U23 League

io.dasola stadium
Spectators: 158 (Terracing: 119, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Emanuele Di Biagio started the match with the kick off. io.dasola's Emanuele Di Biagio suffered a concussion in the 2nd minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. io.dasola made a substitution. Christian Pan replaced Emanuele Di Biagio. In the 4th minute, Iakchos Zaloumi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ennio Costantini struck a weak shot in the 4th minute. Manolis Katsambis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for io.dasola. 6 minutes into the game, Christian Pan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Manolis Katsambis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Manolis Katsambis was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Christian Pan showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 15 minute of play. After a rather tough play, ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s Iakchos Manetas got a free kick in the 19th minute. After 22 minutes of play, io.dasola's Christian Pan 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! 25 minutes into the match, ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s goalkeeper Manolis Katsambis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Annamaya Hannah. When Dionysos Avgerinos came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ 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 Dionysos Avgerinos couldn't finish the play. Alisson Becker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kithairon Moundalexakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. 32 minutes into the match, ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s goal looked a bit too open when Annamaya Hannah came free, but Manolis Katsambis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Dionysos Avgerinos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of io.dasola booed when ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Myrtilos Georgousopoulos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Manolis Katsambis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabiano Farina in the 43rd minute of the match. If Christian Pan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kithairon Moundalexakis to make the kick off. ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s Manolis Katsambis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christian Pan in the 51st minute of play. 52 minutes into the game, Annamaya Hannah cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Manolis Katsambis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Lefteris Mersinias kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. 60 minutes into the match, Christian Pan 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 Christian Pan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. In the 73rd minute Christian Pan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manolis Katsambis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 74 minutes, Dionysos Avgerinos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ and the io.dasola players grew even worse after the yellow card. Annamaya Hannah scored 7-0 in the 78th 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. A collision led to ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Myrtilos Georgousopoulos hit a great ball. 89 minutes into the match, ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s goal looked a bit too open when Annamaya Hannah came free, but Manolis Katsambis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Aris Kouklakis hit a great ball. In the 95th minute, Christian Pan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The io.dasola fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 8-0. There was no doubt that io.dasola were the better team. io.dasola's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.