U23 League

MOUNTAIN ARENA
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Ekhemos Kezdoglou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anestis Kolofotias in the 6th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's Panagiotis Sousanis slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Aris Tsobanis. That made the score 1-0 after 8 minutes of play. In the 12th minute Akis Kiriakopoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aris Tsobanis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 14 minutes, Hernan Frances took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Aris Tsobanis to make any attempt to save it. Ekhemos Kezdoglou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Akis Christatos in the 20th minute of play. In the 30th minute, Panagiotis Sousanis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 35 minutes into the match, P.A.O.K. Patras F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Salmakis Pezos came free, but Aris Tsobanis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aris Tsobanis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Akis Kiriakopoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Aris Tsobanis came out of the goal in the 38th minute to try and stop a shot by ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's Akis Kiriakopoulos. But to his dismay, Akis Kiriakopoulos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. In the 41st minute, ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's Panagiotis Sousanis dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-0. Panagiotis Sousanis blasted a shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Aris Tsobanis having to make a save. 46 minutes into the game, ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's Hernan Frances nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Aris Tsobanis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Panagiotis Sousanis made the kick off in the second half. Giorgos Antonopoulos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Ekhemos Kezdoglou made a huge save. P.A.O.K. Patras F.C.'s Aris Tsobanis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Akis Kiriakopoulos in the 55th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's zone, Akis Christatos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ekhemos Kezdoglou came out of the goal and Akis Christatos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 58 minutes of play, ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's Akis Kiriakopoulos made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aris Tsobanis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Aris Tsobanis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Akis Kiriakopoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 66 minutes into the match, Panagiotis Sousanis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aris Tsobanis. P.A.O.K. Patras F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Panagiotis Sousanis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. If Panagiotis Sousanis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After a rather tough play, P.A.O.K. Patras F.C.'s Vladimiros Siomos got a free kick in the 71st minute. 73 minutes into the match, P.A.O.K. Patras F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Panagiotis Sousanis came free, but Aris Tsobanis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 73rdth minute of the game Panagiotis Sousanis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but P.A.O.K. Patras F.C.'s Aris Tsobanis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 75th minute Akis Kiriakopoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aris Tsobanis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With 77 minutes on the clock, Leukothoe Lipsanos commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After 78 played minutes ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ got a freekick which was hit by Leukothoe Lipsanos. 83 minutes into the match, Lefteris Christodoulou notched a goal, 8-0, to the right of P.A.O.K. Patras F.C.'s Aris Tsobanis. Aris Tsobanis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 87 minutes of play, ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's Lefteris Christodoulou made it 9-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aris Tsobanis was left in no man's land by his defense there! 93 minutes into the match, P.A.O.K. Patras F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Lefteris Christodoulou came free, but Aris Tsobanis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.