U23 League

Kotetsi
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Francesco Di Sante started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. With his leg Damiano Rosato managed to avoid a goal in the 3rdth minute, when Kolopetinitsa's Vassilis Karataidis fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. If Francesco Di Sante had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vassilis Karataidis struck a weak shot in the 11th minute. Damiano Rosato didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Kolopetinitsa. Stergios Samartzis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francesco Di Sante in the 14th minute of the match. Damiano Rosato showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nasos Aggeliou, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Damiano Rosato showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dionysis Papageorgopoulos in the 25th minute of the match. After 26 minutes, Ciccio Stella mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sconvols United and the Kolopetinitsa players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 26th minute, Ciccio Stella hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Damiano Rosato made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when Vassilis Karataidis sent off a good shot on target. Sconvols United's Damiano Rosato played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Markos Melisofagos in the 30th minute of play. Vassilis Karataidis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Damiano Rosato made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vassilis Karataidis got free with Damiano Rosato in the 40th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ennio Puce charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ennio Puce the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Kolopetinitsa booed when Sconvols United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ennio Puce didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 46th match minute, Sconvols United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ennio Puce to maneuver through the defense. 48 minutes into the match, Sconvols United's goalkeeper Damiano Rosato had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dionysis Papageorgopoulos. Dionysis Papageorgopoulos spun around in front of the goal 48 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Sconvols United's goal. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dionysis Papageorgopoulos was the one to do the kick off. Sconvols United's Damiano Rosato played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Markos Melisofagos in the 52nd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Markos Melisofagos in the 52nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Damiano Rosato saved Sconvols United from getting behind. When the match clock showed 53 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Markos Melisofagos sped through Sconvols United's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Damiano Rosato. Damiano Rosato came out of the goal in the 56th minute to try and stop a shot by Kolopetinitsa's Dionysis Papageorgopoulos. But to his dismay, Dionysis Papageorgopoulos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. When the match had gone on for 60 minutes, Markos Melisofagos put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of Damiano Rosato. After 64 minutes of play, Kolopetinitsa's Dionysis Papageorgopoulos made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Damiano Rosato was left in no man's land by his defense there! 70 minutes into the match, Vassilis Karataidis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Damiano Rosato. Sconvols United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Vassilis Karataidis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. Dionysis Papageorgopoulos took the ball and in the 76 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Damiano Rosato. Damiano Rosato dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-0. In the 80th match minute, Sconvols United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Francesco Bevilacqua to maneuver through the defense. Markos Melisofagos took the ball and in the 82 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Damiano Rosato. Damiano Rosato dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 8-0. In the 86thth minute of the game Francesco Di Sante who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Kolopetinitsa's Stergios Samartzis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 88 played minutes Sconvols United got a freekick which was hit by Carter Anelli. Damiano Rosato didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dionysis Papageorgopoulos went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 9-0 was the resulting score. Damiano Rosato didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nasos Aggeliou went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 10-0 was the resulting score. Sakis Touronis's late challenge caught a Sconvols United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sakis Touronis helped the player get up and apologised. In the 96th minute, Sakis Touronis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Francesco Bevilacqua had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 98th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Kolopetinitsa had played much better football throughout.