Friendly League

Lake Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Stratos Georgiou took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes into the match, TRIPITI FC's goal looked a bit too open when Carolo Stephen came free, but Ilias Lianis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 5 minutes into the match, TRIPITI FC's goal looked a bit too open when Carolo Stephen came free, but Ilias Lianis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 6th minute of the match ♦Diabetes♦ got a corner. TRIPITI FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Björk ran over to the corner to take the kick. It was a well-played corner which Benjamin Milio managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. The audience was convinced that Carolo Stephen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ilias Lianis was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. When ♦Diabetes♦'s Carolo Stephen in the 11th minute got a chance for a shot 11th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye TRIPITI FC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 12th minute of the game Sokratis Xanthakos made a throw-in which Omiros Seremetopoulos played forward. Carolo Stephen's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ilias Lianis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 14th minute of play. ♦Diabetes♦'s Carolo Stephen got a good chance for a goal in the 15th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Carolo Stephen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ilias Lianis having to interfere. A throw-in in the 18th minute of the game was made by Sokratis Xanthakos with Omiros Seremetopoulos as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 20th minute the ball was on its way in behind TRIPITI FC's goalkeeper Ilias Lianis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Daniel Björk came up free with the goalie in the 22nd minute, the ♦Diabetes♦ 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 Daniel Björk couldn't finish the play. In the 24th minute of the match, Stratos Georgiou tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Jonas Chorache saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Ilias Lianis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Carolo Stephen's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. A sloppy throw-in by Sokratis Xanthakos in the 29th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by ♦Diabetes♦'s Hilario Lope. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Carolo Stephen in the 31st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ilias Lianis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 33 minutes of play, ♦Diabetes♦'s Carolo Stephen made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ilias Lianis was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 37th minute the ball was on its way in behind TRIPITI FC's goalkeeper Ilias Lianis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 39 minutes into the game, Sokratis Xanthakos threw the ball into play from the sideline. ♦Diabetes♦'s Hilario Lope quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Sokratis Xanthakos made in the 39th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Vladimiros Tsartas however managed to control. Ilias Lianis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Carolo Stephen went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. If Carolo Stephen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ilias Lianis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carolo Stephen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sokratis Xanthakos made in the 46th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Omiros Seremetopoulos however managed to control. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Carolo Stephen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ilias Lianis having to interfere. TRIPITI FC's Ilias Lianis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carolo Stephen in the 52nd minute of play. A throw-in in the 53rd minute of the game was made by Sokratis Xanthakos with Vladimiros Tsartas as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. TRIPITI FC's Ilias Lianis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carolo Stephen in the 56th minute of play. ♦Diabetes♦ made a substitution. Cristiano Ronaldinho replaced Carolo Stephen. In the 59th minute of the game Sokratis Xanthakos made a throw-in which Omiros Seremetopoulos played forward. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristiano Ronaldinho got free with Ilias Lianis in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristiano Ronaldinho in the 66th minute of play forced TRIPITI FC's goalkeeper Ilias Lianis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 68th minute Cristiano Ronaldinho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilias Lianis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ilias Lianis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristiano Ronaldinho in the 69th minute of play. 72 minutes into the game, Vladimiros Tsartas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. TRIPITI FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ♦Diabetes♦ the free kick. Vladimiros Tsartas kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Sokratis Xanthakos made in the 77th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Omiros Seremetopoulos immediately put the ball in play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristiano Ronaldinho in the 79th minute of play forced TRIPITI FC's goalkeeper Ilias Lianis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 79 played minutes TRIPITI FC got a freekick which was hit by Sokratis Xanthakos. In the 85th minute, Cristiano Ronaldinho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ♦Diabetes♦ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Ilias Lianis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristiano Ronaldinho in the 88th minute of play. Ilias Lianis made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Cristiano Ronaldinho sent off a good shot on target. TRIPITI FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 92nd minute, when Valentin Claude scored to the left of an out of position Ilias Lianis, making the score, 0-4. When the final whistle sounded ♦Diabetes♦ left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than TRIPITI FC.