U23 League

Le volcan silmontois
Spectators: 177 (Terracing: 133, Seating: 41, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Panagiotis Grigorakos started the match with the kick off. Aris Bozonis's late challenge caught a SILMONT's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aris Bozonis helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of SILMONT booed when Punk Fathers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aris Bozonis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Di Xing Ying showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Panagiotis Grigorakos in the 4th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lakis Boukas in the 5th minute of play forced SILMONT's goalkeeper Di Xing Ying to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Di Xing Ying took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Panagiotis Grigorakos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Di Xing Ying made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Panagiotis Grigorakos in the 18th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Freddy Escudié managed to get in a good position for a shot. SILMONT's supporters rose to their feet, but Freddy Escudié was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Stefanos Manolopoulos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Javier Bordat had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Stefanos Manolopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Javier Bordat, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Di Xing Ying showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michalis Theodorakos in the 26th minute of the match. Punk Fathers's Stefanos Manolopoulos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Punk Fathers from getting a goal against them. 31 minutes into the match, Punk Fathers's goal looked a bit too open when Javier Bordat came free, but Stefanos Manolopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Di Xing Ying took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Michalis Theodorakos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. SILMONT's Javier Bordat got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Stefanos Manolopoulos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Javier Bordat in the 44th minute.

The wind increased when Javier Bordat made the kick off in the second half. Stefanos Manolopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Javier Bordat in the 57th minute of the match. Javier Bordat's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Stefanos Manolopoulos read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 59th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Javier Bordat in the 60th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Stefanos Manolopoulos prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Aris Bozonis kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. SILMONT made a substitution. Nolan Pétiot replaced Thomas Albaret. Aris Bozonis kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. After some careless play in the Punk Fathers defense, Javier Bordat kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Stefanos Manolopoulos. The Punk Fathers fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Stefanos Manolopoulos should have stopped the shot. Stefanos Manolopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Javier Bordat, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. In the 71st minute, Javier Bordat 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. 73 minutes into the match, SILMONT's goal looked a bit too open when Panagiotis Grigorakos came free, but Di Xing Ying reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 76thth minute of the game Javier Bordat who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Punk Fathers's Stefanos Manolopoulos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 78 minutes Punk Fathers's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gwendal Aufrère who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Gwendal Aufrère almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Punk Fathers's Stefanos Manolopoulos did a great save. Di Xing Ying made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Viktoras Chatzinikolaou sent off a good shot on target. Panagiotis Grigorakos hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Stefanos Manolopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Javier Bordat, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. In the 87thth minute of the game Javier Bordat who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Punk Fathers's Stefanos Manolopoulos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 88th minute of the match SILMONT got a corner. Punk Fathers's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gwendal Aufrère ran over to the corner to take the kick. It was a well-played corner which Nathanaël Lize managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Di Xing Ying took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Panagiotis Grigorakos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Punk Fathers's Stefanos Manolopoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Javier Bordat in the 93rd minute of play. After 94 played minutes SILMONT got a freekick which was hit by Adriano Guimarães. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. SILMONT had won after a very even match.