U23 League

San Siro Stadium
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Demis Tavanopoulos kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute, AC Milan's Eleftherios Kanatakis dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. 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 Paris Kafropoulos in the 6th minute of play. After a rather tough play, P.A.O.K. Patras F.C.'s Vladimiros Siomos got a free kick in the 11th minute. Eleftherios Kanatakis struck a weak shot in the 14th minute. Aris Tsobanis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for AC Milan. 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 Zacharias Kaikis in the 17th minute of play. Paris Kafropoulos kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. P.A.O.K. Patras F.C.'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 33rd minute, when Eleftherios Kanatakis scored to the left of an out of position Aris Tsobanis, making the score, 3-0. After a rather tough play, P.A.O.K. Patras F.C.'s Demis Tavanopoulos got a free kick in the 37th minute. Panos Kamarinakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Akis Christatos, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Fabian Waack made in the 45th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Eleftherios Asimakopoulos. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sotiris Panagiotopoulos in the 48th minute of play forced AC Milan's goalkeeper Panos Kamarinakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Zacharias Kaikis was the one to do the kick off. In the 55th match minute, P.A.O.K. Patras F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dimos Vranis to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zacharias Kaikis in the 60th minute of play forced P.A.O.K. Patras F.C.'s goalkeeper Aris Tsobanis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aris Tsobanis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zacharias Kaikis went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Fabian Waack during the 69th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 69 played minutes P.A.O.K. Patras F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Fabian Waack. AC Milan's Panos Kamarinakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giorgos Antonopoulos in the 72nd minute of play. In the 76th minute Zacharias Kaikis 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. 78 minutes into the game, AC Milan's Zacharias Kaikis 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. Eleftherios Kanatakis's late challenge caught a P.A.O.K. Patras F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eleftherios Kanatakis helped the player get up and apologised. Eleftherios Kanatakis kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. In the 86th minute Sotiris Panagiotopoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Panos Kamarinakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of P.A.O.K. Patras F.C. booed when AC Milan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eleftherios Kanatakis didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 92nd minute, Zacharias Kaikis managed to get in a good position for a shot. AC Milan's supporters rose to their feet, but Zacharias Kaikis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aris Tsobanis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that Zacharias Kaikis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aris Tsobanis was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. AC Milan's Panos Kamarinakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giorgos Antonopoulos in the 96th minute of play. P.A.O.K. Patras F.C.'s supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because AC Milan had won, even though P.A.O.K. Patras F.C. had held more of the ball.