U21 League

ERGOTELIS MARTINEGO
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Vaggelis Tsigounakis got the match started through his kick off. ERGOTELIS's Panagiotis Kastanis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gerasimos Patsionidis in the 3rd minute of play. Panagiotis Kastanis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fanis Kapernekas went, in the 5th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After some careless play in the ERGOTELIS defense, Fanis Kapernekas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Panagiotis Kastanis. The ERGOTELIS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Panagiotis Kastanis should have stopped the shot. Panagiotis Kastanis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fanis Kapernekas, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. In the 17th minute Gerasimos Patsionidis 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 some careless play in the ERGOTELIS defense, Sokratis Symeonakis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Panagiotis Kastanis. The ERGOTELIS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Panagiotis Kastanis should have stopped the shot. RO Army V55's Thodoris Tabakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vaggelis Tsigounakis in the 28th minute of play. After some careless play in the ERGOTELIS defense, Sokratis Symeonakis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Panagiotis Kastanis. The ERGOTELIS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Panagiotis Kastanis should have stopped the shot. 43 minutes into the match, Sokratis Symeonakis notched a goal, 0-5, 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. If Gerasimos Patsionidis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Panagiotis Kastanis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fanis Kapernekas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gerasimos Patsionidis made a kick off. Panagiotis Kastanis made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Gerasimos Patsionidis sent off a good shot on target. When Ermis Kontominas fell near the penalty area in the 56th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored RO Army V55's protests and gave Ermis Kontominas a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of ERGOTELIS booed when RO Army V55 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ermis Kontominas didn't get a good kick on the ball. ERGOTELIS's Panagiotis Kastanis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save ERGOTELIS from getting a goal against them. After 63 played minutes ERGOTELIS got a freekick which was hit by Christos Dimitriadis. After having played for 64 minutes, Gerasimos Patsionidis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. RO Army V55's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gerasimos Patsionidis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 68th match minute, ERGOTELIS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vaggelis Tsigounakis to maneuver through the defense. Panagiotis Kastanis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gerasimos Patsionidis in the 70th minute of the match. Gerasimos Patsionidis struck a weak shot in the 75th minute. Panagiotis Kastanis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for RO Army V55. 77 minutes into the match, ERGOTELIS's goalkeeper Panagiotis Kastanis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gerasimos Patsionidis. Fanis Kapernekas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 82nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Giannis Dimakoglou kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. Fanis Kapernekas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Panagiotis Kastanis having to interfere. When the match was over RO Army V55 could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than ERGOTELIS throughout the match.