U23 League

Giuseppe Meazza
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kostas Briakos took the kick off in the first half of the match. With his leg Martin Chocholatý managed to avoid a goal in the 5thth minute, when INTER's Kostas Briakos fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 8th minute, Michalis Sardelas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Savas Kokkinos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Désiré Kaká in the 9th minute of the match. 12 minutes into the game, Andrei Măgură recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Martin Chocholatý. Andrei Măgură showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. 18 minutes into the match, INTER's goal looked a bit too open when Désiré Kaká came free, but Savas Kokkinos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Nunez Amato came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Nunez Amato couldn't finish the play. Savas Kokkinos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Désiré Kaká in the 20th minute of the match. After 25 minutes of play, FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO's Ahmet Ali Poyraz made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Savas Kokkinos was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ahmet Ali Poyraz might have been able to make a better finish in the 27th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Savas Kokkinos. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ahmet Ali Poyraz ran back to his position shaking his head. Savas Kokkinos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nunez Amato, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valentinos Karapialis in the 37th minute of play forced INTER's goalkeeper Savas Kokkinos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Michalis Sardelas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Martin Chocholatý was relentless in the 38th minute of the game.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Désiré Kaká to make the kick off. Savas Kokkinos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valentinos Karapialis, who was totally free with the ball in the 50th minute. Désiré Kaká in the 52ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Savas Kokkinos, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Martin Chocholatý showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Martines, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. With his leg Savas Kokkinos managed to avoid a goal in the 55thth minute, when FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO's Désiré Kaká fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Savas Kokkinos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmet Ali Poyraz in the 57th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Valerios Neochoritis during the 59th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Désiré Kaká did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-3 to the left of a surprised Savas Kokkinos 62 minutes into the match. Andrei Măgură sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Savas Kokkinos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmet Ali Poyraz in the 68th minute of the match. Savas Kokkinos was a little too slow when Ahmet Ali Poyraz got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 70th minute. The score was now 1-4. Alekos Vlantis hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Michalis Sardelas hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmet Ali Poyraz in the 81st minute of play forced INTER's goalkeeper Savas Kokkinos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Ahmet Ali Poyraz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nunez Amato in the 91st minute of play forced INTER's goalkeeper Savas Kokkinos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.