Official Cup

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Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) DESTROY's Arda Izmir 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. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Grigoris Kornaros in the 10th minute. The corner led tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Egemen Tavgaç to a score. 1-0 in the 10th minute. A collision led to DESTROY getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Zacarias Osorio hit a great ball. 16 minutes into the match, tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Walter Giardino sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cornelio Nardo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. José Sá showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arda Izmir in the 18th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Cornelio Nardo threw himself towards the right post 20 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Walter Giardino, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. DESTROY's Cornelio Nardo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save DESTROY from getting a goal against them. In the 21st minute, Alexis Alexandris reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Cornelio Nardo. The goal made the score 2-0. Alexis Alexandris struck a weak shot in the 24th minute. Cornelio Nardo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for tHe SOnS of rAGnar. Cornelio Nardo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alexis Alexandris in the 29th minute. With his leg Cornelio Nardo managed to avoid a goal in the 31stth minute, when tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Walter Giardino fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 37 minutes into the match, DESTROY's goalkeeper Cornelio Nardo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alexis Alexandris. Alexis Alexandris's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Cornelio Nardo firmly grabbed it by the left post. After a defensive mix-up in DESTROY's zone, Walter Giardino stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cornelio Nardo came out of the goal and Walter Giardino tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Walter Giardino stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Cornelio Nardo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Walter Giardino in the 51st minute of play. DESTROY's Eriberto Cefero was substituted for Romero Cristian. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Fiz Biembengén quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Eriberto Cefero, made in the 57th minute of the game. Walter Giardino took the ball and in the 58 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cornelio Nardo. Cornelio Nardo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. Cornelio Nardo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Walter Giardino, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. José Sá showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arda Izmir, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Walter Giardino in the 71st minute of play forced DESTROY's goalkeeper Cornelio Nardo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. DESTROY's Octavio Sarracino was substituted for Gualterio Peli. After 78 minutes DESTROY's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Giannis Papoutsakis who took care of the corner kick. In the 85th minute Alexis Alexandris shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cornelio Nardo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 89th minute the ball was on its way in behind DESTROY's goalkeeper Cornelio Nardo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 90 minutes into the match, Walter Giardino had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cornelio Nardo. DESTROY's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Walter Giardino was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. Cornelio Nardo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Telis Ntasios in the 93rd minute of the match. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.