Official Cup

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Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Calcio U21's Manfred Watkins 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. Leonidas Prelorentzos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Karl-Johan Lidman went, in the 6th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Dimitris Fragou struck a weak shot in the 11th minute. Wiktor Bock didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for meteora 1929. Calcio U21's Wiktor Bock played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diogenis Kazatzis in the 15th minute of play. 20 minutes into the game, Manfred Watkins was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Calcio U21's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave meteora 1929 the free kick. Manfred Watkins kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Karl-Johan Lidman took the ball and in the 22 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Leonidas Prelorentzos. Leonidas Prelorentzos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. In the 28th match minute, meteora 1929 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Charis Tournas to maneuver through the defense. Manfred Watkins struck a weak shot in the 29th minute. Leonidas Prelorentzos didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Calcio U21. When Karl-Johan Lidman came up free with the goalie in the 31st minute, the Calcio U21 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 Karl-Johan Lidman couldn't finish the play. Diogenis Kazatzis's late challenge caught a Calcio U21's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Diogenis Kazatzis helped the player get up and apologised. In the 33rd minute, Diogenis Kazatzis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 34 minutes into the match, meteora 1929's goal looked a bit too open when Karl-Johan Lidman came free, but Leonidas Prelorentzos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to meteora 1929 getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Dimitris Kabas hit a great ball. Diogenis Kazatzis hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karl-Johan Lidman in the 44th minute of play forced meteora 1929's goalkeeper Leonidas Prelorentzos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

After 51 played minutes meteora 1929 got a freekick which was hit by Alkis Ntasios. Karl-Johan Lidman received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Leonidas Prelorentzos came out and tried to block the shot, but Karl-Johan Lidman slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 53rd minute. 57 minutes into the match, meteora 1929's goalkeeper Leonidas Prelorentzos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Karl-Johan Lidman. The crowd rose to their feet as Manfred Watkins kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Leonidas Prelorentzos. That made the score 0-5 in the 60 minute of play. The audience was convinced that Karl-Johan Lidman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Leonidas Prelorentzos was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. Iivo Puistola received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Leonidas Prelorentzos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Dimitris Fragou during the 70th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The throw-in from Alkis Ntasios in the 77th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Calcio U21's Emanuel Lundgren. In the 84th minute, Karl-Johan Lidman got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Lakis Peras hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Alkis Ntasios made in the 90th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Dimitris Fragou however managed to control. Karl-Johan Lidmans short, quick shot in the 92ndth minute got Leonidas Prelorentzos to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 93rd match minute, Calcio U21 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emanuel Lundgren to maneuver through the defense. Calcio U21's Wiktor Bock played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diogenis Kazatzis in the 95th minute of play. Calcio U21's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.