U23 League

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Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Olympiacos FC's Theofilos Touboulis started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Vachon Sánchez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xosé Lim in the 3rd minute of play. Theofilos Touboulis's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Vachon Sánchez read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 6th minute of play. The supporters of Lunar Park booed when Olympiacos FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Xosé Lim didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Soulis Partalis came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Olympiacos FC 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 Soulis Partalis couldn't finish the play. 15 minutes into the match, Olympiacos FC's goalkeeper Anastasios Perakis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by 盛世 Paolini. Anastasios Perakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Viet in the 19th minute of the match. 23 minutes into the match, Lunar Park's goal looked a bit too open when Theofilos Touboulis came free, but Vachon Sánchez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 25th minute Theofilos Touboulis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vachon Sánchez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 26th minute, Theofilos Touboulis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vachon Sánchez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Theofilos Touboulis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Anastasios Perakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 盛世 Paolini, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Theofilos Touboulis in the 32nd minute of play forced Lunar Park's goalkeeper Vachon Sánchez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fotis Nousias charged in rather forcefully in the 33rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fotis Nousias the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Fotis Nousias kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. Vachon Sánchez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Theofilos Touboulis, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Anastasios Perakis made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when 盛世 Paolini sent off a good shot on target. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Panos Ntountas in the 43rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Vachon Sánchez prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell 盛世 Paolini to make the kick off. A collision led to Olympiacos FC getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Nikiforos Valaoras hit a great ball. 52 minutes into the match, Olympiacos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Carlos Viet came free, but Anastasios Perakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xosé Lim in the 53rd minute of play forced Lunar Park's goalkeeper Vachon Sánchez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 盛世 Paolini blasted a shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Anastasios Perakis having to make a save. Anastasios Perakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 盛世 Paolini in the 55th minute of play. When 盛世 Paolini came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the Lunar Park 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 盛世 Paolini couldn't finish the play. Jacques Zunino kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. In the 61st minute of the match Panos Ntountas sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Vachon Sánchez skillfully saved the ball. Anastasios Perakis came out of the goal in the 64th minute to try and stop a shot by Lunar Park's 盛世 Paolini. But to his dismay, 盛世 Paolini quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Anastasios Perakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 盛世 Paolini in the 68th minute of play. Anastasios Perakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 盛世 Paolini, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. In the 72nd minute Panos Ntountas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vachon Sánchez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Vachon Sánchez managed to avoid a goal in the 74thth minute, when Olympiacos FC's Panos Ntountas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 盛世 Paolini might have been able to make a better finish in the 83rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Anastasios Perakis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. 盛世 Paolini ran back to his position shaking his head. Anastasios Perakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 盛世 Paolini, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Lunar Park's Vachon Sánchez proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Lunar Park from getting a goal against them. 盛世 Paolini struck a weak shot in the 87th minute. Anastasios Perakis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Lunar Park. In the 88th match minute, Lunar Park was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 盛世 Paolini to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that 盛世 Paolini's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anastasios Perakis was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. In the 95th minute, 盛世 Paolini hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.