U23 League

GENTI KULE
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Saint Côme de Fresné's Guillaume Barillot 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. A collision led to ΟΦΗ getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Fanis Kokkinopoulos hit a great ball. ΟΦΗ were furious when Sakis Velakoglou was red carded, 4 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 3rd minute, one of ΟΦΗ:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for ΟΦΗ. Côme Durieu placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! Theofanis Marinakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Guillaume Barillot, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Giannis Tzanetos fell near the penalty area in the 12th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ΟΦΗ's protests and gave Giannis Tzanetos a yellow card for diving instead. In the 12th minute, Giannis Tzanetos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Giannis Tzanetos came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the ΟΦΗ fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Giannis Tzanetos couldn't finish the play. A collision led to ΟΦΗ getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Themis Seitaridis hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guillaume Barillot in the 21st minute of play forced ΟΦΗ's goalkeeper Theofanis Marinakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Olivier Barnier's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Theofanis Marinakis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 22nd minute of play. Guillaume Barillot received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Theofanis Marinakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Guillaume Barillot in the 31st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Theofanis Marinakis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A collision led to ΟΦΗ getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Fanis Kokkinopoulos hit a great ball. Theofanis Marinakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yazid Debuire in the 33rd minute of play. 36 minutes into the match, ΟΦΗ's goal looked a bit too open when Guillaume Barillot came free, but Theofanis Marinakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 39 minutes into the match, ΟΦΗ's goal looked a bit too open when Guillaume Barillot came free, but Theofanis Marinakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 47th minute Guillaume Barillot shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Theofanis Marinakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fanis Kokkinopoulos to make the kick off. ΟΦΗ's Theofanis Marinakis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 51st minute of the match, managed to save ΟΦΗ from getting a goal against them. In the 52nd minute Saint Côme de Fresné were awarded a corner. Côme Durieu went to the cornerflag to take it. It was a well-played corner which Thibaut Abeille managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Fanis Kokkinopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Noël Clenet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Babbis Prokos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Noël Clenet having to interfere. Theofanis Marinakis made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Thibaut Abeille sent off a good shot on target. Giannis Tzanetos recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 65th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Noël Clenet came out of the goal in the 69th minute to try and stop a shot by ΟΦΗ's Giannis Tzanetos. But to his dismay, Giannis Tzanetos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. ΟΦΗ's Giannis Tzanetos got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Themis Seitaridis kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. Fanis Kokkinopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Noël Clenet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Noël Clenet didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fanis Kokkinopoulos went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. In the 86th minute, Fanis Kokkinopoulos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ΟΦΗ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind ΟΦΗ's goalkeeper Theofanis Marinakis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The supporters of Saint Côme de Fresné booed when ΟΦΗ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Babbis Prokos didn't get a good kick on the ball. ΟΦΗ walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.