Friendly League

Kotetsi
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Iraido Treviño took the kick off in the first half of the match. Cordarrol Vallejoller showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vassilis Karataidis in the 8th minute of the match. In the 9th minute of the match Kolopetinitsa got a corner. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Alkis Salpiggidis ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 19 played minutes ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ got a freekick which was hit by Enaut Ziguenza. Stergios Samartzis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Iraido Treviño, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. In the 22nd minute of the match ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ got a corner. Kolopetinitsa's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gustavo Pinilla ran over to the corner to take the kick. Gustavo Pinilla made a great header on ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s corner, it was just that Kolopetinitsa's Stergios Samartzis managed to reach the ball for a save. A collision led to Kolopetinitsa getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Chrisostomos Koutas hit a great ball. Iraido Treviño sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Iraido Treviño fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stergios Samartzis having to interfere. After 37 minutes, Nasos Aggeliou mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kolopetinitsa and the ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ players grew even worse after the yellow card. Iraido Treviño fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stergios Samartzis having to interfere. The Kolopetinitsa players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ were winning 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dionysis Papageorgopoulos to make the kick off. The corner ended in Alkis Salpiggidis almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Cordarrol Vallejoller did a great save. After 62 played minutes ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ got a freekick which was hit by Enaut Ziguenza. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gustavo Pinilla got free with Stergios Samartzis in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 69th minute, Rauf Tezay hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alkis Salpiggidis took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 70th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Cordarrol Vallejoller. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. When Iraido Treviño fell near the penalty area in the 73rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s protests and gave Iraido Treviño a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Iraido Treviño got a free kick in the 73rd minute. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ made a substitution. Izydor Marud replaced Iraido Treviño. The supporters of Kolopetinitsa booed when ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Iraido Treviño didn't get a good kick on the ball. Stergios Samartzis stood somewhat misplaced when Izydor Marud came free in front of goal and shot 0-2 to the left of him in the 77 minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustavo Pinilla in the 87th minute of play forced Kolopetinitsa's goalkeeper Stergios Samartzis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stergios Samartzis was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Izydor Marud showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-3 in the 88 minute of play. Izydor Marud did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-4 to the left of a surprised Stergios Samartzis 91 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Izydor Marud got free with Stergios Samartzis in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.