Official Cup

Colosseum
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Giannis Koukoulekis started the match with the kick off. Zinon Kyrgiakos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Radu Cucerzan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 6th minute, Giannis Koukoulekis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dumitru Tolea recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 7th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 10 minutes of play, Gozilla's Zinon Kyrgiakos made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Radu Cucerzan was left in no man's land by his defense there! Olimpiu Isvoreanu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Gozilla booed when Dark Prophets was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Olimpiu Isvoreanu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Radu Cucerzan came out of the goal in the 16th minute to try and stop a shot by Gozilla's Giannis Koukoulekis. But to his dismay, Giannis Koukoulekis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Radu Cucerzan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zinon Kyrgiakos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gozilla were furious when Ilias Kotoulas was red carded, 31 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Ilias Kotoulas kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. Akis Martinakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olimpiu Isvoreanu in the 33rd minute of play. Fokas Souflas took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Radu Cucerzan. Radu Cucerzan dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. In the 43rd minute Zinon Kyrgiakos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Radu Cucerzan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Albert Muscaș hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Gozilla's Zinon Kyrgiakos got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Dumitru Tolea came free with the goalkeeper in the 47th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Akis Martinakos could save by the left post. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 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. Dumitru Tolea was the one to do the kick off. Kosmas Koutsoureas struck a weak shot in the 52nd minute. Radu Cucerzan didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Gozilla. Radu Cucerzan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Giannis Koukoulekis in the 61st minute of play. In the 65th minute, Kosmas Koutsoureas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Akis Martinakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dumitru Tolea in the 67th minute of play. Dark Prophets's Radu Cucerzan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zinon Kyrgiakos in the 69th minute of play. Radu Cucerzan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zinon Kyrgiakos in the 71st minute of play. In the 72nd minute, Dumitru Sasu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Radu Cucerzan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zinon Kyrgiakos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Takis Kebakopoulos managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gozilla's supporters rose to their feet, but Takis Kebakopoulos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Radu Cucerzan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the match had gone on for 76 minutes, Zinon Kyrgiakos put it in 0-6 from a short distance just to the right of Radu Cucerzan. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zinon Kyrgiakos in the 79th minute of play forced Dark Prophets's goalkeeper Radu Cucerzan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 81st minute, Gozilla's Zinon Kyrgiakos dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-7. Giannis Stamatis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Radu Cucerzan having to interfere. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Gozilla eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.