U18 League

Shame on you Europe
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Babbis Megalios got the match started through his kick off. Babbis Megalios could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Manos Papaiakovou made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Sheriff's Omiros Prikourakis got a free kick in the 5th minute. In the 12th minute the ball was on its way in behind Go Ahead Eagles's goalkeeper Manos Papaiakovou, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to Sheriff getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Lakis Panagiotopoulos hit a great ball. In the 21st minute, Babbis Megalios 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 25th minute Argyris Bogias shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manos Papaiakovou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 27th minute, Argyris Bogias ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Manos Papaiakovou was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Aggelos Matsikidis's late challenge caught a Go Ahead Eagles's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aggelos Matsikidis helped the player get up and apologised. After 29 played minutes Sheriff got a freekick which was hit by Aggelos Matsikidis. Go Ahead Eagles's defense didn't have a chance, in the 37th minute, when Babbis Megalios scored to the left of an out of position Manos Papaiakovou, making the score, 3-0. With a little luck, Go Ahead Eagles's Manos Papaiakovou got control of the ball when Babbis Megalios tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 45 minutes of play, Go Ahead Eagles's Giotis Kouloucheris made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Takis Lazakis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Giotis Kouloucheris kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

Manos Papaiakovou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Babbis Megalios, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Omiros Prikourakis in the 53rd minute of play forced Go Ahead Eagles's goalkeeper Manos Papaiakovou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Go Ahead Eagles getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Panagiotis Beloukas hit a great ball. After 61 minutes, Argyris Bogias mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sheriff and the Go Ahead Eagles players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 66th match minute, Sheriff was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daniil Masourakis to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Sheriff's Dimitris Kommatos got a free kick in the 67th minute. Go Ahead Eagles's Manos Papaiakovou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thalis Koulouris in the 69th minute of play. Giotis Kouloucheris hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Sheriff's Miltos Tokalidis got a free kick in the 71st minute. Argyris Bogias scored 4-1 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Manos Papaiakovou, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 78th minute, Argyris Bogias hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Manos Christodoulou succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 4-2 in the 79th playminute.