U18 League

stadio damari
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Babbis Zervoudakis started the match with the kick off. Fondas Balouris didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Andreas Seremetiadis went, in the 3rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 6th minute, Tasos Kontargyris hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ's zone, Andreas Seremetiadis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fondas Balouris came out of the goal and Andreas Seremetiadis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. GREEN LIONS's Panagiotis Maragos got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Fondas Balouris showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Panagiotis Maragos, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Babbis Zervoudakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Theofanis Tseberlidis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. GREEN LIONS's defense didn't have a chance, in the 14th minute, when Babbis Zervoudakis scored to the left of an out of position Theofanis Tseberlidis, making the score, 1-1. In the 19th minute Andreas Seremetiadis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fondas Balouris saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fondas Balouris showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valerios Melogiannis in the 20th minute of the match. Fondas Balouris stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Andreas Seremetiadis's shot from short distance in the 22nd minute. Babbis Zervoudakis charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Babbis Zervoudakis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Babbis Zervoudakis hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Fondas Balouris took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andreas Seremetiadis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dimosthenis Antonopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Theofanis Tseberlidis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in GREEN LIONS's zone, Christoforos Venetidis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Theofanis Tseberlidis came out of the goal and Christoforos Venetidis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 40th minute, Petros Gogolos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The wind increased when Andreas Seremetiadis made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute the ball was on its way in behind GREEN LIONS's goalkeeper Theofanis Tseberlidis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Miltos Thomakoglou lost his temper 54 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Miltos Thomakoglou kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. Christoforos Venetidis might have been able to make a better finish in the 63rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Theofanis Tseberlidis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Christoforos Venetidis ran back to his position shaking his head. 67 minutes into the match, ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ's goalkeeper Fondas Balouris had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Panagiotis Maragos. If Christoforos Venetidis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Christoforos Venetidis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Theofanis Tseberlidis having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in GREEN LIONS's zone, Babbis Zervoudakis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Theofanis Tseberlidis came out of the goal and Babbis Zervoudakis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 77 minutes, Fivos Pontikakis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ and the GREEN LIONS players grew even worse after the yellow card. Fivos Pontikakis hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. In the 79th match minute, GREEN LIONS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Panagiotis Maragos to maneuver through the defense. Christoforos Venetidis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Theofanis Tseberlidis having to interfere. A collision led to GREEN LIONS getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Valerios Melogiannis hit a great ball. Panagiotis Maragos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fondas Balouris having to interfere.