U23 League

Sombra Arena
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, 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. Dionysis Papageorgopoulos started the match with the kick off. Lykurgos Tableriou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dionysis Papageorgopoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Lykurgos Tableriou came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by Kolopetinitsa's Vassilis Karataidis. But to his dismay, Vassilis Karataidis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 7th minute, Simos Mellios got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Lykurgos Tableriou came out of the goal in the 13th minute to try and stop a shot by Kolopetinitsa's Nasos Aggeliou. But to his dismay, Nasos Aggeliou quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. In the 18th minute, Dionysis Papageorgopoulos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Kolopetinitsa fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. After 22 played minutes ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ got a freekick which was hit by Helios Ladas. After 27 played minutes ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ got a freekick which was hit by Eteokles Milionis. Kolopetinitsa's Simos Mellios got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 33rd minute, Vassilis Karataidis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lykurgos Tableriou was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Lykurgos Tableriou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dionysis Papageorgopoulos in the 37th minute of the match. 39 minutes into the match, Kolopetinitsa's goal looked a bit too open when Telis Tableriou came free, but Stergios Samartzis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 42 minutes into the game, Telis Tableriou was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Kolopetinitsa the free kick. Telis Tableriou hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Nasos Aggeliou fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lykurgos Tableriou having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Charalambos Blades to strike the kick off in the second half. With an all-out effort, Kolopetinitsa's Lykurgos Tableriou threw himself towards the right post 55 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Dionysis Papageorgopoulos, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. A collision led to Kolopetinitsa getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Daniil Panagopoulos hit a great ball. In the 65th minute, Kolopetinitsa's Markos Melisofagos dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-6. Dimos Kokoris charged in rather forcefully in the 71st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dimos Kokoris the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Kolopetinitsa booed when ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dimos Kokoris didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vassilis Karataidis got free with Lykurgos Tableriou in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 73rd match minute, ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amykos Stamatelopoulos to maneuver through the defense. Lykurgos Tableriou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dionysis Papageorgopoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Charalambos Blades sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Kolopetinitsa's Dionysis Papageorgopoulos managed to work through ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Dionysis Papageorgopoulos dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Vassilis Karataidis's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Lykurgos Tableriou firmly grabbed it by the left post. Stergios Samartzis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Telis Tableriou in the 90th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽'s Helios Ladas got a free kick in the 90th minute. In the 91st minute of the match Daniil Panagopoulos shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Lykurgos Tableriou showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Kolopetinitsa's Stergios Samartzis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Charalambos Blades in the 93rd minute of play. Markos Melisofagos made in the 94th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Nasos Aggeliou. Lykurgos Tableriou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dionysis Papageorgopoulos in the 95th minute of play. In the 96th minute Dionysis Papageorgopoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lykurgos Tableriou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kolopetinitsa played a much better game than ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ and deserved their victory. The ⚽ Sombra Amarella ⚽ players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.