U23 League

Nikola Mantov
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Eugenios Labrakos started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 4 minutes into the match, GFK Osogovo's goal looked a bit too open when Paris Klanakis came free, but Pande Georgijevski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tsαrisi FC were awarded a corner in the 5th minute after GFK Osogovo's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Vladimiros Maridis took the corner. The corner led Tsαrisi FC's Vladimiros Maridis to fire away a dangerous shot which Pande Georgijevski despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ciriaco Salvator in the 7th minute of play forced Tsαrisi FC's goalkeeper Stratos Loubakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 8 minutes into the match, Tsαrisi FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cezary Sawicki came free, but Stratos Loubakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as GFK Osogovo's Migjen Mena slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Stratos Loubakis. That made the score 2-0 after 17 minutes of play. After some careless play in the Tsαrisi FC defense, Cezary Sawicki kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Stratos Loubakis. The Tsαrisi FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Stratos Loubakis should have stopped the shot. 28 minutes into the match, Tsαrisi FC's goalkeeper Stratos Loubakis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Slave Temelkov. Paskal Partenijev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Stratos Loubakis made a huge save. 36 minutes into the game, GFK Osogovo's Cezary Sawicki nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Stratos Loubakis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cezary Sawicki in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Stratos Loubakis saved Tsαrisi FC from getting behind. A throw-in in the 42nd minute of the game was made by Boris Hristov with Cezary Sawicki as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Stratos Loubakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cezary Sawicki, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 6-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cezary Sawicki stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 60 minutes of play, GFK Osogovo's Cezary Sawicki made it 8-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stratos Loubakis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Slave Temelkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Stratos Loubakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stratos Loubakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cezary Sawicki in the 68th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Boris Hristov during the 70th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Boris Hristov hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Tsαrisi FC defense, Paskal Partenijev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Stratos Loubakis. The Tsαrisi FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Stratos Loubakis should have stopped the shot. Paris Asimopoulos kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Stratos Loubakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cezary Sawicki in the 81st minute of play. The supporters of Tsαrisi FC booed when GFK Osogovo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bergin Atanasov didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 85th minute of the match Vladimiros Maridis shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Pande Georgijevski showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 90 minutes into the game, GFK Osogovo's Cezary Sawicki nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Stratos Loubakis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 10-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Ciriaco Salvator managed to get in a good position for a shot. GFK Osogovo's supporters rose to their feet, but Ciriaco Salvator was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Stratos Loubakis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. GFK Osogovo fully deserved thier win.