U21 League

Sta Dio Boscone
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Sakis Manousos started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Pantelis Chatzivelos hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. After 7 minutes of play, Cesano Boscone's Davide Zoff made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Miltos Kyriazis was left in no man's land by his defense there! AEK S.C's Miltos Kyriazis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dario Oberrauch in the 10th minute of play. The supporters of Cesano Boscone booed when AEK S.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anastasios Lazos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Enrico Eleuteri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sakis Manousos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 14 played minutes AEK S.C got a freekick which was hit by Fanis Torosidis. In the 17th minute, Miltos Argyrakos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Enrico Eleuteri was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Miltos Kyriazis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Davide Zoff in the 24th minute. A collision led to AEK S.C getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Soulis Karataidis hit a great ball. In the 28th match minute, AEK S.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Soulis Karataidis to maneuver through the defense. After 29 played minutes, Cesano Boscone's Antonio Bosco shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Miltos Kyriazis came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Cesano Boscone reached it. Cesano Boscone's Enrico Eleuteri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Demis Ksiros in the 31st minute of play. In the 33rd minute, AEK S.C's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Ermanno Sciamanna fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ermanno Sciamanna during the 35th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ermanno Sciamanna hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sakis Manousos in the 36th minute of play forced Cesano Boscone's goalkeeper Enrico Eleuteri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Davide Zoff to make the kick off. Omiros Argyriou's late challenge caught a Cesano Boscone's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Omiros Argyriou helped the player get up and apologised. In the 59th minute, Alfredo Cannata hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 60th play minute Sakis Manousos came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Enrico Eleuteri. 1-3. The supporters of AEK S.C booed when Cesano Boscone was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ermanno Sciamanna didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 68th minute, Alfredo Cannata left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cesano Boscone fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. When AEK S.C's Prodromos Banasopoulos in the 72nd minute got a chance for a shot 72nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Cesano Boscone's goalie prevented a goal. Miltos Kyriazis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Davide Zoff in the 79th minute of the match. During the 82nd minute of the match Ermanno Sciamanna completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Ermanno Sciamanna a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After a rather tough play, Cesano Boscone's Ermanno Sciamanna got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Miltos Argyrakos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Cesano Boscone getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Florian Giocondo hit a great ball. Miltos Argyrakos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The AEK S.C supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing AEK S.C would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.