U18 League

Avenue of glory
Spectators: 158 (Terracing: 119, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Christodoulos Symeonas got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stavros Kopidakis in the 2nd minute of play forced Green Horses's goalkeeper Errikos Gerokostas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 6 minutes, Odysseas Mentis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Green Horses and the Vakoufi Utd players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 6 played minutes Green Horses got a freekick which was hit by Odysseas Mentis. 14 minutes into the game, Periklis Zorbadelos recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Giannis Peronosporopoulos. Periklis Zorbadelos showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. Errikos Gerokostas came out of the goal in the 22nd minute to try and stop a shot by Vakoufi Utd's Stavros Kopidakis. But to his dismay, Stavros Kopidakis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Errikos Gerokostas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Spyros Symeonakos in the 26th minute of play. Stavros Kopidakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Errikos Gerokostas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 31st match minute, Green Horses was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christos Velis to maneuver through the defense. Giannis Peronosporopoulos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christodoulos Symeonas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Errikos Gerokostas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Spyros Symeonakos in the 33rd minute of the match. Errikos Gerokostas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stavros Kopidakis in the 35th minute of play. Errikos Gerokostas came out of the goal in the 38th minute to try and stop a shot by Vakoufi Utd's Stavros Kopidakis. But to his dismay, Stavros Kopidakis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 2-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Stavros Kopidakis to strike the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the Vakoufi Utd defense, Christodoulos Symeonas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Giannis Peronosporopoulos. The Vakoufi Utd fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Giannis Peronosporopoulos should have stopped the shot. Vakoufi Utd's Giannis Peronosporopoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christodoulos Symeonas in the 60th minute of play. A collision led to Vakoufi Utd getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Spyros Symeonakos hit a great ball. In the 62nd minute, Spyros Symeonakos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Giannis Peronosporopoulos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Periklis Zorbadelos went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-3 was the resulting score. The audience was convinced that Stavros Kopidakis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Errikos Gerokostas was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. With an all-out effort, Vakoufi Utd's Errikos Gerokostas threw himself towards the right post 71 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Stavros Kopidakis, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 71 minutes into the game, Christos Velis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Green Horses's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Vakoufi Utd the free kick. The supporters of Vakoufi Utd booed when Green Horses was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christos Velis didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Themos Louboutis was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 73 minutes had been played. After a rather tough play, Green Horses's Themos Louboutis got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Errikos Gerokostas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stavros Kopidakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Green Horses were furious when Lazaros Teliadis was red carded, 79 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. When the match had been going on for 82 minutes, Vakoufi Utd's Stavros Kopidakis got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Errikos Gerokostas. Errikos Gerokostas came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by Vakoufi Utd's Nikos Soukis. But to his dismay, Nikos Soukis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-5. Vakoufi Utd's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.