U21 League

Bisturi Arena
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alvise Micucci started the match with the kick off. 8 minutes into the match, Bisturi F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Avraam Karavokiris came free, but Emanuele Donadoni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 12 minutes of play, Bisturi F.C.'s Alvise Micucci made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Renos Valantis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Alvise Micucci scored 2-0 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Renos Valantis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Alvise Micucci could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Renos Valantis made a huge save. After a defensive mix-up in MONAXOS's zone, Alvise Micucci stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Renos Valantis came out of the goal and Alvise Micucci tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Renos Valantis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alvise Micucci in the 26th minute of play. In the 29th minute, Alvise Micucci hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 33rdth minute of the game Alvise Micucci who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but MONAXOS's Renos Valantis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 33 minutes into the game, Alvise Micucci lined in a short shot 3-0 behind a frustrated Renos Valantis. In the 38th match minute, Bisturi F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Comunardo Del Monte to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alvise Micucci in the 42nd minute of play forced MONAXOS's goalkeeper Renos Valantis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 42 minutes into the match, MONAXOS's goal looked a bit too open when Alvise Micucci came free, but Renos Valantis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dario Mazzei's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Renos Valantis firmly grabbed it by the left post. When Fotis Stamatakos came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the MONAXOS fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Fotis Stamatakos couldn't finish the play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Fotis Stamatakos was the one to do the kick off. After 52 played minutes Bisturi F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Alvise Micucci. A throw-in in the 57th minute of the game was made by Marinos Paraskevopoulos with Nektarios Kontopoulos as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alvise Micucci in the 59th minute of play forced MONAXOS's goalkeeper Renos Valantis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Renos Valantis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alvise Micucci went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alfredo Oroni during the 63rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Bisturi F.C.'s Alfredo Oroni got a free kick in the 63rd minute. In the 68th minute, Federico Azzolina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Renos Valantis didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Bisturi F.C.'s Alvise Micucci shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 5-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Renos Valantis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dario Mazzei's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. Emanuele Donadoni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fotis Stamatakos in the 78th minute of the match. After having played for 79 minutes, Fotis Stamatakos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. MONAXOS's supporters crossed their fingers, but Fotis Stamatakos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Renos Valantis came out of the goal in the 81st minute to try and stop a shot by Bisturi F.C.'s Alvise Micucci. But to his dismay, Alvise Micucci quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. After a rather tough play, Bisturi F.C.'s Dario Mazzei got a free kick in the 84th minute. Alvise Micucci hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Federico Azzolina during the 88th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Bisturi F.C. getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Federico Azzolina hit a great ball. Avraam Karavokiris hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in MONAXOS's zone, Dario Mazzei stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Renos Valantis came out of the goal and Dario Mazzei tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 94th minute, Dario Marcelli left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Bisturi F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0. MONAXOS's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.