U21 League

Kavala
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Spyros Tsatsaronakis started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 4th minute, Tsαrisi FC's Miltiadis Giatropoulos seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Miltiadis Giatropoulos the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Tsαrisi FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Miltiadis Giatropoulos had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 3rd minute, one of Tsαrisi FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Tsαrisi FC. Spyros Tsatsaronakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Stratos Loubakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stamatis Zindros fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stratos Loubakis having to interfere. Spyros Tsatsaronakis scored 2-0 in the 13th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Stratos Loubakis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Stamatis Zindros in the 19th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Stratos Loubakis saved Tsαrisi FC from getting behind. 20 minutes into the match, Spyros Tsatsaronakis dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Stratos Loubakis, 3-0. Themos Batiropoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eugenios Labrakos, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Stamatis Zindros hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. 28 minutes into the match, GREEK ARMY's goal looked a bit too open when Eugenios Labrakos came free, but Themos Batiropoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 30th minute, Stamatis Zindros ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Stratos Loubakis was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Stratos Loubakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentinos Vrisimitzakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Stratos Loubakis was out of position in the 34 minute of play, and Stamatis Zindros capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Stamatis Zindros really showed his touch with that goal: 5-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Spyros Tsatsaronakis in the 43rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Stratos Loubakis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 47th minute, Stamatis Zindros 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. 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 5-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Eugenios Labrakos to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute Spyros Tsatsaronakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stratos Loubakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 54 minutes into the match, Spyros Tsatsaronakis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stratos Loubakis. Tsαrisi FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Spyros Tsatsaronakis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. Tsαrisi FC's Stratos Loubakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stamatis Zindros in the 59th minute of play. When the match clock showed 66 minutes, the score became 7-0 when Stamatis Zindros sped through Tsαrisi FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Stratos Loubakis. If Stamatis Zindros had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Stratos Loubakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Spyros Tsatsaronakis in the 71st minute of play. Stratos Loubakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stamatis Zindros, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. The audience was convinced that Valentinos Vrisimitzakis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stratos Loubakis was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. The GREEK ARMY fans' excitement grew in the 78th match minute when GREEK ARMY's Stamatis Zindros looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 8-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. An unexpectedly hard shot by Spyros Tsatsaronakis in the 81st minute of play forced Tsαrisi FC's goalkeeper Stratos Loubakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Spyros Tsatsaronakis in the 83rd minute of play forced Tsαrisi FC's goalkeeper Stratos Loubakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alkaios Leontaras took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 87th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Stratos Loubakis. Tsαrisi FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. GREEK ARMY fully deserved thier win.