U23 League

kokatinoi Stadium
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Filippos Stathopoulos got the match started through his kick off. When the match clock showed 6 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Filippos Stathopoulos sped through Glyka Nera FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Sakis Karvouniaris. Petros Kotsios hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Sakis Karvouniaris showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stelios Philipidis in the 19th minute of the match. PAOK B's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Egemen Emek in the 20th minute. Eugenios Ioannidis was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 25th minute. Glyka Nera FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. 27 minutes into the match, Stelios Philipidis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sakis Karvouniaris. Glyka Nera FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Stelios Philipidis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. 29 minutes in the game, Ladislao Etxekopar dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. Sakis Karvouniaris showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Egemen Emek in the 32nd minute of the match. Glyka Nera FC's Sakis Karvouniaris played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stelios Philipidis in the 34th minute of play. In the 36th minute, Stelios Philipidis made a precise shot to the right of Sakis Karvouniaris. Glyka Nera FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. If Egemen Emek had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the Glyka Nera FC defense, Stelios Philipidis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sakis Karvouniaris. The Glyka Nera FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sakis Karvouniaris should have stopped the shot. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Thalis Papaefthimiou to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Stelios Philipidis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The PAOK B fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. With his leg Sakis Karvouniaris managed to avoid a goal in the 56thth minute, when PAOK B's Filippos Stathopoulos fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stelios Philipidis in the 60th minute of play forced Glyka Nera FC's goalkeeper Sakis Karvouniaris to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Glyka Nera FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 62nd minute, when Stelios Philipidis scored to the left of an out of position Sakis Karvouniaris, making the score, 0-6. In the 66th minute of the match, Filippos Stathopoulos got a very nice opportunity to score, but Sakis Karvouniaris was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Sakis Karvouniaris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Egemen Emek in the 67th minute of play. In the 72nd minute Stelios Philipidis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sakis Karvouniaris saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 73 minutes into the game, PAOK B's Stelios Philipidis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sakis Karvouniaris made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-7. 76 minutes into the game, Stelios Philipidis lined in a short shot 0-8 behind a frustrated Sakis Karvouniaris. With a little luck, Glyka Nera FC's Sakis Karvouniaris got control of the ball when Filippos Stathopoulos tried to sneak it across the goal line. Stelios Philipidis scored 0-9 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sakis Karvouniaris, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 87th match minute, PAOK B was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Giovanni Parisis to maneuver through the defense. Sakis Karvouniaris made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kostas Katsikis in the 91st minute.