U23 League

JLM Zunni Club
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Vaggelis Giannakidis made the kick off which started today's match. Shemaya Zelika made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paris Latousakis in the 8th minute of play. Paris Latousakis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 9th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Vaggelis Giannakidis took the ball and in the 9 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Shemaya Zelika. Shemaya Zelika dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Shemaya Zelika didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vaggelis Giannakidis went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Omry Azraev received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Kostas Periandros came out and tried to block the shot, but Omry Azraev slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 15th minute. A collision led to Magen David getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Evron Rufus hit a great ball. In the 20th minute of the match Spyros Kyrimlis shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Shemaya Zelika showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 22nd minute, Avraam Maggioros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alvon Condor in the 25thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Kostas Periandros, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 26th minute, Nikos Micheloudakis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pagos FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. Nikos Micheloudakis succeeded in the game's 30th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-4. Omry Azraev charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Omry Azraev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Magen David getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Omry Azraev hit a great ball. 37 minutes into the game, Toar Michelin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Magen David's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Pagos FC the free kick. In the 47th minute Nikos Micheloudakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Shemaya Zelika saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half Pagos FC were leading 1-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alvon Condor to make the kick off. In the 55th minute, Pagos FC's Nikos Micheloudakis dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-6. Vaggelis Giannakidis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Shemaya Zelika tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Magen David's Shemaya Zelika played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikos Micheloudakis in the 64th minute of play. Kostas Periandros came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by Magen David's Alvon Condor. But to his dismay, Alvon Condor quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-6. After some careless play in the Magen David defense, Nikos Micheloudakis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Shemaya Zelika. The Magen David fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Shemaya Zelika should have stopped the shot. The supporters of Pagos FC booed when Magen David was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Omry Azraev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Omry Azraev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Kostas Periandros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 86th minute, Alvon Condor made a precise shot to the right of Kostas Periandros. Pagos FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-7. Shemaya Zelika was a little too slow when Nikos Micheloudakis got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 89th minute. The score was now 3-8. A collision led to Magen David getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Ofir Erl hit a great ball. Pagos FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.