Official Cup

Armageddon
Spectators: 169 (Terracing: 127, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ntinos Kaliakatsos started the match with the kick off. Armageddon were awarded a corner in the 4th minute after Jose F.C.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Nikos Kidonakis took the corner. A well-hit corner resulted in Giannis Zouboulakis heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. In the 8th minute, Ntinos Kaliakatsos made a precise shot to the right of Bai Feng Wen. Armageddon's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Aris Zanteroglou made a fantastic save in the 11th minute, when Arto Uuesoo sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Takis Ntolkas in the 12th minute of play forced Jose F.C.'s goalkeeper Aris Zanteroglou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aris Zanteroglou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Takis Ntolkas in the 16th minute of the match. In the 17th minute Giannis Zouboulakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aris Zanteroglou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aris Zanteroglou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Giannis Zouboulakis in the 18th minute of play. In the 20th minute Jose F.C. were awarded a corner. Ntinos Kaliakatsos went to the cornerflag to take it. Takis Ntolkas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aris Zanteroglou having to interfere. In the 23rd minute Takis Ntolkas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aris Zanteroglou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Jose F.C. defense, Takis Ntolkas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aris Zanteroglou. The Jose F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aris Zanteroglou should have stopped the shot. Bai Feng Wen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Periklis Pagopoulos in the 26th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arto Uuesoo got free with Aris Zanteroglou in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as Arto Uuesoo kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Aris Zanteroglou. That made the score 2-1 in the 33 minute of play. 37 minutes into the match, Jose F.C.'s goalkeeper Aris Zanteroglou had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Arto Uuesoo. If Giannis Zouboulakis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Armageddon's Takis Ntolkas in the 41st minute got a chance for a shot 41st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Jose F.C.'s goalie prevented a goal. 45 minutes into the match, Jose F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Takis Ntolkas came free, but Aris Zanteroglou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Takis Ntolkas to make the kick off. In the 53rd match minute, Jose F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pipis Thiakos to maneuver through the defense. Jose F.C.'s Aris Zanteroglou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marinos Smyrniotis in the 59th minute of play. In the 61st minute Chatziantoniou Vakoufaris shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bai Feng Wen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 66th minute Takis Ntolkas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aris Zanteroglou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 72 minutes into the match, Jose F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Takis Ntolkas came free, but Aris Zanteroglou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Armageddon's Charalambos Saveris was substituted for Alkaios Vouzatos. In the 75th minute of the match Armageddon got a corner. Jose F.C.'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Nikos Kidonakis ran over to the corner to take the kick. Aris Zanteroglou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Giannis Zouboulakis in the 84th minute of play. Arto Uuesoo scored 3-1 in the 91st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aris Zanteroglou, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Giannis Zouboulakis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aris Zanteroglou was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. Armageddon's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.