National cup

National stadium
Spectators: 1028 (Terracing: 772, Seating: 236, VIP seats: 20) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Erast Taraskin kicked off to start the match. 2 minutes into the match, Russia's goal looked a bit too open when Stamatis Balouris came free, but Igor Kobrinskiy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 2nd minute, Stamatis Balouris left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Greece fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oles Zabegalin in the 5th minute of play forced Greece's goalkeeper Takis Giannopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Igor Kobrinskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giannis Pelekanos in the 7th minute of the match. Erast Taraskin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Takis Giannopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Igor Kobrinskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stamatis Balouris in the 12th minute of the match. Igor Kobrinskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stamatis Balouris in the 14th minute of the match. Takis Giannopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filipp Fedotov, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. In the 20th minute, Erast Taraskin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Takis Giannopoulos was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. 27 minutes into the match, Greece's goalkeeper Takis Giannopoulos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Erast Taraskin. Takis Giannopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filipp Fedotov in the 28th minute of the match. Igor Kobrinskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stamatis Balouris in the 30th minute of play. 30 minutes into the game, Greece's Stamatis Balouris nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Igor Kobrinskiy made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. After 36 minutes Greece's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Pavel Polunin who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Russia's Pavel Polunin to fire away a dangerous shot which Takis Giannopoulos despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 38 minutes into the match, Greece's goal looked a bit too open when Filipp Fedotov came free, but Takis Giannopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Stamatis Balouris came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the Greece 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 Stamatis Balouris couldn't finish the play.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Giannis Pelekanos made a kick off. In the 54th minute Giannis Pelekanos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Igor Kobrinskiy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Greece's Giannis Pelekanos in the 56th minute got a chance for a shot 56th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Russia's goalie prevented a goal. When the match clock showed 60 minutes, the score became 1-4 when Stamatis Balouris sped through Russia's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Igor Kobrinskiy. Greece made a substitution. Panos Stasinopoulos replaced Ntinos Samarakis. A hard shot 66 in the game by Pantelis Pantelos from a close distance when the talented Igor Kobrinskiy managed to make a qualified save. Russia's players were relieved. A hard shot 66 in the game by Pantelis Pantelos from a close distance when the talented Igor Kobrinskiy managed to make a qualified save. Russia's players were relieved. 67 minutes had been played when some careless play by Russia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lothar Mateus was slow to take the kick. During this time Greece's players had a chance to rest. Greece's Lothar Mateus was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Igor Kobrinskiy in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Igor Kobrinskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Giannis Pelekanos, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Giannis Pelekanos got free with Igor Kobrinskiy in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Igor Kobrinskiy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pantelis Pantelos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Igor Kobrinskiy made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Giannis Pelekanos sent off a good shot on target. In the 83rd minute, Stamatis Balouris reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Igor Kobrinskiy. The goal made the score 1-5. Russia's Albert Baranov was substituted for Pavel Polunin. Russia's Igor Kobrinskiy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stamatis Balouris in the 94th minute of play. Greece's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.