Official Cup

B.Z. Futebol Clube
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jordão Valentim took the kick off in the first half of the match. Raimundo Festas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nektarios Kontopoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Maurício Freitas kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Renos Valantis. That made the score 1-0 in the 8 minute of play. Nektarios Kontopoulos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raimundo Festas having to interfere. Renos Valantis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maurício Freitas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 24 minutes into the match, Maurício Freitas notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of MONAXOS's Renos Valantis. Renos Valantis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 38 minutes B.Z. F.C.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Kleon Kaplatzis who took care of the corner kick. The corner led MONAXOS's Kleon Kaplatzis to fire away a dangerous shot which Raimundo Festas despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Renos Valantis was out of position in the 41 minute of play, and Jordão Valentim capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Jordão Valentim really showed his touch with that goal: 3-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Bernardo Melo managed to get in a good position for a shot. B.Z. F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Bernardo Melo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Renos Valantis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Raimundo Festas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fotis Stamatakos, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Fotis Stamatakos made a kick off. A collision led to MONAXOS getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Nektarios Kontopoulos hit a great ball. 53 minutes into the game, Higino Igrejas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. B.Z. F.C.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave MONAXOS the free kick. A collision led to B.Z. F.C. getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Cândido Mesquita hit a great ball. 60 minutes into the game, Manuel Carlos was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. B.Z. F.C.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave MONAXOS the free kick. In the 60th minute, Manuel Carlos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 60th minute, Kleon Kaplatzis 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. Raimundo Festas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fotis Stamatakos in the 62nd minute. Maurício Freitas hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as MONAXOS's Fotis Stamatakos slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Raimundo Festas. That made the score 3-2 after 63 minutes of play. Bernardo Melo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Renos Valantis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Avraam Karavokiris took the ball and in the 69 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Raimundo Festas. Raimundo Festas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-3. After 74 played minutes B.Z. F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Cândido Mesquita. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fotis Stamatakos in the 75th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Raimundo Festas saved B.Z. F.C. from getting behind. MONAXOS's Fotis Stamatakos got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 78th minute Maurício Freitas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Renos Valantis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fotis Stamatakos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Renos Valantis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jordão Valentim in the 92nd minute of play. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.