Friendly League

Nicky Myers
Spectators: 51 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alexis Idrotoglou got the match started through his kick off. After having played for 3 minutes, Renos Kalamaridis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tabachana F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Renos Kalamaridis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Alkis Aggellakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hugo Viquez in the 11th minute of the match. In the 13th minute, Alexis Idrotoglou made a precise shot to the right of Gabriel Solera. LinuX F.C.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. In the 19th minute Alexis Idrotoglou shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gabriel Solera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 25th minute, Renos Kalamaridis made a precise shot to the right of Gabriel Solera. LinuX F.C.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Vassilis Tournas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Vassilis Tournas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gabriel Solera was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 36th minute of the game. One of Tabachana F.C.:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of LinuX F.C.:s goal. When the match had been going on for 38 minutes, LinuX F.C.'s Hugo Viquez got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Alkis Aggellakis. Renos Kalamaridis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gabriel Solera having to interfere. The LinuX F.C. players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Tabachana F.C. were winning 1-2.

52 minutes into the game, LinuX F.C.'s Alberto Matarrita nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Alkis Aggellakis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. Alexis Idrotoglou recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 56th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Alexis Idrotoglou kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Gabriel Solera. That made the score 2-4 in the 63 minute of play. Vassilis Tournas did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-5 to the left of a surprised Gabriel Solera 67 minutes into the match. LinuX F.C.'s Gabriel Solera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alexis Idrotoglou in the 72nd minute of play. Alexis Idrotoglou fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gabriel Solera having to interfere. In the 82nd minute, Tabachana F.C.'s Lambis Savvakis ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Gabriel Solera. Gabriel Solera yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-7. With his leg Gabriel Solera managed to avoid a goal in the 85thth minute, when Tabachana F.C.'s Vassilis Tournas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Lambis Savvakis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gabriel Solera having to interfere. 90 minutes into the match, LinuX F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Alexis Idrotoglou came free, but Gabriel Solera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alexis Idrotoglou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Gabriel Solera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eric Duarte kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. When Renos Kalamaridis came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the Tabachana F.C. 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 Renos Kalamaridis couldn't finish the play. Tabachana F.C.'s players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.