Official Cup

Aux Poteaux Carrés
Spectators: 195 (Terracing: 147, Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Terry Peysson got the match started through his kick off. Green Madness's La Škarpa quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Daniil Bonoris, made in the 3rd minute of the game. Marcelino Flor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nedim Emekli in the 6th minute of the match. In the 7th minute of the match Mean Machine got a corner. Green Madness's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jared Blum ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Mean Machine's corner Jared Blum fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marcelino Flor quite easily take care of the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 10 minutes, Stefanos Salepis successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Marcelino Flor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Carles Pujol went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. 21 minutes into the game, Jared Blum threw the ball into play from the sideline. Green Madness's La Škarpa quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Stefanos Salepis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Terry Peysson in the 33rd minute. After 34 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Mean Machine! An unexpectedly hard shot by Miltos Makris in the 38th minute of play forced Green Madness's goalkeeper Marcelino Flor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jared Blum made in the 40th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Miltos Makris however managed to control. Terry Peysson who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 45thth minute tested the skills of Stefanos Salepis when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 48th minute, one of Mean Machine:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Mean Machine. Stefanos Salepis had in the 50thth minute some difficulties stopping John-Paul Marquant's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 3-1 came in the 50th minute when John-Paul Marquant all by himself managed to get straight through the defense and place the ball into the net to the right of Stefanos Salepis. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

The wind increased when Nedim Emekli made the kick off in the second half. John-Paul Marquant blasted a shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Stefanos Salepis having to make a save. Stefanos Salepis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from John-Paul Marquant in the 60th minute of play. In the 61st minute Miltos Makris shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelino Flor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Terry Peysson in the 65th minute of play forced Mean Machine's goalkeeper Stefanos Salepis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mean Machine's Stefanos Salepis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Terry Peysson in the 69th minute of play. 70 minutes into the match, Mean Machine's Nedim Emekli sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marcelino Flor narrowly saved just below the crossbar. John-Paul Marquant scored 4-1 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Stefanos Salepis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Mean Machine's Lambros Dimitrakis was substituted for Nedim Emekli. After 77 played minutes Green Madness got a freekick which was hit by Teofil Tarasek. If Lambros Dimitrakis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Green Madness's Marcelino Flor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lambros Dimitrakis in the 80th minute of play. Stefanos Salepis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Terry Peysson in the 82nd minute of the match. Lambros Dimitrakis scored 4-2 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcelino Flor, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Marcelino Flor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lambros Dimitrakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. In the 97th minute Green Madness were awarded a corner. La Škarpa went to the cornerflag to take it. La Škarpa made a great header on Green Madness's corner, it was just that Mean Machine's Stefanos Salepis managed to reach the ball for a save. 98 minutes into the match, Mean Machine's goal looked a bit too open when John-Paul Marquant came free, but Stefanos Salepis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Green Madness were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Mean Machine for a fine match.