Official Cup

Babbis Chatzios DPLD
Spectators: 167 (Terracing: 126, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mauro Ihintza got the match started through his kick off. When the match had gone on for 3 minutes, Mauro Ihintza put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Stefanos Salepis. Rogério Ceni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nedim Emekli in the 7th minute of the match. The referee felt a red card was in order, 8 minutes into the game, when Marcos Cruz put in a rough tackle. 7 minutes into the game, one of Diamante Negro DK - VV:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Nedim Emekli shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. Rogério Ceni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miltos Makris in the 11th minute of the match. Stefanos Salepis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Willian Félix in the 13th minute of the match. 14 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mean Machine's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Christian Antonelli was slow to take the kick. During this time Diamante Negro DK - VV's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Diamante Negro DK - VV's corner Christian Antonelli fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Stefanos Salepis quite easily take care of the ball. Stefanos Salepis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victor Silva, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Carles Pujol got free with Rogério Ceni in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Carles Pujol in the 23rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rogério Ceni prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Willian Félix received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Stefanos Salepis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 33 minutes into the match, Mean Machine's goal looked a bit too open when Willian Félix came free, but Stefanos Salepis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 48th play minute Carles Pujol came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Rogério Ceni. 1-1. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Rogério Ceni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nedim Emekli in the 63rd minute of play. Mean Machine's Nikos Kioupouroglou was substituted for Miltos Makris. Diamante Negro DK - VV's Frederico Pontes was substituted for Mauro Ihintza. Diamante Negro DK - VV's Wilson Gottardo was substituted for Tibet Ekincioğlu. In the 80th minute Lambros Dimitrakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rogério Ceni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 81stth minute of the game Lambros Dimitrakis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Diamante Negro DK - VV's Rogério Ceni was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Daniil Bonoris fell near the penalty area in the 84th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Mean Machine's protests and gave Daniil Bonoris a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Mean Machine getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Daniil Bonoris hit a great ball. Willian Félix kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. In the 92nd minute of the match Jared Blum sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Rogério Ceni skillfully saved the ball. Daniil Bonoris hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. For all the effort they put into the match, the Diamante Negro DK - VV players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Mean Machine.