Official Cup

Gionála Stadium
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tolis Stergiotis kicked off to start the match. When Valentinos Kazantzos fell near the penalty area in the 5th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored TZITZIFIES's protests and gave Valentinos Kazantzos a yellow card for diving instead. In the 5th match minute, TZITZIFIES was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valentinos Kazantzos to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of FALCÕES VERDES booed when TZITZIFIES was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Isidoros Chatzidis didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 11th minute, Rubens de Toledo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Antonis Zotalis took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 11th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Juan dos Santos. FALCÕES VERDES's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Afonsinho Schmidt sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to FALCÕES VERDES getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Rubens de Toledo hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fernando Prestes in the 23rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Evaggelos Kostantelos saved TZITZIFIES from getting behind. Richard Vieira's late challenge caught a TZITZIFIES's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Richard Vieira helped the player get up and apologised. In the 24th minute, Richard Vieira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Evaggelos Kostantelos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Lenzi in the 26th minute of play. Louis Pirovolikos charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Louis Pirovolikos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 27th minute, Louis Pirovolikos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 28th minute, Bruno Lenzi made a precise shot to the right of Evaggelos Kostantelos. TZITZIFIES's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Bruno Lenzi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Evaggelos Kostantelos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match clock showed 33 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Bruno Lenzi sped through TZITZIFIES's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Evaggelos Kostantelos. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bruno Lenzi in the 38th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Evaggelos Kostantelos prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 40 minutes into the game, Isidoros Chatzidis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. TZITZIFIES's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FALCÕES VERDES the free kick. Isidoros Chatzidis hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. 43 minutes into the match, Bruno Lenzi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Evaggelos Kostantelos. TZITZIFIES's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bruno Lenzi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Bruno Lenzi was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Bruno Lenzi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FALCÕES VERDES fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Bruno Lenzi's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 60thth minute, Evaggelos Kostantelos skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When the match had gone on for 69 minutes, Bruno Lenzi put it in 0-5 from a short distance just to the right of Evaggelos Kostantelos. Evaggelos Kostantelos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruno Lenzi in the 75th minute of the match. TZITZIFIES's Evaggelos Kostantelos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save TZITZIFIES from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Theofanis Potamiotis in the 86th minute of play forced FALCÕES VERDES's goalkeeper Juan dos Santos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bruno Lenzi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 95th minute of the match, but Evaggelos Kostantelos made a huge save. When the final whistle sounded FALCÕES VERDES left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than TZITZIFIES.