgatello could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 95th minute of the match, but Stathis Ipsilantis made a huge save.