U23 League

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Spectators: 149 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 0) Tasos Kavvadias made the kick off and thus started the match. Aurelio Di Giuseppe made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Tasos Kavvadias sent off a good shot on target. In the 5th minute, Drafi's Panagiotis Mitsibonas dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Babbis Petroutsos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emilio Esposito in the 11th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Sakis Korakis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aurelio Di Giuseppe was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. 33 minutes into the game, Anfilogino Mastrangelo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Babbis Petroutsos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The crowd rose to their feet as Ntinos Ioannidis kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Aurelio Di Giuseppe. That made the score 3-1 in the 37 minute of play. In the 41st minute of the match, Giorgos Sokolatopoulos tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Aurelio Di Giuseppe saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. A collision led to Fiume Veneto getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Emilio Esposito hit a great ball. Aurelio Di Giuseppe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Panagiotis Mitsibonas, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Enrico Cirone made a kick off. Panagiotis Mitsibonas scored 4-1 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aurelio Di Giuseppe, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Aurelio Di Giuseppe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Evaggelos Gikas, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. In the 59th minute Akis Charalambidis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aurelio Di Giuseppe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Enrico Cirone during the 65th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Drafi's Christos Kalkavouras was substituted for Akis Charalambidis. Enrico Cirone hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. 69 minutes into the match, Fiume Veneto's goal looked a bit too open when Tasos Kavvadias came free, but Aurelio Di Giuseppe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ntinos Ioannidis in the 70th minute of play forced Fiume Veneto's goalkeeper Aurelio Di Giuseppe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tasos Kavvadias scored 5-1 in the 73rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aurelio Di Giuseppe, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Fiume Veneto's Emilio Esposito got a free kick in the 77th minute. In the 78th minute of the match Giorgos Sokolatopoulos shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Aurelio Di Giuseppe showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 78th match minute, Fiume Veneto was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anfilogino Cassone to maneuver through the defense. 6-1 became the score in the 80th minute when Tasos Kavvadias elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Aurelio Di Giuseppe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tasos Kavvadias, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Aurelio Di Giuseppe came out of the goal in the 87th minute to try and stop a shot by Drafi's Ntinos Ioannidis. But to his dismay, Ntinos Ioannidis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-1. Sakis Korakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Aurelio Di Giuseppe tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the referee ended the match the Drafi players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.