U21 League

M.F.C. ARENA
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Miltiadis Kolitsis got the match started through his kick off. Valerios Drakos's late challenge caught a Kroton F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Valerios Drakos helped the player get up and apologised. Cristiano Ciarrocchi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 7 minutes into the match, Camillo Tellini had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alexis Arabatzis. MICE F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Camillo Tellini was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. The referee felt a red card was in order, 11 minutes into the game, when Ermis Labrou put in a rough tackle. In the 10th minute, one of MICE F.C.:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for MICE F.C.. Alexis Arabatzis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ernesto Margoni, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. The supporters of MICE F.C. booed when Kroton F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ercole Di Febo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marios Georgiadis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Elia Losito tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alexis Arabatzis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ernesto Margoni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Davide Zangari in the 24th minute of play forced MICE F.C.'s goalkeeper Alexis Arabatzis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. MICE F.C.'s Alexis Arabatzis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ernesto Margoni in the 33rd minute of play. 34 minutes into the match, Camillo Tellini had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alexis Arabatzis. MICE F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Camillo Tellini was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. In the 44th minute, Giannis Georgiou hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

The wind increased when Ernesto Margoni made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Ernesto Margoni hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 55 minutes into the match, MICE F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Ernesto Margoni came free, but Alexis Arabatzis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alexis Arabatzis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Davide Zangari, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Kroton F.C. booed when MICE F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Babbis Markonis didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 60th minute, Dennis Celli ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alexis Arabatzis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Camillo Tellini could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Alexis Arabatzis made a huge save. With a little luck, MICE F.C.'s Alexis Arabatzis got control of the ball when Davide Zangari tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 66 played minutes MICE F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Miltiadis Kolitsis. MICE F.C.'s Alexis Arabatzis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristiano Ciarrocchi in the 67th minute of play. Alexis Arabatzis didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 69th minute, which inside left pole to 0-4. Alexis Arabatzis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ernesto Margoni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ernesto Margoni got free with Alexis Arabatzis in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 81st minute, Kroton F.C.'s Davide Zangari ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Alexis Arabatzis. Alexis Arabatzis yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-5. In the 87th match minute, MICE F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Miltiadis Kolitsis to maneuver through the defense. Marek Pyrzyce's late challenge caught a Kroton F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marek Pyrzyce helped the player get up and apologised. In the 91st match minute, MICE F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marek Pyrzyce to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ernesto Margoni in the 94th minute of play forced MICE F.C.'s goalkeeper Alexis Arabatzis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. MICE F.C.'s Alexis Arabatzis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Camillo Tellini in the 95th minute of play. The MICE F.C. fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Kroton F.C. were clearly better and deserved to take the win.