U21 League

Chouliarades Stadium
Spectators: 149 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Filiph Inzaghi took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes into the match, Donato Carosella had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Theocharis Zouvelekis. Chouliarades's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Donato Carosella was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Chouliarades's Theocharis Zouvelekis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Donato Carosella in the 8th minute of play. Panagiotis Galanos lost his temper 12 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Chouliarades fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 12th minute. Penalty! Theocharis Zouvelekis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Donato Carosella in the 20th minute of play. Theocharis Zouvelekis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filiph Inzaghi in the 21st minute of play. If Donato Carosella had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Theocharis Zouvelekis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filiph Inzaghi in the 25th minute of play. If Giannis Miliokas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 34 minutes into the match, Chouliarades's goal looked a bit too open when Bianco Giandomenico came free, but Theocharis Zouvelekis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 34 played minutes Chouliarades got a freekick which was hit by Loukianos Pararas. Theocharis Zouvelekis came out of the goal in the 36th minute to try and stop a shot by OldHighburyInvincibles's Bianco Giandomenico. But to his dismay, Bianco Giandomenico quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. Theocharis Zouvelekis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filiph Inzaghi, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. In the 41st match minute, Chouliarades was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Miltos Seletopoulos to maneuver through the defense. Disappointed in the 1-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Giannis Miliokas to strike the kick off in the second half. After 51 minutes, Kostas Kalouptsidis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Chouliarades and the OldHighburyInvincibles players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Chouliarades's Kostas Kalouptsidis got a free kick in the 51st minute. Panos Tsoumas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Frank Di Cristofaro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Theocharis Zouvelekis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filiph Inzaghi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Frank Di Cristofaro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Giannis Miliokas, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. OldHighburyInvincibles's Frank Di Cristofaro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Panos Tsoumas in the 76th minute of play. Theocharis Zouvelekis was a little too slow when Filiph Inzaghi got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 77th minute. The score was now 1-7. Donato Carosella scored 1-8 in the 81st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Theocharis Zouvelekis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 85th minute Filiph Inzaghi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Theocharis Zouvelekis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Theocharis Zouvelekis made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Donato Carosella sent off a good shot on target. When Makis Giatrakis fell near the penalty area in the 92nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Chouliarades's protests and gave Makis Giatrakis a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of OldHighburyInvincibles booed when Chouliarades was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Makis Giatrakis didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Filiph Inzaghi kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Theocharis Zouvelekis. That made the score 1-9 in the 96 minute of play. When the match was over OldHighburyInvincibles could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Chouliarades throughout the match.