Friendly League

Castro Del Corfu
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Radamel Aguero got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Kerkyra FC's Daniel Alves got a free kick in the 6th minute. In the 8th minute Radamel Aguero shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alisson Becker saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santiago Salcedo in the 9th minute of play forced Kerkyra FC's goalkeeper Alisson Becker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Erli Haaland sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 13 minutes into the match, Kerkyra FC's goal looked a bit too open when Radamel Aguero came free, but Alisson Becker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Kerkyra FC getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Paraskevas Labrakoglou hit a great ball. Flores da Cunha - RS's Ismael Mendes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save Flores da Cunha - RS from getting a goal against them. Paraskevas Labrakoglou's late challenge caught a Flores da Cunha - RS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Paraskevas Labrakoglou helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Flores da Cunha - RS booed when Kerkyra FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paraskevas Labrakoglou didn't get a good kick on the ball. Flores da Cunha - RS's Ismael Mendes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erli Haaland in the 25th minute of play. In the 26th minute Kerkyra FC were awarded a corner. Erli Haaland went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Kerkyra FC's Erli Haaland to fire away a dangerous shot which Ismael Mendes despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Ismael Mendes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Koulis Kouloucheris in the 28th minute of the match. 29 minutes had been played when some careless play by Flores da Cunha - RS's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Erli Haaland was slow to take the kick. During this time Kerkyra FC's players had a chance to rest. After 29 played minutes Kerkyra FC got a freekick which was hit by Thanos Papagiannopoulos. Flores da Cunha - RS's Elias Medeiros got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Erli Haaland was the one to do the kick off. In the 50th minute, Santiago Salcedo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Kerkyra FC's Alisson Becker got control of the ball when Radamel Aguero tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Santiago Salcedo got free with Alisson Becker in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Flores da Cunha - RS's Ismael Mendes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erli Haaland in the 64th minute of play. In the 67th match minute, Kerkyra FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Takis Kanavidis to maneuver through the defense. Kerkyra FC made a substitution. Eutichios Dridakis replaced Takis Kanavidis. After a defensive mix-up in Kerkyra FC's zone, Alex Goodwin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alisson Becker came out of the goal and Alex Goodwin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 78 minutes into the game, Flores da Cunha - RS's Santiago Salcedo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Alisson Becker made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erli Haaland in the 84th minute of play forced Flores da Cunha - RS's goalkeeper Ismael Mendes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ismael Mendes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erli Haaland, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. After 93 played minutes Kerkyra FC got a freekick which was hit by Erli Haaland. Flores da Cunha - RS played a much better game than Kerkyra FC and deserved their victory. The Kerkyra FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.