U23 League

Lapokhσri Stadium
Spectators: 148 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Themis Koulakidis made the kick off which started today's match. Lapokhσri's Stathis Ipsilantis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jean-Michel Blandin in the 2nd minute of play. Stathis Ipsilantis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ahmed Grail went, in the 3rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jean-Michel Blandin in the 6th minute of play forced Lapokhσri's goalkeeper Stathis Ipsilantis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Lapokhσri's Nikos Alexiou got a free kick in the 10th minute. Stathis Ipsilantis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pierre-Emmanuel Voisin went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. The supporters of La Pointe Courte booed when Lapokhσri was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paraskevas Rovolis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lapokhσri's Stathis Ipsilantis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jean-Michel Blandin in the 18th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ahmed Grail in the 19th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Stathis Ipsilantis saved Lapokhσri from getting behind. Stathis Ipsilantis came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by La Pointe Courte's Pierre-Emmanuel Voisin. But to his dismay, Pierre-Emmanuel Voisin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. In the 24th minute, Thibaut Mazieres ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Stathis Ipsilantis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmed Grail in the 27th minute of play forced Lapokhσri's goalkeeper Stathis Ipsilantis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pierre-Emmanuel Voisin took the ball and in the 29 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Stathis Ipsilantis. Stathis Ipsilantis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. 32 minutes into the match, Lapokhσri's goal looked a bit too open when Pierre-Emmanuel Voisin came free, but Stathis Ipsilantis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Iosif Ntounias during the 32nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 33rd minute, Iosif Ntounias hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Stathis Ipsilantis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ahmed Grail went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. 39 minutes into the match, Lapokhσri's goal looked a bit too open when Pierre-Emmanuel Voisin came free, but Stathis Ipsilantis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 42 minutes of play, La Pointe Courte's Pierre-Emmanuel Voisin made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stathis Ipsilantis was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmed Grail in the 47th minute of play forced Lapokhσri's goalkeeper Stathis Ipsilantis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-7 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Pierre-Emmanuel Voisin was the one to do the kick off. Stathis Ipsilantis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thibaut Mazieres in the 53rd minute of the match. 54 minutes into the match, Lapokhσri's goal looked a bit too open when Thibaut Mazieres came free, but Stathis Ipsilantis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 54thth minute of the game Thibaut Mazieres who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Lapokhσri's Stathis Ipsilantis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 63 minutes, Thibaut Mazieres took a quick shot and it went in 0-9 without a chance for Stathis Ipsilantis to make any attempt to save it. La Pointe Courte's Pierre-Antoine Charbonnel was substituted for Wilfried Mahé. 67 minutes into the match, Ahmed Grail dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Stathis Ipsilantis, 0-10. Stathis Ipsilantis came out of the goal in the 70th minute to try and stop a shot by La Pointe Courte's Pierre-Emmanuel Voisin. But to his dismay, Pierre-Emmanuel Voisin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-11. In the 75th minute Ahmed Grail shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stathis Ipsilantis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stathis Ipsilantis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmed Grail in the 78th minute of play. Ahmed Grail could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Stathis Ipsilantis made a huge save. With a little luck, Lapokhσri's Stathis Ipsilantis got control of the ball when Pierre-Emmanuel Voisin tried to sneak it across the goal line. Pierre-Emmanuel Voisin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 91st minute of the match, but Stathis Ipsilantis made a huge save. Pierre-Emmanuel Voisin took the ball and in the 94 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Stathis Ipsilantis. Stathis Ipsilantis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-13. La Pointe Courte played a much better game than Lapokhσri and deserved their victory. The Lapokhσri players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.