U21 League

Lapokhσri Stadium
Spectators: 156 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Alexis Back took the kick off in the first half of the match. Stathis Ipsilantis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexis Back, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. After a rather tough play, Lapokhσri's Eleftherios Prittas got a free kick in the 4th minute. Lapokhσri's Stathis Ipsilantis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alexis Back in the 5th minute of play. In the 7th minute, SILMONT's Rayan Marx seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Rayan Marx the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of SILMONT protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Rayan Marx had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 6th minute of the game. One of SILMONT:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Lapokhσri:s goal. The goalkeeper, Marlene Dietrich, was totally fooled by Lapokhσri's Paraskevas Theofilopoulos, who 8 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joffrey Noyelle in the 13th minute of play forced Lapokhσri's goalkeeper Stathis Ipsilantis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 14th minute, Joffrey Noyelle made a precise shot to the right of Stathis Ipsilantis. Lapokhσri's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Stathis Ipsilantis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexis Back in the 16th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joffrey Noyelle in the 20th minute of play forced Lapokhσri's goalkeeper Stathis Ipsilantis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 21 minutes into the match, Lapokhσri's goal looked a bit too open when Joffrey Noyelle came free, but Stathis Ipsilantis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alexis Back fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stathis Ipsilantis having to interfere. Stathis Ipsilantis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daryl Riva in the 26th minute of the match. Stathis Ipsilantis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexis Back, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joffrey Noyelle in the 32nd minute of play forced Lapokhσri's goalkeeper Stathis Ipsilantis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stathis Ipsilantis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daryl Riva in the 36th minute of play. After 39 minutes of play, SILMONT's Nathanaël Lize made it 1-2 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! The supporters of SILMONT booed when Lapokhσri was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Iosif Ntounias didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 47th minute, Claude Grange hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Themis Koulakidis made a kick off. Alexis Back blasted a shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Stathis Ipsilantis having to make a save. 53 minutes into the game, Alexis Back cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Stathis Ipsilantis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 78th minute, Daryl Riva hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nathanaël Lize hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Alexis Back received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Stathis Ipsilantis came out and tried to block the shot, but Alexis Back slotted it home off the left post making it 1-5 in the 84th minute. Babbis Sferas kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. Daryl Riva might have been able to make a better finish in the 92nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Stathis Ipsilantis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Daryl Riva ran back to his position shaking his head. Stathis Ipsilantis was out of position in the 95 minute of play, and Joffrey Noyelle capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Joffrey Noyelle really showed his touch with that goal: 1-6. SILMONT played a much better game than Lapokhσri and deserved their victory. The Lapokhσri players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.