U21 League

Colosseum
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Vaggelis Tsigounakis made the kick off which started today's match. The audience was convinced that Fabiano Tatangelo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Panagiotis Kastanis was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. Angelo Marchegiani's late challenge caught a ERGOTELIS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Angelo Marchegiani helped the player get up and apologised. Angelo Marchegiani hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. If Fabiano Tatangelo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 12 minutes into the match, ERGOTELIS's goalkeeper Panagiotis Kastanis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fabiano Tatangelo. In the 13th minute Bianco Carozza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Panagiotis Kastanis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 15th minute Nikos Kontosoros shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aurelio Epifani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Panagiotis Kastanis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Beppe Rivera, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Dimitris Krasakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Amedeo Orlandi charged in rather forcefully in the 21st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Amedeo Orlandi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 21 played minutes Gladiator FC got a freekick which was hit by Amedeo Orlandi. After 23 played minutes ERGOTELIS got a freekick which was hit by Daniil Vardakas. After 35 played minutes Beppe Rivera rounded ERGOTELIS's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. In the 41st minute, Beppe Rivera fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Panagiotis Kastanis, passed just outside the right post. Eraldo Taglieri hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. After 46 played minutes Gladiator FC got a freekick which was hit by Fabiano Tatangelo. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Bianco Carozza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Panagiotis Kastanis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Beppe Rivera sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 58 minutes into the game, Beppe Rivera cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Panagiotis Kastanis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 68 minutes into the match, Beppe Rivera notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of ERGOTELIS's Panagiotis Kastanis. Panagiotis Kastanis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 71st minute, Bianco Carozza ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Panagiotis Kastanis was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. If Beppe Rivera had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 81st minute Beppe Rivera shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Panagiotis Kastanis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, ERGOTELIS's Thanasis Rizos got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Panagiotis Kastanis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Beppe Rivera, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. After a rather tough play, ERGOTELIS's Giannis Dimakoglou got a free kick in the 89th minute. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Gladiator FC had won after a very even match.