U23 League

Fred Aubert
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gaël Rats made the kick off which started today's match. Aggelos Markoulis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Baptiste Demestre in the 5th minute of the match. In the 5th minute Baptiste Demestre shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aggelos Markoulis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Le Stade Briochin UC's Tord Waller played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Loukianos Venetidis in the 9th minute of play. Jocelyn Benito's late challenge caught a Glyka Nera FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jocelyn Benito helped the player get up and apologised. Jocelyn Benito hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gaël Rats in the 14th minute of play forced Glyka Nera FC's goalkeeper Aggelos Markoulis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Glyka Nera FC's Aggelos Markoulis got control of the ball when Tony Amadieu tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gaël Rats in the 20th minute of play forced Glyka Nera FC's goalkeeper Aggelos Markoulis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd match minute, Le Stade Briochin UC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jocelyn Benito to maneuver through the defense. Vaggelis Giannopoulatos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tord Waller having to interfere. Tord Waller showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vaggelis Giannopoulatos, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Aggelos Markoulis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gaël Rats, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aggelos Markoulis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gaël Rats in the 32nd minute. Glyka Nera FC's attentive Prodromos Karnoupakis managed to snatch the ball when Tony Amadieu made a throw-in in the 40th minute of the game. 43 minutes into the match, Glyka Nera FC's goal looked a bit too open when Baptiste Demestre came free, but Aggelos Markoulis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Le Stade Briochin UC made a substitution. Håkan Petersson replaced Tony Amadieu. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vaggelis Giannopoulatos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Glyka Nera FC getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Prodromos Karnoupakis hit a great ball. If Baptiste Demestre had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 67 minutes into the match, Le Stade Briochin UC's Gaël Rats sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aggelos Markoulis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 68th minute of the match Le Stade Briochin UC got a corner. Glyka Nera FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jocelyn Benito ran over to the corner to take the kick. Vaggelis Giannopoulatos's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 70thth minute, Tord Waller skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 76th minute Soulis Avramidis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tord Waller saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Le Stade Briochin UC made a substitution. Jairo Mantzio replaced Håkan Petersson. In the 91st minute Jairo Mantzio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aggelos Markoulis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aggelos Markoulis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jairo Mantzio in the 95th minute of the match. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.