U23 League

Juniors Arena
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Filippo Puddu got the match started through his kick off. The supporters of Mikrá Sánta booed when Lenzima Juniors MZ™ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Enrico Croce didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Lenzima Juniors MZ™ booed when Mikrá Sánta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christoforos Grigoratos didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 9 played minutes Mikrá Sánta got a freekick which was hit by Christoforos Grigoratos. Dionysis Naskos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Antonio Preda went, in the 10th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Antonio Preda could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Dionysis Naskos made a huge save. Mikrá Sánta's Dionysis Naskos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filippo Puddu in the 18th minute of play. Carter Costa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stergios Veggos, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. 27 minutes into the match, Antonio Preda had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dionysis Naskos. Mikrá Sánta's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Antonio Preda was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Mikrá Sánta's Dionysis Naskos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save Mikrá Sánta from getting a goal against them. Manos Malezas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carter Costa having to interfere. Carter Costa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stergios Veggos in the 40th minute of the match. After 44 minutes of play, Mikrá Sánta's Alekos Konstantinidis made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Carter Costa was left in no man's land by his defense there! Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Stergios Veggos to make the kick off. Dionysis Naskos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruno Mameli in the 54th minute of the match. In the 59th match minute, Lenzima Juniors MZ™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antonio Preda to maneuver through the defense. After 62 minutes, Antonio Preda mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lenzima Juniors MZ™ and the Mikrá Sánta players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Lenzima Juniors MZ™ getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Enrico Croce hit a great ball. Carter Costa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christoforos Grigoratos in the 74th minute of play. Bruno Mameli scored 4-1 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dionysis Naskos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Dionysis Naskos came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by Lenzima Juniors MZ™'s Antonio Preda. But to his dismay, Antonio Preda quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-1. Lenzima Juniors MZ™'s Antonio Preda got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Manos Malezas's late challenge caught a Lenzima Juniors MZ™'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Manos Malezas helped the player get up and apologised. In the 93rd match minute, Mikrá Sánta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Manos Malezas to maneuver through the defense.