Official Cup

Apollon Stadium
Spectators: 169 (Terracing: 127, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Matias Oyen started the match with the kick off. In the 2ndth minute of the game Matias Oyen who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Toutourouki f.c.'s Tolis Mantouvalos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Toutourouki f.c.'s Stefanos Periou got a free kick in the 3rd minute. The audience was convinced that Matias Oyen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tolis Mantouvalos was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. Toutourouki f.c.'s Tolis Mantouvalos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Boudewijn Nelis in the 6th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Geetsvondel²'s Casimiro Jatsu got a free kick in the 8th minute. In the 10th match minute, Geetsvondel² was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robbrecht Colebinders to maneuver through the defense. In the 13th minute Robbrecht Colebinders shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tolis Mantouvalos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Demis Thanos's late challenge caught a Geetsvondel²'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Demis Thanos helped the player get up and apologised. Demis Thanos kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. In the 15th minute, Robbrecht Colebinders ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tolis Mantouvalos was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 18th minute the ball was on its way in behind Toutourouki f.c.'s goalkeeper Tolis Mantouvalos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 24th minute Robbrecht Colebinders shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tolis Mantouvalos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tolis Mantouvalos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Robbrecht Colebinders went, in the 27th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. The corner ended in Matty Vandenbosch almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Toutourouki f.c.'s Tolis Mantouvalos did a great save. 35 minutes into the game, Geetsvondel²'s Matias Oyen nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tolis Mantouvalos made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. 39 minutes into the match, Toutourouki f.c.'s goal looked a bit too open when Robbrecht Colebinders came free, but Tolis Mantouvalos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 41st minute Robbrecht Colebinders shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tolis Mantouvalos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tolis Mantouvalos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robbrecht Colebinders, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. In the 46th minute, Robbrecht Colebinders left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Geetsvondel² fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. After the first half Geetsvondel² were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Christos Tsirimonakis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Toutourouki f.c.'s Michalis Kalatzis seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Michalis Kalatzis the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Toutourouki f.c. protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Michalis Kalatzis had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. 54 minutes into the game, Robbrecht Colebinders recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Tolis Mantouvalos. Robbrecht Colebinders showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-5. With a little luck, Toutourouki f.c.'s Tolis Mantouvalos got control of the ball when Camilo Sovera tried to sneak it across the goal line. Matias Oyen took the ball and in the 58 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tolis Mantouvalos. Tolis Mantouvalos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6. Tolis Mantouvalos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Casimiro Jatsu, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. 66 minutes into the game, Geetsvondel²'s Matias Oyen nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tolis Mantouvalos made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-7. 68 minutes into the match, Toutourouki f.c.'s goal looked a bit too open when Matias Oyen came free, but Tolis Mantouvalos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Casimiro Jatsu might have been able to make a better finish in the 70th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tolis Mantouvalos. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Casimiro Jatsu ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 71st minute, Iraklis Moustakas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Stefanos Periou hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. If Robbrecht Colebinders had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Toutourouki f.c.'s Tolis Mantouvalos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Toutourouki f.c. from getting a goal against them. Tolis Mantouvalos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robbrecht Colebinders in the 84th minute of play. After 84 minutes, Robbrecht Colebinders made it 0-8 with a short kick to the right side. Toutourouki f.c.'s Tolis Mantouvalos tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 88 minutes into the match, Toutourouki f.c.'s goalkeeper Tolis Mantouvalos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Matias Oyen. A hard shot 91 in the game by Matias Oyen from a close distance when the talented Tolis Mantouvalos managed to make a qualified save. Toutourouki f.c.'s players were relieved. A collision led to Toutourouki f.c. getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Nikos Bartzokis hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Toutourouki f.c.'s zone, Matias Oyen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tolis Mantouvalos came out of the goal and Matias Oyen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Geetsvondel²'s fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.