U23 League

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Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Chrisostomos Bourdas started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Loukas Kanavidis charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Loukas Kanavidis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 3rd match minute, tHe SOnS of rAGnar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Loukas Kanavidis to maneuver through the defense. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Loukas Kanavidis got his second yellow card of the match in the 4th minute. The referee ordered Loukas Kanavidis off the ground. After 5 played minutes tHe SOnS of rAGnar got a freekick which was hit by Loukas Kanavidis. Fivos Kotsios took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sotiris Moscholidis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 7th minute, Trifon Sferopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Chrisostomos Bourdas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Alkaios Kalfopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nikos Lagonikakis kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antonis Sapounopoulos in the 19th minute of play forced tHe SOnS of rAGnar's goalkeeper Fivos Kotsios to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fivos Kotsios came out of the goal in the 26th minute to try and stop a shot by ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ's Antonis Sapounopoulos. But to his dismay, Antonis Sapounopoulos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. 32 minutes into the match, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ's goal looked a bit too open when Apostolos Morikis came free, but Alkaios Kalfopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 33 minutes into the game, Nikos Lagonikakis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ the free kick. The supporters of ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ booed when tHe SOnS of rAGnar was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nikos Lagonikakis didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Chrisostomos Bourdas got free with Alkaios Kalfopoulos in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Chrisostomos Bourdas managed to get in a good position for a shot. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's supporters rose to their feet, but Chrisostomos Bourdas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alkaios Kalfopoulos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Eleftherios Zabetas hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Alkaios Kalfopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Theofilos Zaninos in the 48th minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Antonis Sapounopoulos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute the ball was on its way in behind ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ's goalkeeper Alkaios Kalfopoulos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 57th minute, Chrisostomos Bourdas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fivos Kotsios made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Trifon Sferopoulos in the 64th minute of play. After a rather tough play, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ's Trifon Sferopoulos got a free kick in the 66th minute. Alkaios Kalfopoulos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Chrisostomos Bourdas's shot from short distance in the 68th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alexis Petrou during the 69th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 69th match minute, tHe SOnS of rAGnar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexis Petrou to maneuver through the defense. Fivos Kotsios showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexis Gelis in the 70th minute of the match. Apostolos Morikis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alkaios Kalfopoulos having to interfere. In the 75th match minute, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antonis Sapounopoulos to maneuver through the defense. If Chrisostomos Bourdas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 78 played minutes ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ got a freekick which was hit by Trifon Sferopoulos. When tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Apostolos Morikis in the 84th minute got a chance for a shot 84th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ's goalie prevented a goal. In the 85th match minute, tHe SOnS of rAGnar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexis Petrou to maneuver through the defense. In the 87th minute Alexis Gelis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fivos Kotsios saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to tHe SOnS of rAGnar getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Theofilos Zaninos hit a great ball. After 89 played minutes, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ's Sotiris Moscholidis shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Fivos Kotsios came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ reached it. Aggelos Labrakis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Fivos Kotsios made a huge save. The tHe SOnS of rAGnar supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ's performance. The match ended with a win for ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ.