Prized/Friendly Cup

Kotetsi
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Filippos Antoniou kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Esteve Pudes in the 5th minute of play forced Kolopetinitsa's goalkeeper Kyriakos Matsikidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 18th minute Kolopetinitsa were awarded a corner. Antonis Kalathakis went to the cornerflag to take it. 21 minutes into the match, Liberland's goal looked a bit too open when Daniil Panagopoulos came free, but Amadeo Rufio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Markos Melisofagos took the ball and in the 24 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Amadeo Rufio. Amadeo Rufio dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. In the 27th minute, Iakovos Ksiros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 30 minutes into the match, Jonatan Abel notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Kolopetinitsa's Kyriakos Matsikidis. Kyriakos Matsikidis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 32nd minute, Filippos Antoniou hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Liberland's Celso Eate got a free kick in the 33rd minute. After 43 minutes of play, Kolopetinitsa's Markos Melisofagos made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Amadeo Rufio was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 46th minute, Alkis Athanasiou hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-2. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Carmelo Silbestre to strike the kick off in the second half. When Carmelo Silbestre came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the Liberland 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 Carmelo Silbestre couldn't finish the play. Filippos Antoniou took the ball and in the 56 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Amadeo Rufio. Amadeo Rufio dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-2. If Carmelo Silbestre had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eulalio Diagur got free with Kyriakos Matsikidis in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 64th minute, Daniil Panagopoulos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Amadeo Rufio was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-2. 71 minutes into the match, Eulalio Diagur notched a goal, 5-3, to the right of Kolopetinitsa's Kyriakos Matsikidis. Kyriakos Matsikidis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, Kolopetinitsa's Iakovos Ksiros got a free kick in the 81st minute. Carmelo Silbestre could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Kyriakos Matsikidis made a huge save. Amadeo Rufio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filippos Antoniou, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniil Panagopoulos in the 86th minute of play forced Liberland's goalkeeper Amadeo Rufio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Esteve Pudes hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Kolopetinitsa's Markos Melisofagos got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Carmelo Silbestre received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Kyriakos Matsikidis came out and tried to block the shot, but Carmelo Silbestre slotted it home off the left post making it 5-4 in the 97th minute. For all the effort they put into the match, the Liberland players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Kolopetinitsa.