U21 League

Verteboϊga Stadium
Spectators: 148 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Antonis Sapounopoulos kicked off to start the match. Spyros Daskalakis kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. 10 minutes into the game, Christos Karapiperis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Nikos Leontoulis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 13th minute, Miltiadis Alexopoulos got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 16th minute Alexis Gelis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikos Leontoulis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 17th match minute, Kolopetinitsa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vlassis Mintiouris to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 18 minutes, Sotiris Moscholidis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sotiris Moscholidis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Nikos Leontoulis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aggelos Labrakis in the 20th minute of play. In the 24th minute, Kolopetinitsa's Miltiadis Alexopoulos seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Miltiadis Alexopoulos the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Kolopetinitsa protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Miltiadis Alexopoulos had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 25th match minute, Kolopetinitsa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Miltiadis Alexopoulos to maneuver through the defense. Nikos Leontoulis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aggelos Labrakis in the 28th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 29 minutes, Nikos Leontoulis successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Tilemachos Karagiotas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Alkaios Kalfopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Kolopetinitsa getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Akis Kiakis hit a great ball. 43 minutes into the match, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ's goal looked a bit too open when Tilemachos Karagiotas came free, but Alkaios Kalfopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Alexis Gelis came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ 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 Alexis Gelis couldn't finish the play. With an all-out effort, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ's Nikos Leontoulis threw himself towards the right post 47 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Errikos Ntougeroglou, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Spyros Daskalakis was the one to do the kick off. When Kolopetinitsa's Spyros Daskalakis in the 51st minute got a chance for a shot 51st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ's goalie prevented a goal. With a little luck, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ's Alkaios Kalfopoulos got control of the ball when Tilemachos Karagiotas tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 67th match minute, Kolopetinitsa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Akis Kiakis to maneuver through the defense. Spyros Daskalakis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alkaios Kalfopoulos having to interfere. Chrisostomos Proussalidis hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Fotis Papadias succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-1 in the 81st playminute. The Kolopetinitsa players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.