U23 League

The Old Shire
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Thomas Leontarakis kicked off to start the match. In the 3rdth minute of the game Christian Teodori who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Seahawks V55's Iordanis Kopanakis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Iordanis Kopanakis was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Afukaká.Protógenes Mam Rostami Boukani showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 6 minute of play. Iordanis Kopanakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christian Teodori, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. 20 minutes into the match, Christian Teodori had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Iordanis Kopanakis. Seahawks V55's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Christian Teodori was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. In the 28th minute, Christian Teodori 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. In the 29th minute, Afukaká.Protógenes Mam Rostami Boukani left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺ‍ᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Lakis Antonopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Augusto Di Carlo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Afukaká.Protógenes Mam Rostami Boukani came free with the goalkeeper in the 44th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Iordanis Kopanakis could save by the left post. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Christian Teodori to make the kick off. Christian Teodori sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Tombolo Wa Kadima Auditore Da Firenze came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺ‍ᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇ fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Tombolo Wa Kadima Auditore Da Firenze couldn't finish the play. When Thomas Leontarakis fell near the penalty area in the 65th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Seahawks V55's protests and gave Thomas Leontarakis a yellow card for diving instead. Thomas Leontarakis hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Sokratis Providas's late challenge caught a ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺ‍ᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sokratis Providas helped the player get up and apologised. In the 69thth minute of the game Christian Teodori who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Seahawks V55's Iordanis Kopanakis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺ‍ᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇'s zone, Manolis Kalergis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Augusto Di Carlo came out of the goal and Manolis Kalergis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 80 minutes into the match, ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺ‍ᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇'s goalkeeper Augusto Di Carlo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Manolis Kalergis. Franco Egger kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christian Teodori in the 85th minute of play forced Seahawks V55's goalkeeper Iordanis Kopanakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Thomas Leontarakis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Afukaká.Protógenes Mam Rostami Boukani might have been able to make a better finish in the 93rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Iordanis Kopanakis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Afukaká.Protógenes Mam Rostami Boukani ran back to his position shaking his head. Seahawks V55's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.