National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ciro Buccella got the match started through his kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Ciro Buccella kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Petros Vasdekis. That made the score 1-0 in the 3 minute of play. In the 6th minute of the game Stathis Giannopoulos made a throw-in which Erli Haaland played forward. Fabio Santilli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ilias Charidis in the 10th minute of play. 14 minutes into the match, U21 Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Erli Haaland came free, but Fabio Santilli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 16 minutes into the match, Erli Haaland notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of U21 Italy's Fabio Santilli. Fabio Santilli was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Fabio Santilli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Erli Haaland, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fabio Santilli didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when U21 Greece's Erli Haaland shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-2 in the ordered_time% minute. With an all-out effort, U21 Italy's Petros Vasdekis threw himself towards the right post 23 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ciro Buccella, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Petros Vasdekis made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Ciro Buccella sent off a good shot on target. Ciro Buccella's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Petros Vasdekis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 30th minute of play. Aldo Balzani's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Petros Vasdekis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 34th minute of play. In the 36th match minute, U21 Italy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fortunato Brini to maneuver through the defense. Argyris Tsaousidis took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 38th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Fabio Santilli. U21 Italy's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. A collision led to U21 Greece getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Stathis Giannopoulos hit a great ball. Donato Berardi hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ilias Charidis to strike the kick off in the second half. Argyris Tsaousidis kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. 54 minutes into the match, Ciro Buccella had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Petros Vasdekis. U21 Greece's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ciro Buccella was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. U21 Greece's Konstantinos Svolos was substituted for Stathis Giannopoulos. U21 Greece made a substitution. Vassilis Mavreas replaced Zacharias Kaligas. A collision led to U21 Italy getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Armin Trabucco hit a great ball. U21 Italy's Cristoforo Grandis was substituted for Aldo Balzani. After a rather tough play, U21 Italy's Armin Trabucco got a free kick in the 61st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimitris Peravrechidis in the 63rd minute of play forced U21 Italy's goalkeeper Fabio Santilli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fabio Santilli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dimitris Peravrechidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. After a rather tough play, U21 Greece's Argyris Tsaousidis got a free kick in the 64th minute. After 69th play minutes Dimitris Peravrechidis shot 2-3, a short shot which went by Fabio Santilli and just under the crossbar into goal. 73 minutes into the match, U21 Italy's goalkeeper Fabio Santilli had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dimitris Peravrechidis. Erli Haaland in the 83rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Fabio Santilli, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. When the match clock showed 88 minutes, the score became 3-3 when Concetto Tocci sped through U21 Greece's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Petros Vasdekis. 91 minutes in the game Armin Trabucco did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Fortunato Brini. In the 92nd minute, U21 Greece's Anastasios Kazatzidis seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Anastasios Kazatzidis the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of U21 Greece protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Anastasios Kazatzidis had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Petros Vasdekis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bruno Giordani went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-3 was the resulting score. 96 minutes into the match, U21 Greece's goal looked a bit too open when Ciro Buccella came free, but Petros Vasdekis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Iason Dimitratos fell near the penalty area in the 98th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored U21 Greece's protests and gave Iason Dimitratos a yellow card for diving instead.