Official Cup

AFENTICO
Spectators: 619 (Terracing: 465, Seating: 142, VIP seats: 12) ΑΦΕΝΤΙΚΟ's Spiros Bekyros started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 5thth minute of the game Turgut Soyuer who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ΑΦΕΝΤΙΚΟ's Kheiron Kouropoulos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Turgut Soyuer in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kheiron Kouropoulos saved ΑΦΕΝΤΙΚΟ from getting behind. Kheiron Kouropoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luan Pombo, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Luan Pombo in the 12th minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of ΑΦΕΝΤΙΚΟ's goalie and right to Long Xiang Yuan. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. ΑΦΕΝΤΙΚΟ's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Kheiron Kouropoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Turgut Soyuer in the 16th minute of the match. David Abad took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Spiros Bekyros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 23 minutes into the match, Turgut Soyuer had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kheiron Kouropoulos. ΑΦΕΝΤΙΚΟ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Turgut Soyuer was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 26thth minute of the game Turgut Soyuer who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ΑΦΕΝΤΙΚΟ's Kheiron Kouropoulos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Kheiron Kouropoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Turgut Soyuer in the 28th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Spiros Bekyros in the 29th minute of play forced Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goalkeeper David Abad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Turgut Soyuer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 31st minute Turgut Soyuer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kheiron Kouropoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. David Abad took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Timoteo Michael, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. David Abad took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ankaios Garofalis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cui Peng Sen kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. A hard shot by Sun Kun Bing from long distance, 39 minutes into the match, got David Abad's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ankaios Garofalis in the 45th minute of play forced Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goalkeeper David Abad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kheiron Kouropoulos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luan Pombo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 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.

Kheiron Kouropoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Turgut Soyuer in the 51st minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Long Xiang Yuan got free with Kheiron Kouropoulos in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Long Xiang Yuan received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Kheiron Kouropoulos came out and tried to block the shot, but Long Xiang Yuan slotted it home off the left post making it 0-2 in the 53rd minute. After having played for 57 minutes, Luan Pombo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luan Pombo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Luan Pombo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Kheiron Kouropoulos read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 59th minute of play. 61 minutes into the match, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Spiros Bekyros came free, but David Abad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Spiros Bekyros in the 64th minute of play forced Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goalkeeper David Abad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 69th minute the ball was on its way in behind ΑΦΕΝΤΙΚΟ's goalkeeper Kheiron Kouropoulos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Luan Pombo was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Kheiron Kouropoulos in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After 74 played minutes Chinese CJ Youth Academy got a freekick which was hit by Luan Pombo. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Turgut Soyuer in the 77th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kheiron Kouropoulos prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Turgut Soyuer's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Kheiron Kouropoulos read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 81st minute of play. 85 minutes had been played when some careless play by ΑΦΕΝΤΙΚΟ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Luan Pombo was slow to take the kick. During this time Chinese CJ Youth Academy's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Timmy Galle got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Kheiron Kouropoulos quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Turgut Soyuer got free with Kheiron Kouropoulos in the 87th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 89 minutes ΑΦΕΝΤΙΚΟ's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Luan Pombo who took care of the corner kick. 93 minutes into the match, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Turgut Soyuer sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Kheiron Kouropoulos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 95th minute, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Turgut Soyuer dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-4.