U23 League

DW Arena
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Monkey D.Luffy's Arrigo Cino started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 3 minutes into the match, KAFSONAS F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Arrigo Cino came free, but Telis Ikonomou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After taking down the ball on Monkey D.Luffy's corner Angelo Pala fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Telis Ikonomou quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandros Giannou in the 7th minute of play forced Monkey D.Luffy's goalkeeper Camillo Ruggieri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alexandros Giannou scored 0-1 in the 8th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Camillo Ruggieri, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 11 played minutes KAFSONAS F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Dimitris Kosmidis. In the 12th match minute, Monkey D.Luffy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edmondo Scarpa to maneuver through the defense. Dimitris Kosmidis hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. In the 21st minute, Arrigo Cino ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Telis Ikonomou was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Telis Ikonomou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arrigo Cino, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. In the 25th minute, Nasos Karagiannos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 27 minutes into the match, Monkey D.Luffy's goal looked a bit too open when Alexandros Giannou came free, but Camillo Ruggieri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vassilis Pavlakakis in the 29th minute of play forced Monkey D.Luffy's goalkeeper Camillo Ruggieri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arrigo Cino in the 31st minute of play forced KAFSONAS F.C.'s goalkeeper Telis Ikonomou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of KAFSONAS F.C. booed when Monkey D.Luffy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edmondo Scarpa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Camillo Ruggieri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexandros Giannou, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Monkey D.Luffy's Camillo Ruggieri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dimitris Kosmidis in the 35th minute of play. In the 38th minute, Alexandros Giannou ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Camillo Ruggieri was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. 40 minutes into the match, Vassilis Pavlakakis notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Monkey D.Luffy's Camillo Ruggieri. Camillo Ruggieri was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Alberto Iacobucci kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. The Monkey D.Luffy players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. KAFSONAS F.C. were winning 1-3.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Alexandros Giannou to strike the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Monkey D.Luffy's goal looked a bit too open when Vassilis Pavlakakis came free, but Camillo Ruggieri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With an all-out effort, KAFSONAS F.C.'s Camillo Ruggieri threw himself towards the right post 53 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Alexandros Giannou, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 55 minutes into the match, Monkey D.Luffy's goal looked a bit too open when Alexandros Giannou came free, but Camillo Ruggieri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vassilis Pavlakakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Camillo Ruggieri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Alexandros Giannou's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Camillo Ruggieri was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. Camillo Ruggieri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dimitris Kosmidis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Arrigo Cino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ennio Colombi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 74 minutes into the match, KAFSONAS F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Arrigo Cino came free, but Telis Ikonomou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Monkey D.Luffy defense, Vassilis Pavlakakis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Camillo Ruggieri. The Monkey D.Luffy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Camillo Ruggieri should have stopped the shot. When the match clock showed 79 minutes, the score became 1-5 when Vassilis Pavlakakis sped through Monkey D.Luffy's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Camillo Ruggieri. Nikos Stathis took the ball and in the 87 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Camillo Ruggieri. Camillo Ruggieri dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-6. In the 90th minute, Arrigo Cino 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. The crowd rose to their feet as KAFSONAS F.C.'s Alexandros Giannou slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Camillo Ruggieri. That made the score 1-7 after 92 minutes of play.