U23 League

Tsαrisi
Spectators: 149 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 0) Eugenios Labrakos started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Stratos Loubakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yefet Bar-Zohar, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. A collision led to Tsαrisi FC getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Eugenios Labrakos hit a great ball. Hiram Malik charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hiram Malik the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 9 minutes into the match, Janko Kaplan notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Tsαrisi FC's Stratos Loubakis. Stratos Loubakis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 12 minutes into the match, Yefet Bar-Zohar had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stratos Loubakis. Tsαrisi FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Yefet Bar-Zohar was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Tsαrisi FC's Stratos Loubakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yefet Bar-Zohar in the 15th minute of play. In the 16th minute Jett Sonnenfeld shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stratos Loubakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stratos Loubakis came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by G.R.'s Janko Kaplan. But to his dismay, Janko Kaplan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Stratos Loubakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yefet Bar-Zohar in the 22nd minute of play. After some careless play in the Tsαrisi FC defense, Yoash Coppel 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. Stratos Loubakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yoash Coppel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 30 minutes into the game, G.R.'s Janko Kaplan 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, 0-5. After some careless play in the Tsαrisi FC defense, Snir Nachum 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. Stratos Loubakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yefet Bar-Zohar in the 38th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jett Sonnenfeld in the 39th minute of play forced Tsαrisi FC's goalkeeper Stratos Loubakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Antonis Sofos's late challenge caught a G.R.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Antonis Sofos helped the player get up and apologised. In the 43rd match minute, Tsαrisi FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antonis Sofos to maneuver through the defense. Stratos Loubakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yoash Coppel, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. In the 46th minute, Yefet Bar-Zohar made a precise shot to the right of Stratos Loubakis. Tsαrisi FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-7.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Yefet Bar-Zohar stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Yefet Bar-Zohar had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stratos Loubakis. Tsαrisi FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Yefet Bar-Zohar was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-8. A collision led to Tsαrisi FC getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Eugenios Labrakos hit a great ball. Stratos Loubakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Janko Kaplan, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Tsαrisi FC's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Jett Sonnenfeld 61 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-10. 64 minutes into the game, Yefet Bar-Zohar recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Stratos Loubakis. Yefet Bar-Zohar showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-11. In the 68th minute, Snir Nachum made a precise shot to the right of Stratos Loubakis. Tsαrisi FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-12. Stratos Loubakis was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Yefet Bar-Zohar showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-13 in the 72 minute of play. With an all-out effort, G.R.'s Stratos Loubakis threw himself towards the right post 77 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Janko Kaplan, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 81 minutes into the game, Janko Kaplan recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Stratos Loubakis. Janko Kaplan showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-15. Yefet Bar-Zohar could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Stratos Loubakis made a huge save. Stratos Loubakis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Janko Kaplan's shot from short distance in the 87th minute. Stratos Loubakis made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Yefet Bar-Zohar sent off a good shot on target. Snir Nachum kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. With a little luck, Tsαrisi FC's Stratos Loubakis got control of the ball when Yoash Coppel tried to sneak it across the goal line. Tsαrisi FC's Stratos Loubakis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 96th minute of the match, managed to save Tsαrisi FC from getting a goal against them. G.R.'s players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.