U23 League

Crypto.com Stadium
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Viktoras Natsikas started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd minute, Vakoufi Utd's Viktoras Natsikas ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Luiz Fabiano Vieira. Luiz Fabiano Vieira yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Petros Vasdekis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniele Arioli, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. 15 minutes into the game, Vakoufi Utd's Viktoras Natsikas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Luiz Fabiano Vieira made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Thanks to some nice moves Viktoras Natsikas could shoot a difficult shot in the 22nd minute, which Luiz Fabiano Vieira however easily saved by the left post. In the 23rd match minute, Vakoufi Utd was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Manfredo Cavalcante to maneuver through the defense. When Cristoforo Di Berardino fell near the penalty area in the 24th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Cacciola's protests and gave Cristoforo Di Berardino a yellow card for diving instead. After 24 played minutes Cacciola got a freekick which was hit by Cristoforo Di Berardino. If Cristoforo Di Berardino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Cacciola booed when Vakoufi Utd was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Akakios Vogiatzakis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Petros Vasdekis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniele Arioli, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Petros Vasdekis came out of the goal in the 38th minute to try and stop a shot by Cacciola's Frank Cavallo. But to his dismay, Frank Cavallo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Petros Vasdekis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniele Arioli in the 41st minute of play. Christos Ouzounidis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Luiz Fabiano Vieira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nektarios Korakakis during the 44th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Vakoufi Utd's Nektarios Korakakis got a free kick in the 45th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniele Arioli to make the kick off. In the 53rdth minute of the game Zinon Papadakos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cacciola's Luiz Fabiano Vieira was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 53 minutes, Zinon Papadakos put it in 3-1 from a short distance just to the right of Luiz Fabiano Vieira. Luiz Fabiano Vieira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christos Ouzounidis in the 58th minute of the match. 59 minutes into the game, Daan Jurásek was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Cacciola's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Vakoufi Utd the free kick. Daan Jurásek hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. In the 60th minute the ball was on its way in behind Cacciola's goalkeeper Luiz Fabiano Vieira, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Luiz Fabiano Vieira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zinon Papadakos in the 64th minute of play. In the 65th match minute, Cacciola was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Enrico Manzoli to maneuver through the defense. In the 69th minute Daniele Arioli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Petros Vasdekis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cristoforo Di Berardino scored 3-2 in the 73rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Petros Vasdekis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Viktoras Natsikas in the 78th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Luiz Fabiano Vieira saved Cacciola from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zacharias Papagiannoulis in the 80th minute of play forced Cacciola's goalkeeper Luiz Fabiano Vieira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 80 played minutes Cacciola got a freekick which was hit by Daan Jurásek. Vakoufi Utd's Petros Vasdekis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniele Arioli in the 83rd minute of play. Cacciola's Davide Masetti managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Andreas Mantarinopoulos in the 87 minute of the game. Vakoufi Utd's Petros Vasdekis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristoforo Di Berardino in the 90th minute of play. With a little luck, Vakoufi Utd's Petros Vasdekis got control of the ball when Cristoforo Di Berardino tried to sneak it across the goal line. 94 minutes into the game, Cristoforo Di Berardino recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Petros Vasdekis. Cristoforo Di Berardino showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-3.