U23 League

Royal Parc
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Maurice Chalaye got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to Royal PSG getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Tom Galpin hit a great ball. Maurice Chalaye blasted a shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Manolis Katsambis having to make a save. ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s Manolis Katsambis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ from getting a goal against them. Manolis Katsambis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Thomas Ribiere in the 6th minute. Maurice Chalaye scored 1-0 in the 8th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Manolis Katsambis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Manolis Katsambis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maurice Chalaye, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 13 played minutes Maurice Chalaye rounded ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-0. Charalambos Kouropoulos hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. After 21 minutes of play, Royal PSG's Tom Galpin made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Manolis Katsambis was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s Skhoineus Nikolaou got a free kick in the 31st minute. 33 minutes into the match, Maurice Chalaye dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Manolis Katsambis, 5-0. The supporters of ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ booed when Royal PSG was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Maurice Chalaye didn't get a good kick on the ball. 38 minutes into the match, Maurice Chalaye had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Manolis Katsambis. ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Maurice Chalaye was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. Maurice Chalaye received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Manolis Katsambis came out and tried to block the shot, but Maurice Chalaye slotted it home off the left post making it 7-0 in the 42nd minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Maurice Chalaye in the 46th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Manolis Katsambis saved ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ from getting behind. Manolis Katsambis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Maurice Chalaye's shot from short distance in the 47th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 7-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Kithairon Moundalexakis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 50th match minute, Royal PSG was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabian Herbelin to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maurice Chalaye in the 53rd minute of play forced ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s goalkeeper Manolis Katsambis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ defense, Tom Galpin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Manolis Katsambis. The ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Manolis Katsambis should have stopped the shot. A collision led to ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Skhoineus Nikolaou hit a great ball. After 62 played minutes ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ got a freekick which was hit by Myrtilos Georgousopoulos. In the 64th minute the ball was on its way in behind ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s goalkeeper Manolis Katsambis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Royal PSG's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tom Galpin in the 66th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Gustave Szymczak heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Bacary Filloux made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Kithairon Moundalexakis sent off a good shot on target. Royal PSG's Jean-Yves Fresnais quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Skhoineus Nikolaou, made in the 74th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Maurice Chalaye's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Manolis Katsambis was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. Manolis Katsambis came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by Royal PSG's Tom Galpin. But to his dismay, Tom Galpin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 10-0. In the 83rdth minute of the game Maurice Chalaye who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s Manolis Katsambis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Maurice Chalaye in the 83rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Manolis Katsambis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Manolis Katsambis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Maurice Chalaye's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. In the 89th minute, Skhoineus Nikolaou hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s zone, Maurice Chalaye stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Manolis Katsambis came out of the goal and Maurice Chalaye tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. There was no doubt that Royal PSG were the better team. Royal PSG's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.