Official Cup

The Nest of the Crow
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dimitris Miriounis started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Giorgos Meletopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edu Melo in the 2nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fotis Mantzouranas in the 7th minute of play forced REAL ITALIANI F.C's goalkeeper Adriano Friggieri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 9th match minute, Crow was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Akakios Strilakos to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 10 minutes, Edu Melo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. REAL ITALIANI F.C's supporters crossed their fingers, but Edu Melo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 14th minute Fotis Mantzouranas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adriano Friggieri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Panos Gonatas hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Giorgos Meletopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edu Melo in the 17th minute of play. Giorgos Meletopoulos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marcus Bittencourt went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After 22 minutes, Dimitris Miriounis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Crow and the REAL ITALIANI F.C players grew even worse after the yellow card. REAL ITALIANI F.C made a substitution. Lander Luciano replaced Jamal Rios. After a rather tough play, Crow's Dimitris Miriounis got a free kick in the 23rd minute. In the 26th minute, Crow's Panos Gonatas seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Panos Gonatas the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Crow protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Panos Gonatas had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After 33 minutes REAL ITALIANI F.C's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Makis Giotatos who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Makis Giotatos almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but REAL ITALIANI F.C's Adriano Friggieri did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edu Melo in the 37th minute of play forced Crow's goalkeeper Giorgos Meletopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fotis Mantzouranas kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Giorgos Meletopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Montrel Dolmos in the 44th minute of the match. A collision led to Crow getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Peder Kvarnström hit a great ball. In the 48th minute Antonis Bekos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adriano Friggieri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Marcus Bittencourt made a kick off. Adriano Friggieri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antonis Bekos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Adriano Friggieri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dimitris Miriounis in the 56th minute of play. Giorgos Meletopoulos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marcus Bittencourt in the 58th minute. In the 58th minute, Marcus Bittencourt reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Giorgos Meletopoulos. The goal made the score 0-2. Marcus Bittencourt could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Giorgos Meletopoulos made a huge save. After 62 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Crow! If Gonza Fontano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. REAL ITALIANI F.C's Adriano Friggieri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antonis Bekos in the 73rd minute of play. The supporters of Crow booed when REAL ITALIANI F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Montrel Dolmos didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 75th minute, Renzo Francesco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edu Melo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Giorgos Meletopoulos made a huge save. Adriano Friggieri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peder Kvarnström in the 84th minute of the match. Crow's Giorgos Meletopoulos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Crow from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marcus Bittencourt got free with Giorgos Meletopoulos in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marcus Bittencourt got free with Giorgos Meletopoulos in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. REAL ITALIANI F.C's Adriano Friggieri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dimitris Miriounis in the 91st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimitris Miriounis in the 97th minute of play forced REAL ITALIANI F.C's goalkeeper Adriano Friggieri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. REAL ITALIANI F.C made a substitution. Rene Houseman replaced Eudoxio Nembro. The REAL ITALIANI F.C supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing REAL ITALIANI F.C would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.