U23 League

Stadio Montesacro
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ermanno Marcolongo took the kick off in the first half of the match. Ermanno Marcolongo hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Antonio Teodori got free with Filippos Serametakis in the 6th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Florian Pinti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Easton Krasakis in the 10th minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 14 minutes, Filippos Serametakis successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 16th minute Chatziioannou Theofilakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Florian Pinti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Florian Pinti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vladimiros Pardalakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. If Ermanno Marcolongo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After some careless play in the Talenti Roma Calcio defense, Vladimiros Pardalakis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Florian Pinti. The Talenti Roma Calcio fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Florian Pinti should have stopped the shot. Bernardo Garofoli could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Filippos Serametakis made a huge save. After 43 minutes of play, Talenti Roma Calcio's Ermanno Marcolongo made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Filippos Serametakis was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Vladimiros Pardalakis was the one to do the kick off. Vladimiros Pardalakis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 53rd minute of the match, but Florian Pinti made a huge save. 54 minutes into the game, Talenti Roma Calcio's Ermanno Marcolongo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Filippos Serametakis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernardo Garofoli in the 57th minute of play forced MICE F.C.'s goalkeeper Filippos Serametakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 72 played minutes Talenti Roma Calcio got a freekick which was hit by Antonio Teodori. Florian Pinti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chatziioannou Theofilakis in the 76th minute of the match. After 78 played minutes MICE F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Petros Labiris. After 81 played minutes Stefanos Stavroulis rounded Talenti Roma Calcio's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 3-2. In the 87th minute, Ermanno Marcolongo 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. Florian Pinti took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stefanos Stavroulis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. MICE F.C.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Christos Koumis in the 94th minute. A nice corner shot did that Stefanos Stavroulis got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Florian Pinti quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Talenti Roma Calcio had won after a very even match.