U23 League

Durex Stadium
Spectators: 158 (Terracing: 119, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kithairon Moundalexakis took the kick off in the first half of the match. Sabri Fouquet made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kithairon Moundalexakis in the 8th minute of play. Manolis Katsambis made a fantastic save in the 16th minute, when Yann Scott sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s Skhoineus Nikolaou got a free kick in the 25th minute. In the 27th minute, Yann Scott ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Manolis Katsambis was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Manolis Katsambis made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Dominique Virapin sent off a good shot on target. 32 minutes into the match, Thibaut Mazieres notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s Manolis Katsambis. Manolis Katsambis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 37th minute of the match La Pointe Courte got a corner. ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Wilfried Mahé ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 45 minutes, Myrtilos Georgousopoulos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ and the La Pointe Courte players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 45th minute, one of ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽. The referee gave La Pointe Courte a penalty, 48 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Wilfried Mahé, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s Manolis Katsambis. 4-0. 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.

Manolis Katsambis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from John Holmes in the 54th minute of the match. After 60 minutes, Charalambos Kouropoulos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ and the La Pointe Courte players grew even worse after the yellow card. 63 minutes into the match, ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s goal looked a bit too open when Dominique Virapin came free, but Manolis Katsambis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. La Pointe Courte made a substitution. Patxi Seux replaced Thibaut Mazieres. La Pointe Courte's Mathys Guigon was substituted for Dominique Virapin. The corner led to La Pointe Courte's Jean-Pascal Hingant getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. In the 67th minute Yann Scott 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. Manolis Katsambis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patxi Seux in the 70th minute of play. After a rather tough play, ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s Skhoineus Nikolaou got a free kick in the 71st minute. 77 minutes into the game, Yann Scott cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-0. Manolis Katsambis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Kithairon Moundalexakis blasted a shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Sabri Fouquet having to make a save. In the 84th minute Yann Scott 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. Manolis Katsambis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from John Holmes, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. In the 94th minute Yann Scott 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mathys Guigon in the 97th minute of play forced ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s goalkeeper Manolis Katsambis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 99 minutes into the match, ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s goal looked a bit too open when Mathys Guigon came free, but Manolis Katsambis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Manolis Katsambis came out of the goal in the 100th minute to try and stop a shot by La Pointe Courte's John Holmes. But to his dismay, John Holmes quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 8-0. When the referee ended the match the La Pointe Courte players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.