Official Cup

FC NATIONAL ARENA
Spectators: 205 (Terracing: 154, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Augeias Pezos started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd match minute, Unione Sportiva was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Chronis Diamantopoulos to maneuver through the defense. In the 4th minute Mateusz Filipowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Seleykos Manoukarakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Iulian Miu hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. 11 minutes into the match, Apostolis Polychronopoulos dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Seleykos Manoukarakis, 1-0. Alpheios Polymenakou kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. In the 16th minute, Apostolis Polychronopoulos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Seleykos Manoukarakis was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jonathan Calleri got free with Seleykos Manoukarakis in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paraskevas Sorin in the 25th minute of play forced Unione Sportiva's goalkeeper Seleykos Manoukarakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 30 minutes, Seleykos Manoukarakis successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Unione Sportiva's Seleykos Manoukarakis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Unione Sportiva from getting a goal against them. Through an outstanding action, after 34 minutes, Seleykos Manoukarakis successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Mateusz Filipowski took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Seleykos Manoukarakis to make any attempt to save it. Alexandros Petridis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khariklo Bilias in the 44th minute of play. In the 45th minute, Alpheios Polymenakou hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mateusz Filipowski in the 46th minute of play forced Unione Sportiva's goalkeeper Seleykos Manoukarakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mateusz Filipowski to make the kick off. In the 54th match minute, FC NATIONAL was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mateusz Filipowski to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of FC NATIONAL booed when Unione Sportiva was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Agix Kouklakis didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 57th minute of the match Mateusz Filipowski sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Seleykos Manoukarakis skillfully saved the ball. 60 minutes into the match, Unione Sportiva's goal looked a bit too open when Christian Chivu came free, but Seleykos Manoukarakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 67 minutes, Augeias Pezos took a quick shot and it went in 4-1 without a chance for Alexandros Petridis to make any attempt to save it. Jonathan Calleri took the ball and in the 72 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Seleykos Manoukarakis. Seleykos Manoukarakis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-1. In the 77th minute, Deng Cheng Zhen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpected shot in the 79th minute by Khariklo Bilias got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Alexandros Petridis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teukros Economides, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. A collision led to FC NATIONAL getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Iulian Miu hit a great ball. The supporters of FC NATIONAL booed when Unione Sportiva was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nestoras Demakis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Unione Sportiva's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.