U21 League

ERGOTELIS MARTINEGO
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Arturo Pellecchia made the kick off which started today's match. Fabiano Barillari took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Menelaos Moutafis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Montesacro FC getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Arturo Pellecchia hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arturo Pellecchia in the 11th minute of play forced ERGOTELIS's goalkeeper Nikos Balopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emiliano Sciascia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Nikos Balopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 18th minute, Arturo Pellecchia made a precise shot to the right of Nikos Balopoulos. ERGOTELIS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Nikos Balopoulos came out of the goal in the 22nd minute to try and stop a shot by Montesacro FC's Frank Scarcella. But to his dismay, Frank Scarcella quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. If Emiliano Sciascia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. A collision led to ERGOTELIS getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Lefteris Kaligeros hit a great ball. In the 32nd minute the ball was on its way in behind ERGOTELIS's goalkeeper Nikos Balopoulos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 34 minutes into the match, ERGOTELIS's goal looked a bit too open when Arturo Pellecchia came free, but Nikos Balopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 37th minute of the game Theofilos Voutsas made a throw-in which Lefteris Kaligeros played forward. Nikos Balopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arturo Pellecchia in the 38th minute of play. Arturo Pellecchia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Nikos Balopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 41 minutes into the match, ERGOTELIS's goal looked a bit too open when Frank Scarcella came free, but Nikos Balopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 2-2 became the score in the 44th minute when Alkaios Mavrofidis elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet as ERGOTELIS's Menelaos Moutafis slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Fabiano Barillari. That made the score 3-2 after 47 minutes of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Alkaios Mavrofidis to strike the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes into the game, one of ERGOTELIS:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match had been going on for 57 minutes, Montesacro FC's Armin Anelli got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Nikos Balopoulos. Nikos Balopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arturo Pellecchia in the 64th minute of play. Frank Scarcella's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 69thth minute, Nikos Balopoulos skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Giorgos Tsagaropoulos kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arturo Pellecchia in the 75th minute of play forced ERGOTELIS's goalkeeper Nikos Balopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 76thth minute of the game Frank Scarcella who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ERGOTELIS's Nikos Balopoulos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 78 minutes into the match, Montesacro FC's goal looked a bit too open when Alkaios Mavrofidis came free, but Fabiano Barillari reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nikos Balopoulos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arturo Pellecchia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nikos Balopoulos was out of position in the 85 minute of play, and Frank Scarcella capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Frank Scarcella really showed his touch with that goal: 3-4. After some careless play in the Montesacro FC defense, Alkaios Mavrofidis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fabiano Barillari. The Montesacro FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fabiano Barillari should have stopped the shot. Montesacro FC's Fabiano Barillari played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alkaios Mavrofidis in the 99th minute of play. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Montesacro FC players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.