National Team Friendly

National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Pantelis Pantelos made the kick off and thus started the match. Brice Obree hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. When Giannis Pelekanos came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the Greece 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 Giannis Pelekanos couldn't finish the play. After 13 minutes of play, Greece's Ilias Pouliadis made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Edison Bonham was left in no man's land by his defense there! The crowd rose to their feet as Greece's Pantelis Pantelos slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Edison Bonham. That made the score 2-0 after 17 minutes of play. Australia's Edison Bonham played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pantelis Pantelos in the 21st minute of play. 22 minutes had been played when some careless play by Australia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Giannis Pelekanos was slow to take the kick. During this time Greece's players had a chance to rest. In the 24th minute, Pantelis Pantelos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Edison Bonham was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. Keefer Carragher recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 27th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Alberto Huntington's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Antonis Nikopolidis was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 36 minutes, Ilias Pouliadis took a quick shot and it went in 4-0 without a chance for Edison Bonham to make any attempt to save it. If Ilias Pouliadis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 40th minute, Nikos Sidiropoulos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Edison Bonham was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Russel Mcjunkin to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Bray Locke hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 53rd minute, Nikos Sidiropoulos 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. 56 minutes into the game, Greece's Ilias Pouliadis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Edison Bonham made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 7-0. Edison Bonham took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ilias Pouliadis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Makis Ligdas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edison Bonham having to interfere. Australia's Edison Bonham played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pantelis Pantelos in the 66th minute of play. After some careless play in the Australia defense, Ilias Pouliadis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Edison Bonham. The Australia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Edison Bonham should have stopped the shot. After some careless play in the Australia defense, Nikos Sidiropoulos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Edison Bonham. The Australia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Edison Bonham should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Ilias Pouliadis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Edison Bonham was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. 92 minutes into the game, Giannis Pelekanos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 13-0. Edison Bonham was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Edison Bonham took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nikos Sidiropoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. There was no doubt that Greece were the better team. Greece's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.