U23 League

Alfredo Di Stéfano
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Deng Kun Xu made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 5th minute, Jani Hamzallari made a precise shot to the right of Renos Valantis. MONAXOS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. The supporters of LOS BLANCOS booed when MONAXOS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Giannis Kasnaferis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Renos Valantis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tedi Lulo in the 10th minute. Gëzim Hamzaj's late challenge caught a MONAXOS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gëzim Hamzaj helped the player get up and apologised. After 13 played minutes LOS BLANCOS got a freekick which was hit by Gëzim Hamzaj. 19 minutes into the game, Gëzim Hamzaj cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Renos Valantis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Renos Valantis made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Deng Kun Xu sent off a good shot on target. Fotis Stamatakos charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fotis Stamatakos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 26th match minute, MONAXOS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fotis Stamatakos to maneuver through the defense. In the 31st minute, LOS BLANCOS's Deng Kun Xu ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Renos Valantis. Renos Valantis yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-0. Renos Valantis made a fantastic save in the 44th minute, when Tedi Lulo sent off a good shot on target. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fotis Stamatakos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Everardo Mingo acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 52nd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Kleon Kaplatzis. After 54 minutes, Jani Hamzallari made it 4-0 with a short kick to the right side. MONAXOS's Renos Valantis tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 59th minute Deng Kun Xu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Renos Valantis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Renos Valantis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Deng Kun Xu in the 61st minute of the match. In the 62nd minute Jani Hamzallari shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Renos Valantis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Renos Valantis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tedi Lulo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Renos Valantis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tedi Lulo, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Tedi Lulo scored 5-0 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Renos Valantis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match clock showed 77 minutes, the score became 7-0 when Jani Hamzallari sped through MONAXOS's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Renos Valantis. Renos Valantis came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by LOS BLANCOS's Gëzim Hamzaj. But to his dismay, Gëzim Hamzaj quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 8-0. 85 minutes into the match, Gëzim Hamzaj had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Renos Valantis. MONAXOS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gëzim Hamzaj was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 9-0. 88 minutes into the game, Mevlan Mile cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 10-0. Renos Valantis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 92nd minute, Mevlan Mile made a precise shot to the right of Renos Valantis. MONAXOS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 11-0. After 95 played minutes LOS BLANCOS got a freekick which was hit by Deng Kun Xu. 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. LOS BLANCOS fully deserved thier win.