Prized/Friendly Cup

Acatar Arena
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Loukas Brizolakis kicked off to start the match. After 3 minutes, Gigi Brânzaș mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Acatar and the Green Horses players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to FC Acatar getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Gigi Brânzaș hit a great ball. Dimos Stratikis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Logofătu in the 5th minute of the match. Dimos Stratikis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicu Vornicu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nicu Vornicu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Dimos Stratikis made a huge save. After 13 played minutes Green Horses got a freekick which was hit by Babbis Markatos. When Albert Grămescu came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the FC Acatar 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 Albert Grămescu couldn't finish the play. The crowd rose to their feet as Nicu Vornicu kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dimos Stratikis. That made the score 1-0 in the 15 minute of play. Felix Logofătu scored 2-0 in the 18th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dimos Stratikis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 23 minutes of play, Green Horses's Filippos Karagrigoriou made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ekhemos Kezdoglou was left in no man's land by his defense there! Nicu Vornicu struck a weak shot in the 27th minute. Dimos Stratikis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC Acatar. In the 30th minute, FC Acatar's Nicu Vornicu dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-1. If Nicu Vornicu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 37th minute, Albert Grămescu made a precise shot to the right of Dimos Stratikis. Green Horses's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. In the 43rd minute, Babbis Markatos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Albert Grămescu in the 45th minute of play forced Green Horses's goalkeeper Dimos Stratikis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dimos Stratikis made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Felix Logofătu sent off a good shot on target. In the 47th match minute, Green Horses was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Loukas Brizolakis to maneuver through the defense.

After 51 minutes of play, FC Acatar's Nicu Vornicu made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dimos Stratikis was left in no man's land by his defense there! 54 minutes into the match, Nicu Vornicu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dimos Stratikis. Green Horses's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nicu Vornicu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-1. Dimos Stratikis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Albert Grămescu in the 57th minute of the match. FC Acatar's Dorel Râmniceanu managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Babbis Markatos in the 58 minute of the game. Albert Grămescu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Dimos Stratikis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 62 minutes into the match, Green Horses's goal looked a bit too open when Nicu Vornicu came free, but Dimos Stratikis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 63 minutes into the match, FC Acatar's Nicu Vornicu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dimos Stratikis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Felix Logofătu kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. Dimos Stratikis came out of the goal in the 67th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Acatar's Felix Logofătu. But to his dismay, Felix Logofătu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-1. After 72 played minutes FC Acatar got a freekick which was hit by Albert Grămescu. Nicu Vornicu scored 8-1 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dimos Stratikis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Dimos Stratikis came out of the goal in the 84th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Acatar's Nicu Vornicu. But to his dismay, Nicu Vornicu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 9-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felix Logofătu in the 90th minute of play forced Green Horses's goalkeeper Dimos Stratikis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The FC Acatar fans' excitement grew in the 90th match minute when FC Acatar's Nicu Vornicu looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 11-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. If Gigel Durbac had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dimos Stratikis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felix Logofătu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. FC Acatar's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.