U23 League

Mikrá Sánta Stadium
Spectators: 149 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 0) Stergios Veggos made the kick off and thus started the match. Dionysis Naskos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kozma Poci in the 3rd minute of play. Dionysis Naskos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kozma Poci went, in the 8th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 14th match minute, K.F TIRANA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paco Cano to maneuver through the defense. Dionysis Naskos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paco Cano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 17th minute Kozma Poci shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dionysis Naskos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Mikrá Sánta defense, Paco Cano kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dionysis Naskos. The Mikrá Sánta fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dionysis Naskos should have stopped the shot. Mikrá Sánta's Dionysis Naskos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kozma Poci in the 22nd minute of play. 28 minutes into the match, Vegard Helmersen notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Mikrá Sánta's Dionysis Naskos. Dionysis Naskos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Dionysis Naskos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paco Cano in the 31st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paco Cano in the 33rd minute of play forced Mikrá Sánta's goalkeeper Dionysis Naskos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 35 minutes of play, K.F TIRANA's Kozma Poci made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dionysis Naskos was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Paco Cano in the 38th minute of play forced Mikrá Sánta's goalkeeper Dionysis Naskos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dionysis Naskos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kozma Poci, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 41 minutes into the match, Paco Cano had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dionysis Naskos. Mikrá Sánta's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Paco Cano was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. Kozma Poci recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 44th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Kozma Poci scored 0-6 in the 44th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dionysis Naskos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-6 lead.

The wind increased when Paco Cano made the kick off in the second half. Vegard Helmersen recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 55th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When K.F TIRANA's Paco Cano in the 57th minute got a chance for a shot 57th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Mikrá Sánta's goalie prevented a goal. After 58 minutes Mikrá Sánta's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Avram Iorgulescu who took care of the corner kick. K.F TIRANA's Avram Iorgulescu was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Dionysis Naskos in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Dionysis Naskos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jorald Lazaj in the 60th minute of the match. Kozma Poci could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Dionysis Naskos made a huge save. Dionysis Naskos was out of position in the 63 minute of play, and Paco Cano capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Paco Cano really showed his touch with that goal: 0-8. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kozma Poci got free with Dionysis Naskos in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, Mikrá Sánta's Dionysis Naskos got control of the ball when Kozma Poci tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match had gone on for 72 minutes, Paco Cano took a quick shot and it went in 0-9 without a chance for Dionysis Naskos to make any attempt to save it. With a little luck, Mikrá Sánta's Dionysis Naskos got control of the ball when Kozma Poci tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paco Cano in the 77th minute of play forced Mikrá Sánta's goalkeeper Dionysis Naskos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kozma Poci got free with Dionysis Naskos in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dionysis Naskos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kozma Poci in the 82nd minute. Dionysis Naskos came out of the goal in the 83rd minute to try and stop a shot by K.F TIRANA's Wincenty Roman. But to his dismay, Wincenty Roman quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-10. If Wincenty Roman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The K.F TIRANA fans' excitement grew in the 92nd match minute when K.F TIRANA's Paco Cano looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-12 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Manos Malezas's late challenge caught a K.F TIRANA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Manos Malezas helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of K.F TIRANA booed when Mikrá Sánta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Manos Malezas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dionysis Naskos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paco Cano in the 96th minute of the match. When the final whistle sounded K.F TIRANA left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Mikrá Sánta.