U23 League

Visotsαni Stadium
Spectators: 149 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Fotis Papadias took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 5th match minute, Kolopetinitsa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Theofanis Kortes to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristiano Ciarrocchi in the 6th minute of play forced Kolopetinitsa's goalkeeper Nikos Leontoulis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristiano Ciarrocchi scored 0-2 in the 8th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nikos Leontoulis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 11th match minute, Kroton F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Francesco De Lucia to maneuver through the defense. Kroton F.C.'s Elia Losito proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save Kroton F.C. from getting a goal against them. Tilemachos Karagiotas's late challenge caught a Kroton F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tilemachos Karagiotas helped the player get up and apologised. In the 15th minute, Enzo Scacchi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Kroton F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Cristiano Ciarrocchi might have been able to make a better finish in the 18th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nikos Leontoulis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cristiano Ciarrocchi ran back to his position shaking his head. Nikos Leontoulis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francesco De Lucia in the 19th minute of the match. Nikos Leontoulis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enzo Scacchi in the 20th minute of the match. 24 minutes into the match, Kroton F.C.'s goalkeeper Elia Losito had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fotis Papadias. Dimitris Loubadiaris hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. The supporters of Kolopetinitsa booed when Kroton F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Francesco De Lucia didn't get a good kick on the ball. 31 minutes into the game, Ercole Di Febo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Nikos Leontoulis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 35 minutes into the match, Kolopetinitsa's goal looked a bit too open when Enzo Scacchi came free, but Nikos Leontoulis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 36 minutes into the game, Davide Zangari cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Nikos Leontoulis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 40th match minute, Kroton F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ercole Di Febo to maneuver through the defense. Nikos Leontoulis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ernesto Margoni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half Kroton F.C. were leading 0-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Nikos Leontoulis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ernesto Margoni in the 53rd minute of play. If Tilemachos Karagiotas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nikos Leontoulis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ernesto Margoni in the 63rd minute of play. Nikos Leontoulis made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Enzo Scacchi sent off a good shot on target. 68 minutes into the match, Francesco De Lucia had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nikos Leontoulis. Kolopetinitsa's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Francesco De Lucia was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. In the 73rd match minute, Kolopetinitsa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stelios Bourbos to maneuver through the defense. Ernesto Margoni fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikos Leontoulis having to interfere. In the 80th play minute Francesco De Lucia came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Nikos Leontoulis. 0-7. In the 85th minute, Stelios Bourbos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nikos Leontoulis was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ernesto Margoni showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-8 in the 87 minute of play. After some careless play in the Kolopetinitsa defense, Davide Zangari kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nikos Leontoulis. The Kolopetinitsa fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nikos Leontoulis should have stopped the shot. After 94 minutes of play Kroton F.C.'s Ercole Di Febo was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Ercole Di Febo hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. Kroton F.C.'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.