Challenge

BLACK PEARL
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Matthew Baggott took the kick off in the first half of the match. Prokopis Valassopoulos's late challenge caught a Frida Kahlo Artists's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Prokopis Valassopoulos helped the player get up and apologised. After 21 played minutes JOLLYROGER got a freekick which was hit by Prokopis Valassopoulos. If Reginald Hoare had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 23rd minute, Prokopis Valassopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Matthew Baggott succeeded in the game's 28th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-1. Reginald Hoare recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Frida Kahlo Artists getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Rashmi Sharma hit a great ball. Reginald Hoare might have been able to make a better finish in the 41st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Alketas Papazoglou. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Reginald Hoare ran back to his position shaking his head. 43 minutes into the game, Frida Kahlo Artists's Nils Roos nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Alketas Papazoglou made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Vassilis Perakakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Michael Miers tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The JOLLYROGER players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Frida Kahlo Artists were winning 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vassilis Perakakis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The throw-in from Vaggelis Lappas in the 51st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Frida Kahlo Artists's Thomas Harker. Michael Miers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vassilis Perakakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. A collision led to Frida Kahlo Artists getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Alistair Herbert hit a great ball. 62 minutes into the match, JOLLYROGER's goal looked a bit too open when Reginald Hoare came free, but Alketas Papazoglou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. During the 62nd minute of the match Prokopis Valassopoulos completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Prokopis Valassopoulos a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 63rd match minute, JOLLYROGER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Prokopis Valassopoulos to maneuver through the defense. Matthew Baggott fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alketas Papazoglou having to interfere. In the 69th match minute, JOLLYROGER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Konstantinos Svolos to maneuver through the defense. 71 minutes into the game, Frida Kahlo Artists's Matthew Baggott nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Alketas Papazoglou made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Matthew Baggott could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Alketas Papazoglou made a huge save. In the 76th minute, Frida Kahlo Artists's Benjamin Lee dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-4. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Miltos Vallas managed to get in a good position for a shot. JOLLYROGER's supporters rose to their feet, but Miltos Vallas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Michael Miers breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 87th match minute, JOLLYROGER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alekos Xiros to maneuver through the defense. The JOLLYROGER fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Frida Kahlo Artists were clearly better and deserved to take the win.