U21 League

Kotetsi
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Dennis Di Pasquale got the match started through his kick off. Stergios Samartzis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alfred Szpakowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Stergios Samartzis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alfred Szpakowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. forsal FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cristiano Carlini in the 12th minute. In the 14th minute, Iakovos Ksiros fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Alex Franceschi, passed just outside the right post. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Alfred Szpakowski managed to get in a good position for a shot. forsal FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Alfred Szpakowski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Stergios Samartzis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A hard and well directed shot from Cristiano Carlini led 20 minutes into the game to a goal after the ball had bounced deceptively just in front of the goal. Kolopetinitsa's Stergios Samartzis became a little unsure and couldn't grip the ball before it was over the goalline. Thus it was 1-1. Stergios Samartzis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfred Szpakowski in the 23rd minute of the match. Vassilis Bogdanos hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Kolopetinitsa's zone, Alfred Szpakowski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Stergios Samartzis came out of the goal and Alfred Szpakowski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Filippos Antoniou kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. If Dennis Di Pasquale had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Alfred Szpakowski might have been able to make a better finish in the 37th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Stergios Samartzis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alfred Szpakowski ran back to his position shaking his head. Stergios Samartzis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dennis Di Pasquale's shot from short distance in the 41st minute. Stergios Samartzis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dennis Di Pasquale in the 46th minute of play.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Markos Melisofagos to strike the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Kolopetinitsa's Vassilis Bogdanos got a free kick in the 58th minute. In the 60th minute, Filippos Antoniou had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. After 60 minutes, Amedeo Africano mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the forsal FC and the Kolopetinitsa players grew even worse after the yellow card. Kolopetinitsa made a substitution. Dionysis Salaggoudis replaced Filippos Antoniou. The supporters of Kolopetinitsa booed when forsal FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amedeo Africano didn't get a good kick on the ball. Iakovos Ksiros took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 63rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Alex Franceschi. forsal FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 66th minute, Markos Melisofagos managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kolopetinitsa's supporters rose to their feet, but Markos Melisofagos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alex Franceschi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Alex Franceschi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Markos Melisofagos's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfred Szpakowski in the 78th minute of play forced Kolopetinitsa's goalkeeper Stergios Samartzis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. It seemed to be an obvious goal in the 81st minute, but Stergios Samartzis got his fingers on the ball or the save, leaving Kolopetinitsa hanging dry this time. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dennis Di Pasquale got free with Stergios Samartzis in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Markos Melisofagos kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. In the 94th minute, Dennis Di Pasquale reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Stergios Samartzis. The goal made the score 1-2. The forsal FC players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.