U23 League

Πανθεσσαλικό Στάδιο
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) CA Boca Jrs's Fabiano Paglione started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, Tabachana F.C.'s Efthimis Stamatiadis got a free kick in the 6th minute. Akis Vasilakopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aurelio Epifani, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. In the 19th minute Aurelio Epifani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Akis Vasilakopoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 20th minute, Alexis Idrotoglou 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. 21 minutes into the match, Tabachana F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Dario Vittorio came free, but Akis Vasilakopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Odysseas Portoulidis kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. Akis Vasilakopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dario Vittorio, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Odysseas Portoulidis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 35 minutes into the game, Odysseas Portoulidis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Bruno Forlano was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 38th minute, Tabachana F.C.'s Michalis Kalamaridis seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Michalis Kalamaridis the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Tabachana F.C. protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Michalis Kalamaridis had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Aurelio Epifani took the ball and in the 42 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Akis Vasilakopoulos. Akis Vasilakopoulos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. Emilio Galeone charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Emilio Galeone the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After the first half CA Boca Jrs were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Alexis Idrotoglou made a kick off. Bruno Forlano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexis Idrotoglou, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Dario Vittorio fell near the penalty area in the 54th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored CA Boca Jrs's protests and gave Dario Vittorio a yellow card for diving instead. In the 54th match minute, CA Boca Jrs was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dario Vittorio to maneuver through the defense. Akis Vasilakopoulos was a little too slow when Fabiano Paglione got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 57th minute. The score was now 1-4. 61 minutes into the match, Tabachana F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Fabiano Paglione came free, but Akis Vasilakopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Fabiano Paglione kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Akis Vasilakopoulos. That made the score 1-5 in the 62 minute of play. Akis Vasilakopoulos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fabiano Paglione, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 67 played minutes CA Boca Jrs got a freekick which was hit by Carlo Maestri. If Dario Vittorio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 71 played minutes Tabachana F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Efthimis Stamatiadis. Akis Vasilakopoulos was a little too slow when Dario Vittorio got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 73rd minute. The score was now 1-6. If Dennis Castagna had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Akis Vasilakopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aurelio Epifani in the 78th minute of the match. Akis Vasilakopoulos made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when Aurelio Epifani sent off a good shot on target. In the 83rd minute Fabiano Paglione shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Akis Vasilakopoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Giannis Tzougarakis kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. Aurelio Epifani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Akis Vasilakopoulos having to interfere. Akis Vasilakopoulos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dario Vittorio in the 89th minute. Avraam Vikatos's late challenge caught a CA Boca Jrs's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Avraam Vikatos helped the player get up and apologised. Avraam Vikatos kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. Aurelio Epifani received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Akis Vasilakopoulos came out and tried to block the shot, but Aurelio Epifani slotted it home off the left post making it 1-7 in the 92nd minute. 96 minutes into the match, Dennis Castagna notched a goal, 1-8, to the right of Tabachana F.C.'s Akis Vasilakopoulos. Akis Vasilakopoulos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. CA Boca Jrs played a much better game than Tabachana F.C. and deserved their victory. The Tabachana F.C. players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.