U21 League

Shame on you Europe
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Manos Melogiannis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mathieu Gaud, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. In the 5th minute, Benoît Maniez 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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Yann Guillemin in the 9th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Manos Melogiannis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Stefanos Vrettos's late challenge caught a Elegance Dijon's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Stefanos Vrettos helped the player get up and apologised. Stefanos Vrettos kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Manos Melogiannis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mathieu Gaud, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Manos Melogiannis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benoît Maniez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adil Caruso in the 18th minute of play forced Sheriff's goalkeeper Manos Melogiannis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute Yann Guillemin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manos Melogiannis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 23 played minutes Elegance Dijon got a freekick which was hit by Fabian Guine. 31 minutes into the match, Sheriff's goal looked a bit too open when Yann Guillemin came free, but Manos Melogiannis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mathieu Gaud struck a weak shot in the 33rd minute. Manos Melogiannis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Elegance Dijon. 36 minutes into the game, Benoît Maniez cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Manos Melogiannis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Manos Melogiannis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benoît Maniez in the 39th minute of play. Nathanaël Teissier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Argyris Bogias in the 42nd minute of the match. Alkis Bletsas charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alkis Bletsas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The Sheriff players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Elegance Dijon were winning 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Benoît Maniez was the one to do the kick off. Dimitris Kapopoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 50th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 56th minute, Argyris Bogias left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sheriff fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Sheriff's Manos Melogiannis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save Sheriff from getting a goal against them. Manos Melogiannis was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Mathieu Gaud showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-2 in the 63 minute of play. Benoît Maniez kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. Manos Melogiannis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benoît Maniez, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benoît Maniez in the 72nd minute of play forced Sheriff's goalkeeper Manos Melogiannis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sheriff's Manos Melogiannis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mathieu Gaud in the 73rd minute of play. Argyris Bogias hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Elegance Dijon's Nathanaël Teissier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dimitris Kapopoulos in the 84th minute of play. Sheriff's Manos Melogiannis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adil Caruso in the 87th minute of play. Manos Melogiannis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adil Caruso in the 89th minute of play. When the match was over Elegance Dijon could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Sheriff throughout the match.